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

• Append the /xml-api/restartservice 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/restartservice

• 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 restartservice function from within your custom script:

• Append the /json-api/restartservice 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/restartservice

• 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 the URL https://example.com:2087/xml-api/restartservice?service=httpd in WebHost Manager will produce output similar to:

<restartservice>
     <restart>
            <rawout>Waiting for httpd to restart..............finished.
            httpd (/usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL) 
            running as root with PID 19446
            httpd (/usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL) 
            running as root with PID 19452
            httpd started ok
            </rawout>
            <result>1</result>
            <service>httpd</service>
            <servicename>Apache Web Server</servicename>
      </restart>
</restartservice>

Calling the following function in WebHost Manager: https://example.com:2087/json-api/restartservice?service=httpd will produce output similar to:

{
   "restart":[
      {
         "result":1,
         "service":"httpd",
         "rawout":"Waiting for httpd to restart..............finished.\n\nhttpd 
(/usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL) running as root with PID 21379\n
httpd (/usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL) running as root with PID 21385
\n\nhttpd started ok\n",
         "servicename":"Apache Web Server"
      }
   ]
}