Mailcow Api

A wrapper for the mailcow web API with the most relevant functions.

Install

npm i mailcow-api

Basic Example

(async () => {
    //get global variables
    require('dotenv').config();
    
    //import the api client module
    const {
        MailcowApiClient
    } = require("mailcow-api")

    //create new mailcow api client with endpoint/baseurl and the api key
    const mcc = new MailcowApiClient(process.env.MAILCOW_API_BASEURL, process.env.MAILCOW_API_KEY);

    //get all domain on mailcow server
    console.log(await mcc.getDomain());
})();

What is dotenv?

The line "require('dotenv').config();" gets the contents of a file called ".env" in which you should store your global and secret variables.

1. Install the module "dotenv" with

npm i dotenv

2. Create a file named ".env" in your applications root directory

.env

MAILCOW_API_KEY='YOUR MAILCOW API KEY'
MAILCOW_API_BASEURL='https://mail.example.com' //no trailing slashes

3. Use your secret variables

process.env.MAILCOW_API_BASEURL
process.env.MAILCOW_API_KEY

Where to get the API key?

1. Open your mailcow UI and login as admin

1.1 Are you using two factor authentication for your admin account?

If not: Do it now! It's easy! For Android you can use the andOTP app. andOTP can be used for 2FA with many services and is way better then the Google Authenticator app.

2. Scroll to and expand the API section

3. Insert the IP you want to accesss the API from or disable the API check

4. Tick the checkbox "Activate API" and save the settings

5. Copy your API key from the field above

Documentation

Here

Need help or missing a feature?

Feel free to contact me via [email protected] in english or german

Mailcow API Documentation

Apiary

Swagger

Links

NPM

Documentation

Code

Modules

Typedefs

mailcow-api

• mailcow-api
  • .MailcowApiClient
    • new module.exports.MailcowApiClient(baseurl, apikey)
    • .getDomain([domain]) ⇒ Array
    • .addDomain(domain) ⇒ Boolean
    • .editDomain(domains, attributes) ⇒ Boolean
    • .deleteDomain(domain) ⇒ Boolean
    • .addDKIM(dkim) ⇒ Boolean
    • .getDKIM(domain) ⇒ Object
    • .deleteDKIM(domain) ⇒ Boolean
    • .addAndGetDKIM(dkim) ⇒ Object
    • .addDomainAdmin(domainAdmin) ⇒ Object
    • .addMailbox(mailbox) ⇒ Object
    • .deleteMailbox(mailboxes) ⇒ Boolean
    • .addAlias(address, goto) ⇒ Boolean
    • .updateMailboxes(mailboxes) ⇒ Array.<MailboxAnswer>
    • .getMailboxes(id) ⇒ Array.<Mailbox>

mailcow-api.MailcowApiClient

Class representing the Mailcow API client

Kind: static class of mailcow-api

• .MailcowApiClient
  • new module.exports.MailcowApiClient(baseurl, apikey)
  • .getDomain([domain]) ⇒ Array
  • .addDomain(domain) ⇒ Boolean
  • .editDomain(domains, attributes) ⇒ Boolean
  • .deleteDomain(domain) ⇒ Boolean
  • .addDKIM(dkim) ⇒ Boolean
  • .getDKIM(domain) ⇒ Object
  • .deleteDKIM(domain) ⇒ Boolean
  • .addAndGetDKIM(dkim) ⇒ Object
  • .addDomainAdmin(domainAdmin) ⇒ Object
  • .addMailbox(mailbox) ⇒ Object
  • .deleteMailbox(mailboxes) ⇒ Boolean
  • .addAlias(address, goto) ⇒ Boolean
  • .updateMailboxes(mailboxes) ⇒ Array.<MailboxAnswer>
  • .getMailboxes(id) ⇒ Array.<Mailbox>

new module.exports.MailcowApiClient(baseurl, apikey)

Create a Mailcow API client.

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | baseurl | string | The base url where the api can be found | | apikey | string | The api key for the mailcow api endpoint |

Example

(async () => {
    //get global variables
    require('dotenv').config();
    
    //import the api client module
    const {
        MailcowApiClient
    } = require("mailcow-api")

    //create new mailcow api client with endpoint/baseurl and the api key
    const mcc = new MailcowApiClient(process.env.MAILCOW_API_BASEURL, process.env.MAILCOW_API_KEY);

    //get all domain on mailcow server
    console.log(await mcc.getDomain());
})();

mailcowApiClient.getDomain([domain]) ⇒ Array

Gets a specific domain or all domains

Kind: instance method of MailcowApiClient
Returns: Array - Array of domains

| Param | Type | Default | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [domain] | String | 'all' | The domain you want to get |

Example

await mcc.getDomain()

mailcowApiClient.addDomain(domain) ⇒ Boolean

Adds a domain to the server

Kind: instance method of MailcowApiClient
Returns: Boolean - True on success

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | domain | String | Domain | The domain you want to add |

Example

await mcc.addDomain({
            domain: "example.com",
        }))

mailcowApiClient.editDomain(domains, attributes) ⇒ Boolean

Edits one or more domains on the server. Applies the attributes to all domains provided.

Kind: instance method of MailcowApiClient
Returns: Boolean - True on success

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | domains | Array | String | The domains you want to edit | | attributes | Object | Attributes to change for all domains provided domains |

Example

await mcc.editDomain(["example.com"], {
            aliases: 399
        });
        //This will set the aliases of example.com to 399

mailcowApiClient.deleteDomain(domain) ⇒ Boolean

Removes a domain from the server

Kind: instance method of MailcowApiClient
Returns: Boolean - True on success

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | domain | String | Array | The domain/domains you want to delete |

Example

await mcc.deleteDomain("example.com")

mailcowApiClient.addDKIM(dkim) ⇒ Boolean

Generates a DKIM domain key for a domain

Kind: instance method of MailcowApiClient
Returns: Boolean - True on success

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | dkim | String | DKIM | A DKIM object or string |

Example

await mcc.addDKIM({
            domain: "example.com",
        })
        //This will generate a DKIM key for example.com on the mailcow server

mailcowApiClient.getDKIM(domain) ⇒ Object

Gets the DKIM key for a domain on the mailcow server

Kind: instance method of MailcowApiClient
Returns: Object - The DKIM public key and other parameters

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | domain | String | the domain name you want to get the key for |

Example

await mcc.getDKIM('example.com')
        //This will get the DKIM key for the domain example.com from the mailcow server

mailcowApiClient.deleteDKIM(domain) ⇒ Boolean

Deletes the DKIM key for a domain on the mailcow server

Kind: instance method of MailcowApiClient
Returns: Boolean - true on success

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | domain | Array | the domain name/names you want to delete the key for |

Example

await mcc.deleteDKIM('example.com')
        //This will delete the DKIM key for the domain example.com from the mailcow server

mailcowApiClient.addAndGetDKIM(dkim) ⇒ Object

Generates a DKIM domain key for a domain and returns it

Kind: instance method of MailcowApiClient
Returns: Object - DKIM key on success

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | dkim | String | DKIM | A DKIM object or string |

Example

await mcc.addAndGetDKIM({
            domain: "example.com",
        })
        //This will generate a DKIM key for example.com on the mailcow server and return it

mailcowApiClient.addDomainAdmin(domainAdmin) ⇒ Object

Adds a domain admin to the mailcow server

Kind: instance method of MailcowApiClient
Returns: Object - containing password username and domains on successfull creation

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | domainAdmin | DomainAdmin | a domain admin object that has to contain at least the domains the admin should be able to control |

Example

await mcc.addDomainAdmin({
            domains: ['example.com', 'example.org']
        })
        //This will add an admin for the domains example.com and example.org and return their credentials

mailcowApiClient.addMailbox(mailbox) ⇒ Object

Adds a mailbox for a domain to the mailcow server

Kind: instance method of MailcowApiClient
Returns: Object - the created mailbox

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | mailbox | Mailbox | a Mailbox object that has to contain at least the domain for which the mailbox shall be created |

Example

await mcc.addMailbox({
            domain: 'example.com',
            name: 'Example'
        })
        //This will add a mailbox for the domain example.com and return it 

mailcowApiClient.deleteMailbox(mailboxes) ⇒ Boolean

Deletes a mailbox

Kind: instance method of MailcowApiClient
Returns: Boolean - true on success

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | mailboxes | String | Array | complete name of the mailbox/mailboxes |

Example

await mcc.deleteMailbox("[email protected]")
        //This will delete the mailbox [email protected]

mailcowApiClient.addAlias(address, goto) ⇒ Boolean

Adds an alias for a mailbox

Kind: instance method of MailcowApiClient
Returns: Boolean - true on success

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | address | String | alias address, for catchall use "@domain.tld" | | goto | String | destination address, comma separated |

Example

await mcc.addAlias("@test.tld","[email protected]")
        //This will catch all mail for the domain test.tld and put it in the mailbox [email protected]

mailcowApiClient.updateMailboxes(mailboxes) ⇒ Array.<MailboxAnswer>

Updates Mailboxes See the data structure here: https://demo.mailcow.email/api/#/Mailboxes/Update%20mailbox

Kind: instance method of MailcowApiClient

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | mailboxes | Array.<Mailbox> | mailboxes |

Example

await mcc.updateMailboxes({
  "attr": {
    "active": "1",
    "force_pw_update": "0",
    "name": "Full name",
    "password": "",
    "password2": "",
    "quota": "3072",
    "sender_acl": [
      "default",
      "[email protected]",
      "domain3.tld",
      "*"
    ],
    "sogo_access": "1"
  },
  "items": [
    "[email protected]"
  ]
})

mailcowApiClient.getMailboxes(id) ⇒ Array.<Mailbox>

Gets Mailboxes

Kind: instance method of MailcowApiClient

| Param | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | id | "all" | "[email protected]" | "all" or "[email protected]" |

Example

const answer=await getMailboxes("all");
     answer will be: [
  {
    "active": "1",
    "attributes": {
      "force_pw_update": "0",
      "mailbox_format": "maildir:",
      "quarantine_notification": "never",
      "sogo_access": "1",
      "tls_enforce_in": "0",
      "tls_enforce_out": "0"
    },
    "domain": "doman3.tld",
    "is_relayed": 0,
    "local_part": "info",
    "max_new_quota": 10737418240,
    "messages": 0,
    "name": "Full name",
    "percent_class": "success",
    "percent_in_use": 0,
    "quota": 3221225472,
    "quota_used": 0,
    "rl": false,
    "spam_aliases": 0,
    "username": "[email protected]"
  }
]

Domain : Object

For all options check out https://demo.mailcow.email/api/

Kind: global typedef
Properties

| Name | Type | Default | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | domain | String | | Name of the domain to add | | [active] | Number | 1 | Whether the domain should be active or not | | [aliases] | Number | 400 | Number of aliases allowed | | [defquota] | Number | 3072 | | | [mailboxes] | Number | 10 | | | [maxquota] | Number | 10240 | | | [quota] | Number | 10240 | |

Example

{
    active: 1,
    domain: "example.com",
    aliases: 400, // responding "object is not numeric" if missing is this a BUG? should be "aliases missing" if cant be omited anyway
    backupmx: 0,
    defquota: 3072,
    description: "Hello!",
    lang: "en",
    mailboxes: 10,
    maxquota: 10240,
    quota: 10240,
    relay_all_recipients: 0,
    rl_frame: "s",
    rl_value: 10
    }

DKIM : Object

Object representing a DKIM Key

Kind: global typedef
Properties

| Name | Type | Default | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | domain | String | | The domain which a key should be generated for | | [dkim_selector] | String | 'dkim' | The dkim selector | | [key_size] | 2048 | 1024 | 2048 | The size of the key |

Example

{
  "domain": "example.com",
  "dkim_selector": "dkim",
  "key_size": 2048
 }

DomainAdmin : Object

Object representing a domain admin

Kind: global typedef
Properties

| Name | Type | Default | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | domains | Array | String | | The domains/domain this admin should be able to access | | [username] | String | RANDOM | | | [password] | String | RANDOM | | | [active] | 0 | 1 | 1 | |

Example

{
  "active": 1,
  "domains": "example.com",
  "password": "supersecurepw",
  "username": "testadmin"
}

Mailbox : Object

Object representing a mailbox

Kind: global typedef
Properties

| Name | Type | Default | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | domain | String | | domain for wich the mailbox shall be created | | [local_part] | String | "mail" | the local part of the mail address before the @ | | [name] | String | "John Doe" | full name of the user | | [password] | String | RANDOM | password for the user. if omitted one will be generated | | [quota] | Number | 3072 | maximum size of the mailbox | | [active] | 0 | 1 | 1 | whether the mailbox is active or not |

Example

{
  "domain": "example.com",
  "local_part": "john.doe",
  "name": "John Doe",
  "password": "paulIstToll",
  "quota": 3072,
  "active": 1
}