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443 Administrative API header for CUPS.
445 Copyright 2016 by Apple Inc.
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451 file is missing or damaged, see the license at "http://www.cups.org/".
454 <h1 class='title'
>Administrative APIs
</h1>
456 <div class='summary'
><table summary='General Information'
>
460 <th>cups/adminutil.h
</th>
470 <td>Programming:
<a href='api-overview.html' target='_top'
>Introduction to CUPS Programming
</a><br>
471 Programming:
<a href='api-cups.html' target='_top'
>CUPS API
</a><br>
472 Programming:
<a href='api-httpipp.html' target='_top'
>HTTP and IPP APIs
</a></td>
476 <div class=
"contents">
477 <h2 class=
"title">Contents
</h2>
478 <ul class=
"contents">
479 <li><a href=
"#OVERVIEW">Overview
</a><ul class=
"subcontents">
480 <li><a href=
"#SETTINGS">Scheduler Settings
</a></li>
481 <li><a href=
"#DEVICES">Devices
</a></li>
483 <li><a href=
"#FUNCTIONS">Functions
</a><ul class=
"subcontents">
484 <li><a href=
"#cupsAdminCreateWindowsPPD">cupsAdminCreateWindowsPPD
</a></li>
485 <li><a href=
"#cupsAdminExportSamba">cupsAdminExportSamba
</a></li>
486 <li><a href=
"#cupsAdminGetServerSettings">cupsAdminGetServerSettings
</a></li>
487 <li><a href=
"#cupsAdminSetServerSettings">cupsAdminSetServerSettings
</a></li>
488 <li><a href=
"#cupsGetDevices">cupsGetDevices
</a></li>
490 <li><a href=
"#TYPES">Data Types
</a><ul class=
"subcontents">
491 <li><a href=
"#cups_device_cb_t">cups_device_cb_t
</a></li>
497 Administrative API documentation for CUPS.
499 Copyright 2016 by Apple Inc.
501 These coded instructions, statements, and computer programs are the
502 property of Apple Inc. and are protected by Federal copyright
503 law. Distribution and use rights are outlined in the file "LICENSE.txt"
504 which should have been included with this file. If this file is
505 file is missing or damaged, see the license at "http://www.cups.org/".
508 <h2 class=
"title"><a name=
"OVERVIEW">Overview
</a></h2>
510 <p>The administrative APIs provide convenience functions to perform certain administrative functions with the CUPS scheduler.
</p>
512 <blockquote><b>Note:
<b>
513 <p>Administrative functions normally require administrative privileges to execute and must not be used in ordinary user applications!
</p>
516 <h3><a name=
"SETTINGS">Scheduler Settings
</a></h3>
518 <p>The
<a href=
"#cupsAdminGetServerSettings"><code>cupsAdminGetServerSettings
</code></a> and
<a href=
"#cupsAdminSetServerSettings"><code>cupsAdminSetServerSettings
</code></a> functions allow you to get and set simple directives and their values, respectively, in the
<var>cupsd.conf
</var> file for the CUPS scheduler. Settings are stored in CUPS option arrays which provide a simple list of string name/value pairs. While any simple
<var>cupsd.conf
</var> directive name can be specified, the following convenience names are also defined to control common complex directives:
</p>
521 <li><code>CUPS_SERVER_DEBUG_LOGGING
</code></li>: For
<code>cupsAdminGetServerSettings
</code>, a value of
"1" means that the
<code>LogLevel
</code> directive is set to
<code>debug
</code> or
<code>debug2
</code> while a value of
"0" means it is set to any other value. For
<code>cupsAdminSetServerSettings
</code> a value of
"1" sets the
<code>LogLeveL
</code> to
<code>debug
</code> while a value of
"0" sets it to
<code>warn
</code>.
</li>
522 <li><code>CUPS_SERVER_REMOTE_ADMIN
</code></li>: A value of
"1" specifies that administrative requests are accepted from remote addresses while
"0" specifies that requests are only accepted from local addresses (loopback interface and domain sockets).
</li>
523 <li><code>CUPS_SERVER_REMOTE_ANY
</code></li>: A value of
"1" specifies that requests are accepts from any address while
"0" specifies that requests are only accepted from the local subnet (when sharing is enabled) or local addresses (loopback interface and domain sockets).
</li>
524 <li><code>CUPS_SERVER_SHARE_PRINTERS
</code></li>: A value of
"1" specifies that printer sharing is enabled for selected printers and remote requests are accepted while a value of
"0" specifies that printer sharing is disables and remote requests are not accepted.
</li>
525 <li><code>CUPS_SERVER_USER_CANCEL_ANY
</code></li>: A value of
"1" specifies that the default security policy allows any user to cancel any print job, regardless of the owner. A value of
"0" specifies that only administrative users can cancel other user's jobs.
</li>
528 <blockquote><b>Note:
</b>
529 <p>Changing settings will restart the CUPS scheduler.
</p>
530 <p>When printer sharing or the web interface are enabled, the scheduler's launch-on-demand functionality is effectively disabled. This can affect power usage, system performance, and the security profile of a system.
</p>
533 <p>The recommended way to make changes to the
<var>cupsd.conf
</var> is to first call
<a href=
"#cupsAdminGetServerSettings"><code>cupsAdminGetServerSettings
</code></a>, make any changes to the returned option array, and then call
<a href=
"#cupsAdminSetServerSettings"><code>cupsAdminSetServerSettings
</code></a> to save those settings. For example, to enable the web interface:
</p>
535 <pre class=
"example">
536 #include
<cups/cups.h
>
537 #include
<cups/adminutil.h
>
540 enable_web_interface(void)
542 int num_settings =
0; /* Number of settings */
543 cups_option_t *settings = NULL; /* Settings */
546 if (!
<a href=
"#cupsAdminGetServerSettings">cupsAdminGetServerSettings
</a>(CUPS_HTTP_DEFAULT,
&num_settings,
&settings))
548 fprintf(stderr,
"ERROR: Unable to get server settings: %s\n", cupsLastErrorString());
552 num_settings =
<a href=
"api-cups.html#cupsAddOption">cupsAddOption
</a>(
"WebInterface",
"Yes", num_settings,
&settings);
554 if (!
<a href=
"#cupsAdminSetServerSettings">cupsAdminSetServerSettings
</a>(CUPS_HTTP_DEFAULT, num_settings, settings))
556 fprintf(stderr,
"ERROR: Unable to set server settings: %s\n", cupsLastErrorString());
559 <a href=
"api-cups.html#cupsFreeOptions">cupsFreeOptions
</a>(num_settings, settings);
563 <h3><a name=
"DEVICES">Devices
</a></h3>
565 <p>Printers can be discovered through the CUPS scheduler using the
<a href=
"#cupsGetDevices"><code>cupsGetDevices
</code></a> API. Typically this API is used to locate printers to add the the system. Each device that is found will cause a supplied callback function to be executed. For example, to list the available printer devices that can be found within
30 seconds:
</p>
567 <pre class=
"example">
568 #include
<cups/cups.h
>
569 #include
<cups/adminutil.h
>
574 const char *device_class, /* I - Class */
575 const char *device_id, /* I -
1284 device ID */
576 const char *device_info, /* I - Description */
577 const char *device_make_and_model, /* I - Make and model */
578 const char *device_uri, /* I - Device URI */
579 const char *device_location, /* I - Location */
580 void *user_data) /* I - User data */
589 <a href=
"#cupsGetDevices">cupsGetDevices
</a>(CUPS_HTTP_DEFAULT,
30, NULL, NULL, get_devices_cb, NULL);
592 <h2 class=
"title"><a id=
"FUNCTIONS">Functions
</a></h2>
593 <h3 class=
"function"><span class=
"info"> DEPRECATED
 </span><a id=
"cupsAdminCreateWindowsPPD">cupsAdminCreateWindowsPPD
</a></h3>
594 <p class=
"description">Create the Windows PPD file for a printer.
</p>
596 char *cupsAdminCreateWindowsPPD(http_t *http, const char *dest, char *buffer, int bufsize);
</p>
597 <h4 class=
"parameters">Parameters
</h4>
598 <table class=
"list"><tbody>
600 <td class=
"description">Connection to server or
<code>CUPS_HTTP_DEFAULT
</code></td></tr>
602 <td class=
"description">Printer or class
</td></tr>
604 <td class=
"description">Filename buffer
</td></tr>
606 <td class=
"description">Size of filename buffer
</td></tr>
608 <h4 class=
"returnvalue">Return Value
</h4>
609 <p class=
"description">PPD file or NULL
</p>
610 <h3 class=
"function"><span class=
"info"> DEPRECATED
 </span><a id=
"cupsAdminExportSamba">cupsAdminExportSamba
</a></h3>
611 <p class=
"description">Export a printer to Samba.
</p>
613 int cupsAdminExportSamba(const char *dest, const char *ppd, const char *samba_server, const char *samba_user, const char *samba_password, FILE *logfile);
</p>
614 <h4 class=
"parameters">Parameters
</h4>
615 <table class=
"list"><tbody>
617 <td class=
"description">Destination to export
</td></tr>
619 <td class=
"description">PPD file
</td></tr>
620 <tr><th>samba_server
</th>
621 <td class=
"description">Samba server
</td></tr>
622 <tr><th>samba_user
</th>
623 <td class=
"description">Samba username
</td></tr>
624 <tr><th>samba_password
</th>
625 <td class=
"description">Samba password
</td></tr>
627 <td class=
"description">Log file, if any
</td></tr>
629 <h4 class=
"returnvalue">Return Value
</h4>
630 <p class=
"description">1 on success,
0 on failure
</p>
631 <h3 class=
"function"><span class=
"info"> CUPS
1.3/macOS
10.5 </span><a id=
"cupsAdminGetServerSettings">cupsAdminGetServerSettings
</a></h3>
632 <p class=
"description">Get settings from the server.
</p>
634 int cupsAdminGetServerSettings(http_t *http, int *num_settings, cups_option_t **settings);
</p>
635 <h4 class=
"parameters">Parameters
</h4>
636 <table class=
"list"><tbody>
638 <td class=
"description">Connection to server or
<code>CUPS_HTTP_DEFAULT
</code></td></tr>
639 <tr><th>num_settings
</th>
640 <td class=
"description">Number of settings
</td></tr>
641 <tr><th>settings
</th>
642 <td class=
"description">Settings
</td></tr>
644 <h4 class=
"returnvalue">Return Value
</h4>
645 <p class=
"description">1 on success,
0 on failure
</p>
646 <h4 class=
"discussion">Discussion
</h4>
647 <p class=
"discussion">The returned settings should be freed with cupsFreeOptions() when
648 you are done with them.
651 <h3 class=
"function"><span class=
"info"> CUPS
1.3/macOS
10.5 </span><a id=
"cupsAdminSetServerSettings">cupsAdminSetServerSettings
</a></h3>
652 <p class=
"description">Set settings on the server.
</p>
654 int cupsAdminSetServerSettings(http_t *http, int num_settings, cups_option_t *settings);
</p>
655 <h4 class=
"parameters">Parameters
</h4>
656 <table class=
"list"><tbody>
658 <td class=
"description">Connection to server or
<code>CUPS_HTTP_DEFAULT
</code></td></tr>
659 <tr><th>num_settings
</th>
660 <td class=
"description">Number of settings
</td></tr>
661 <tr><th>settings
</th>
662 <td class=
"description">Settings
</td></tr>
664 <h4 class=
"returnvalue">Return Value
</h4>
665 <p class=
"description">1 on success,
0 on failure
</p>
666 <h3 class=
"function"><span class=
"info"> CUPS
1.4/macOS
10.6 </span><a id=
"cupsGetDevices">cupsGetDevices
</a></h3>
667 <p class=
"description">Get available printer devices.
</p>
669 ipp_status_t cupsGetDevices(http_t *http, int timeout, const char *include_schemes, const char *exclude_schemes,
<a href=
"#cups_device_cb_t">cups_device_cb_t
</a> callback, void *user_data);
</p>
670 <h4 class=
"parameters">Parameters
</h4>
671 <table class=
"list"><tbody>
673 <td class=
"description">Connection to server or
<code>CUPS_HTTP_DEFAULT
</code></td></tr>
675 <td class=
"description">Timeout in seconds or
<code>CUPS_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT
</code></td></tr>
676 <tr><th>include_schemes
</th>
677 <td class=
"description">Comma-separated URI schemes to include or
<code>CUPS_INCLUDE_ALL
</code></td></tr>
678 <tr><th>exclude_schemes
</th>
679 <td class=
"description">Comma-separated URI schemes to exclude or
<code>CUPS_EXCLUDE_NONE
</code></td></tr>
680 <tr><th>callback
</th>
681 <td class=
"description">Callback function
</td></tr>
682 <tr><th>user_data
</th>
683 <td class=
"description">User data pointer
</td></tr>
685 <h4 class=
"returnvalue">Return Value
</h4>
686 <p class=
"description">Request status -
<code>IPP_OK
</code> on success.
</p>
687 <h4 class=
"discussion">Discussion
</h4>
688 <p class=
"discussion">This function sends a CUPS-Get-Devices request and streams the discovered
689 devices to the specified callback function. The
"timeout
" parameter controls
690 how long the request lasts, while the
"include_schemes
" and
"exclude_schemes
"
691 parameters provide comma-delimited lists of backends to include or omit from
692 the request respectively.
695 <h2 class=
"title"><a id=
"TYPES">Data Types
</a></h2>
696 <h3 class=
"typedef"><a id=
"cups_device_cb_t"><span class=
"info"> CUPS
1.4/macOS
10.6 </span>cups_device_cb_t
</a></h3>
697 <p class=
"description">Device callback
700 typedef void (*cups_device_cb_t)(const char *device_class, const char *device_id, const char *device_info, const char *device_make_and_model, const char *device_uri, const char *device_location, void *user_data);