GetAutomationLog

Get Automation Task Log.

Request Parameters

Parameter Type Description Required
action string “GetAutomationLog” Required
startdate string Defaults to today Optional
enddate string Defaults to today Optional
namespace string Optional filter for a specific namespace Optional

Response Parameters

Parameter Type Description
result string The result of the operation: success or error
currentDatetime string The current system datetime.
lastDailyCronInvocationTime string The last daily cron invokation time.
startdate string The start date/time filter applied
enddate string The end date/time filter applied
statistics array The log output, grouped by date and namespace

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' => 'GetAutomationLog',
            // See https://developers.whmcs.com/api/authentication
            'username' => 'IDENTIFIER_OR_ADMIN_USERNAME',
            'password' => 'SECRET_OR_HASHED_PASSWORD',
            'startdate' => '2016-11-01',
            'enddate' => '2016-11-07',
            'namespace' => 'createinvoices',
            'responsetype' => 'json',
        )
    )
);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

Example Request (Local API)

$command = 'GetAutomationLog';
$postData = array(
    'startdate' => '2016-11-01',
    'enddate' => '2016-11-07',
    'namespace' => 'createinvoices',
);
$adminUsername = 'ADMIN_USERNAME'; // Optional for WHMCS 7.2 and later

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

Example Response JSON

{
    "result": "success",
    "currentDatetime": "2016-11-09 15:37:58",
    "lastDailyCronInvocationTime": "2016-11-09 11:00:00",
    "startdate": "2016-11-01 00:00:00",
    "enddate": "2016-11-07 23:59:59",
    "statistics": "...."
}

Version History

Version Changelog
1.0 Initial Version