Adds an announcement.
| Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| action | string | "AddAnnouncement" | Required |
| date | \datetime | Date in the format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS | Required |
| title | string | Required | |
| announcement | string | Announcement text | Required |
| published | bool | Pass as true to publish | Optional |
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| result | string | The result of the operation: success or error |
| announcementid | int | The id of the new announcement |
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($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' => 'AddAnnouncement',
// See https://developers.whmcs.com/api/authentication
'username' => 'IDENTIFIER_OR_ADMIN_USERNAME',
'password' => 'SECRET_OR_HASHED_PASSWORD',
'date' => '2016-01-01 15:30:00',
'title' => 'Sample announcement',
'announcement' => 'Text goes here...',
'published' => '1',
'responsetype' => 'json',
)
)
);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);$command = 'AddAnnouncement';
$postData = array(
'date' => '2016-01-01 15:30:00',
'title' => 'Sample announcement',
'announcement' => 'Text goes here...',
'published' => '1',
);
$adminUsername = 'ADMIN_USERNAME'; // Optional for WHMCS 7.2 and later
$results = localAPI($command, $postData, $adminUsername);
print_r($results);{
"result": "success",
"announcementid": "1"
}| Version | Changelog |
|---|---|
| 1.0 | Initial Version |