DecryptPassword

Decrypt an encrypted string

Request Parameters

Parameter Type Description Required
action string “DecryptPassword” Required
password2 string The string to decrypt Required

Response Parameters

Parameter Type Description
result string The result of the operation: success or error

Example Request (CURL)

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://www.example.com/includes/api.php');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,
    http_build_query(
        array(
            'action' => 'DecryptPassword',
            // See https://developers.whmcs.com/api/authentication
            'username' => 'IDENTIFIER_OR_ADMIN_USERNAME',
            'password' => 'SECRET_OR_HASHED_PASSWORD',
            'password2' => 'vNRQzRPKQA6obJpHMHCBivS0D9/Pf532oArYvewP',
            'responsetype' => 'json',
        )
    )
);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

Example Request (Local API)

$command = 'DecryptPassword';
$postData = array(
    'password2' => 'vNRQzRPKQA6obJpHMHCBivS0D9/Pf532oArYvewP',
);
$adminUsername = 'ADMIN_USERNAME'; // Optional for WHMCS 7.2 and later

$results = localAPI($command, $postData, $adminUsername);
print_r($results);

Example Response JSON

{
    "result": "success",
    "password": "teststring"
}

Version History

Version Changelog
1.0 Initial Version