{"id":335,"date":"2011-07-04T18:01:39","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T01:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.networkpresence.co\/?p=335"},"modified":"2013-02-09T17:36:37","modified_gmt":"2013-02-10T00:36:37","slug":"vps-api-available-which-returns-json-is-web-based-for-ease-of-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.networkpresence.co\/?p=335","title":{"rendered":"VPS API available which returns JSON & is web-based for ease-of-use"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year (2010) we created an in-house API<\/a> for VPS\/VDS customers to automate management of their Network Presence VPS or VDS through simple web-based URLs that access the API and respond with simple JSON.<\/p>\n

Our VPS API allows you to manage & report on (any of) your Network Presence VPS and some information (contact details, VPS Plan information, etc) on the Account that owns & pays for the VPS.<\/p>\n

API functionality includes;<\/p>\n

+ Display the current status of your running VPS, including memory, CPU and network usage
\n+ Stop your VPS
\n+ Start your VPS
\n+ Get basic information on the VPS Account
\n+ Regeneratable “Key” or code required with each call to the API<\/p>\n

The way that the API works is by providing a means to generate a unique Key or code for access to the API, which means that the customer’s username and password doesn’t need to be supplied in calls to the API.<\/p>\n

The Network Presence VPS Management page<\/a> has an option to “Generate and Store an API Key”, which is returned back on-screen and should be saved for use in calls to the API.<\/p>\n

Calling the API is as simple as supplying the “API Key” in standard (GET format) URLs, like:<\/p>\n

API-URL\/api?key=MyAPIKey?a=command<\/p>\n

Note: please contact us<\/a> for the full API-URL, as it’s not listed here in a public resource..<\/p>\n

Where ‘command’ can be: status, info, stop, terminate, start<\/p>\n

status = list information about the running VPS & whether the VPS is running<\/p>\n

info = list some account or contact information on the VPS<\/p>\n

stop = perform an ‘orderly’ shutdown of the VPS (like “pressing the power button”)<\/p>\n

terminate = immediately shutdown the VPS (like “pulling the power cord”)<\/p>\n

start = perform a startup or “boot up” of the VPS<\/p>\n

All customers are welcome to use the API and please report and problems to us by email (ie: don’t post here for API Feedback).<\/p>\n

FYI & regards,
\nRichard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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