CrownPanel API Overview

CrownPanel's API allows you to manage your VPS programmatically - including actions like power control, hostname changes, snapshot management, and more.

You can use the API with:

  • PHP scripts
  • CLI tools like curl
  • Monitoring systems
  • Custom control panels or dashboards

Ideal for automation, integration into management panels, or performing bulk operations across multiple VPS instances.


πŸ”§ Hard Reboot VPS

Use this API call to forcefully reboot (power cycle) your VPS instance.
This is helpful when a standard reboot (reboot) fails to work, especially if the OS is unresponsive.

πŸ” Key(s) and variable(s) required for this call,

Key Variable Description Required
API_KEY YOUR_API_KEY Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual API key provided in "Account Settings", under the API section. βœ… Yes
QUERY hard_reboot The query action to perform a hard reboot. βœ… Yes
VMID YOUR_VMID Replace YOUR_VMID with your VPS ID (from β€œList All VPS” API query). βœ… Yes

Example Responses

βœ… If YOUR_API_KEY, QUERY & YOUR_VMID parameters are valid, you would get the following output,

Success Output

{"query_status":"Success","query":"hard_reboot","query_result":"Success, Task Added. Please wait for 1-2 minutes for it to complete."}

❌ If YOUR_API_KEY or QUERY or YOUR_VMID are invalid, you would get the following output,

Error Output

{"query_status":"Error","query":"","query_result":""}

CURL Example

curl -d "API_KEY=API-KEY-HERE&QUERY=hard_reboot&VMID=YOUR_VMID" -X POST https://api.crownpanel.com

🌐 Other Language Examples

If you prefer to use another language or environment, here are examples for PHP, Python and Node.js:

PHP Example
<?php
$url = "https://api.crownpanel.com";

$post = [
'API_KEY' => 'YOUR_API_KEY',
'QUERY' => 'hard_reboot',
'VMID' => 'YOUR_VMID',
];
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($post));
$response = curl_exec($ch);
var_export($response);
?>
Python Example

βš™οΈ Install (only once): Required to install necessary libraries before running the code.

pip install requests
import requests

url = "https://api.crownpanel.com"
data = {
    "API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "QUERY": "hard_reboot",
    "VMID": "YOUR_VMID"
}

response = requests.post(url, data=data)
print(response.text)
Node.js Example

βš™οΈ Install (only once): Required to install necessary libraries before running the code.

npm install axios
const axios = require('axios');
const qs = require('qs');

const data = qs.stringify({
  API_KEY: 'YOUR_API_KEY',
  QUERY: 'hard_reboot',
  VMID: 'YOUR_VMID'
});

axios.post('https://api.crownpanel.com', data)
  .then(response => {
    console.log(response.data);
  })
  .catch(error => {
    console.error('Error:', error);
  });

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