# cPanel

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/cpanel/  
**Website:** https://cpanel.net/  
**APIs profiled:** 7

cPanel is a web-based control panel that provides a graphical interface and automation tools to simplify the management of web hosting services. cPanel exposes a family of HTTP APIs (UAPI, WHM API 1, and the legacy cPanel API 2) for automating account, domain, email, database, DNS, and server-wide operations. APIs accept API tokens or Basic Authentication and return JSON or XML responses.

## Kin Score — 35.2 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 35.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 49.3 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 28.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 28.6 |
| Commercial Clarity | 26.3 |
| Access Clarity | 26.3 |

## Agent readiness — 34.7 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (7)

- **cPanel UAPI** — The cPanel User API (UAPI) is the modern HTTP API for performing cPanel-level operations such as managing email accounts, mailboxes, files, databases, FTP accounts, SSL certific...
- **WHM API 1** — The WHM API 1 is the HTTP API for server-wide and reseller-level operations including creating, suspending, and terminating cPanel accounts, managing packages and feature lists,...
- **cPanel API 2 (Legacy)** — cPanel API 2 is the legacy XML/JSON API for cPanel-user operations. It remains supported for backward compatibility but has been largely superseded by UAPI; new development shou...
- **cPanel DomainInfo API** — Domain information (DomainInfo module)
- **cPanel Email API** — Email account management (Email module)
- **cPanel Mysql API** — MySQL database operations (Mysql module)
- **cPanel UAPI API** — Generic UAPI execute endpoint

## Agentic access (1)

- **Cpanel Agentic Access** — 5 operations

## Security (3)

- **Cpanel Authentication** — http · 2 schemes
- **Cpanel Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC
- **Cpanel Vulnerability Disclosure** — Hackerone · security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Cpanel Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Control Panel, DNS, Domains, Email, Hosting, Reseller, Server Administration, Web Hosting, WHM

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/cpanel/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.