To use the XML API to perform the sethostname function from within your custom script:

• Append the /xml-api/sethostname function call name, plus the required variables (see below), to a URL which includes the address of your server.

• For example, on a server whose hostname is example.com, you would include the following string in your script: https://example.com:2087/xml-api/sethostname

• You need to be logged in with the proper permissions in order to call a function. See our document about Authenticating API Function Calls for more information about authenticating APIs from within a script.

• You can also perform the function by entering the string in your web browser's address bar. This may be useful for testing the function call and viewing its output.

To use the JSON API to perform the sethostname function from within your custom script:

• Append the /json-api/sethostname function call name, plus the required variables (see below), to a URL which includes the address of your server.

• For example, on a server whose hostname is example.com, you would include the following string in your script: https://example.com:2087/json-api/sethostname

• You need to be logged in with the proper permissions in order to call a function. See our document about Authenticating API Function Calls for more information about authenticating APIs from within a script.

• You can also perform the function by entering the string in your web browser's address bar. This may be useful for testing the function call and viewing its output.

Calling https://example.com:2087/xml-api/sethostname?hostname=host.example.com in WebHost Manager will result in output similar to the following:

<sethostname>
     <sethostname>
            <msgs>Updating Apache configuration
            Updating Internal cPanel Information.....
            Done</msgs>
            <status>1</status>
            <statusmsg>Hostname Changed to: host.example.com</statusmsg>
             <warns>main::runapp() called at whostmgr/bin/xml-api.pl line 583</warns>
      </sethostname>
</sethostname>

Calling the URL https://example.com:2087/json-api/sethostname?hostname=host.example.com in WebHost Manager will produce output similar to:

{
   "sethostname":[
      {
         "status":1,
         "statusmsg":"Hostname Changed to: host.example.com",
         "msgs":"Updating Apache configuration\nUpdating Internal cPanel 
          Information....\n.\nDone",
         "warns":[
            "\tWhostmgr::XMLUI::Hostname::sethostname('hostname', 'host.example.com') 
          called at whostmgr/bin/xml-api.pl line 133\n",
         ]
      }
   ]
}