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DeactivateModule

Deactivates a given module.

Request Parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
actionstring"DeactivateModule"Required
moduleTypestringThe module type to be deactivatedRequired
moduleNamestringThe module name to be deactivatedRequired
newGatewaystringThe Gateway to switch respective entities to when deactivating a Gateway Module.Optional

Response Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
resultstringThe 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' => 'DeactivateModule',
            // See https://developers.whmcs.com/api/authentication
            'username' => 'IDENTIFIER_OR_ADMIN_USERNAME',
            'password' => 'SECRET_OR_HASHED_PASSWORD',
            'moduleType' => 'gateway',
            'moduleName' => 'paypal',
            'responsetype' => 'json',
        )
    )
);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

Example Request (Local API)

$command = 'DeactivateModule';
$postData = array(
    'moduleType' => 'gateway',
    'moduleName' => 'paypal',
);
$adminUsername = 'ADMIN_USERNAME'; // Optional for WHMCS 7.2 and later

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

Example Response JSON

{
    "result": "success"
}

Error Responses

Possible error condition responses include:

  • Invalid module type provided. Supported module types include: xxx
  • Invalid module name provided.
  • Module deactivation not supported by module type.
  • Failed to deactivate: xxx
  • An unexpected error occurred: xxx

Version History

VersionChangelog
7.0.0-beta.1Initial Version