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Weebly API

The Weebly Website Builder is trusted by over 40 million worldwide users and our flexible price plans help you tap into this leading solution. As the reseller, you maintain full control over billing, support, and your customer relationships. Use HEXONET's API to start offering Weebly on the same platform as your domain management interface and enable your customers to create beautiful, professional websites in minutes.

List of plans

Annual plan API Class Registration period
Free WEEBLY_FREE 1Y
Starter WEEBLY_STARTER 1Y
Pro WEEBLY_PRO 1Y
Business WEEBLY_BUSINESS 1Y
Performance WEEBLY_PERFORMANCE 1Y

Go to https://wiki.hexonet.net/wiki/Weebly_Plan_Structure to learn more about each plan.

Please note, Weebly Website Builder is currently only available as annual plan.

Using the API



Create new website user

To create a new website, a website user object must first be created. Note that a website user object is different than a contact handle that's primarily used for domains.

The following command is used to create the website user object 

COMMAND = CreateWebsiteUser
CLASS = Weebly
EMAIL = (Email address)
LANGUAGE = (Primary language)


CLASS
This must always be set to Weebly

EMAIL
Email address to serve as your primary contact for important Weebly emails. Weebly provides notices and information about your websites regarding customer comments, registrations, purchases and more.

LANGUAGE
The primary language used in the Weebly interface. Valid language code are:

  • DA: Danish
  • DE: German
  • EN: English
  • ES: Spanish
  • FR: French
  • IT: Italian
  • JA: Japanese
  • NL: Dutch
  • NO: Norwegian
  • PL: Polish
  • PT: Portuguese
  • RU: Russian
  • SV: Swedish
  • TR: Turkish
  • ZH: Chinese (simplified)


If successful, CreateWebsiteUser will return a WEBSITEUSERID property.

See here for more information on CreateWebsiteUser command.

Create new website

Once you have created a website user, you can use the following command to create the website 

COMMAND = CreateWebsite
CLASS = (Website class)
DOMAIN = (Domain name)
WEBSITEUSERID = (Website User ID)
PERIOD = 1Y
SECURE = 0 | 1
TITLE = (New website title) (optional)
REFERENCE = (Original website ID to copy from) (optional)


CLASS
Website plan. Valid plan are:

  • WEEBLY_FREE
  • WEEBLY_STARTER
  • WEEBLY_PRO
  • WEEBLY_BUSINESS
  • WEEBLY_PERFORMANCE

DOMAIN
Name of domain. Note that the domain name must be unique and is not used by another account.

WEBSITEUSERID
Website user ID

PERIOD
Registration period of the website. Currently only supports period of 1 year (1Y).

SECURE
This property will either hide or show the SSL certificate option in the Website Editor so that users can enable SSL on their website

  • If set to 1, this will show the SSL certificate option in the Website Editor
  • If set to 0, this will hide the SSL certificate option in the Website Editor

TITLE
Website title. If not specified, the default value will be 'Blank title'.

REFERENCE
If you provide the ID of another website, the new website will copy the existing website

See here for more information on CreateWebsite command.

Get website status

You can see all information on your website using the following command 

COMMAND = StatusWebsite
ID = (Website ID)

StatusWebsite will return the following property:

  • STATUS
  • TITLE
  • DESCRIPTION
  • ID
  • WEBSITEUSERID
  • SUBCLASS
  • USER
  • PEERUSER
  • RENEWALMODE
  • CREATEDDATE
  • PAIDUNTILDATE
  • EXPIRATIONDATE
  • UPDATEDDATE

See here for more information on StatusWebsite command.

Access Weebly Website Editor

To access the Weebly Website Editor interface, you need to retrieve the SSO link using the following command 

COMMAND = CreateWebsiteSession
ENTITY = Site
ID = (Website ID)

This command will return the property URL which redirects to the Weebly Website Editor.

See here for more information on CreateWebsiteSession command.

Get website list

You can view a list of your website using the following command 

COMMAND = QueryWebsiteList

QueryWebsiteList will return the following property:

  • DESCRIPTION
  • OBJECTID
  • STATUS
  • CLASS
  • WEBSITEUSERID
  • USER
  • CREATEDDATE
  • PAIDUNTILDATE
  • UPDATEDDATE
  • EXPIRATIONDATE
  • RENEWALMODE

See here for more information on QueryWebsiteList command.

Please note that downgrading is not supported for Weebly website plans


Upgrade via API

You can upgrade your website by using the following command 

COMMAND = UpgradeWebsite
ID = (Website ID)
CLASS = (Website class)


ID
The website ID

CLASS
Website plan. Valid plan are:

  • WEEBLY_FREE
  • WEEBLY_STARTER
  • WEEBLY_PRO
  • WEEBLY_BUSINESS
  • WEEBLY_PERFORMANCE

Note that when you upgrade your website, we will automatically process a refund for the remaining term left in your original plan. For example, if you bought a Starter website in June and upgrade to Performance in August, we will refund the prorated Starter annual fee which is calculated from September to May.

See here for more information on UpgradeWebsite command.

Povisioning upgrade within Weebly Website Editor

Weebly displays several upgrade triggers in the Website Editor when the website's current plan does not include that feature. There's also an upgrade button at the top right corner of the Website Editor for easy upgrade. If a customer clicks on either the upgrade triggers or button, it will open a new modal to provision the upgrade process. As our reseller, you can customize the upgrade modal content so that you can have full control on the upgrading process.

Weebly upgrade.png

To do so, you must provide us the URL that will handle the upgrading process. You can provide the URL via the CreateWebsite (for new website) or UpdateWebsite (for existing website) command. Note that you must specify the upgrade URL for each website you want to apply the changes to.

To add upgrade URL to new website 

COMMAND = CreateWebsite
CLASS = (Website class)
DOMAIN = (Domain name)
WEBSITEUSERID = (Website User ID)
PERIOD = 1Y
TITLE = (New website title) (optional)
REFERENCE = (Original website ID to copy from) (optional)
UPGRADEURL = (your custom link to the upgrade modal)


To add upgrade URL to existing website 

COMMAND = UpdateWebsite
ID = (Website ID)
UPGRADEURL = (your custom link to the upgrade modal)


Whenever an upgrade trigger or button is clicked, Weebly will call your upgrade URL and adds the following parameters to the URL:

  • user_id
  • site
  • plan
  • upgrade_type
  • upgrade_id
  • plan_ids
  • hash


Here’s an example of an URL with the added parameters: 

http://your-url.com/upgrade.html?user_id=1234567&site=1234567891011234&plan=starter&upgrade_type=feature&upgrade_id=edit_footer&plan_ids=40%2C14%2C41%2C10%2C35%2C39&hash=e71ca960fad7e87df447bb7879a27a8d14fa5a48&


To display your upgrade modal content

Before you load your modal content, you should verify the hash to make sure the call is coming directly from the Weebly Website Editor. You can use the following command to verify the hash 

COMMAND = VerifyWebsiteUpgradeHash
SITEID = Website ID
WEBSITEUSERID = (Website user ID)
HASH = (hash from the upgrade URL)
CLASS = Weebly

See here for more information on VerifyWebsiteUpgradeHash command.

If VerifyWebsiteUpgradeHash returns a success message, you can then proceed with the modal load and execute the UpgradeWebsite command to upgrade the website plan.

Delete website

Refund is not applicable if you delete a website 

COMMAND = DeleteWebsite
ID = (Website ID)

See here for more information on DeleteWebsite command.

Restore website

If you delete a website, you have up to 1 month to restore the website to its original state. Executing this command will automatically charge your account the annual fee of the original website plan. 

COMMAND = RestoreWebsite
ID = (Website ID)
PERIOD = 1Y

See here for more information on RestoreWebsite command.

Update website title

You can update the website title with the following command. 

COMMAND = UpdateWebsite
ID = (Website ID)
TITLE = (New website title)

See here for more information on UpdateWebsite command.

Publish or unpublish website

  • PUBLISH = 1 – publish website
  • PUBLISH = 0 – unpublish website 
COMMAND = UpdateWebsite
ID = (Website ID)
PUBLISH = 1 | 0

Renew website

You can start renewing a website 61 days before the expiration date. 

COMMAND = PayWebsiteRenewal
ID = (Website ID)
PERIOD = 1Y

See here for more information on PayWebsiteRenewal command.

Set renewal mode of website

  • AUTORENEW – automatically renews a website on the current expiration date
  • AUTOEXPIRE – website will be deleted upon expiry 
COMMAND = SetWebsiteRenewalMode
ID = (Website ID)
RENEWALMODE = AUTOEXPIRE | AUTORENEW

See here for more information on SetWebsiteRenewalMode command.

See a list of website user

You can see a list of website user with the following command 

COMMAND = QueryObjectList
OBJECTCLASS = WEBSITE-USER
USERDEPTH = SELF
WIDE = 1

This command will return

  • OBJECTID – Website user ID
  • DESCRIPTION – Email address of the user

See here for more information on QueryObjectList command.

Get website user status

You can see all information on your website user using the following command 

COMMAND = StatusWebsiteUser
WEBSITEUSERID = (Website user ID)

See here for more information on StatusWebsiteUser command.

Update website user

You can update the email address and/or language of a website user with the following command 

COMMAND = UpdateWebsiteUser
WEBSITEUSERID = (Website user ID)
EMAIL = (Email address) (optional)
LANGUAGE = (Primary language) (optional)


LANGUAGE
The primary language used in the Weebly interface. Valid language code are:

  • DA: Danish
  • DE: German
  • EN: English
  • ES: Spanish
  • FR: French
  • IT: Italian
  • JA: Japanese
  • NL: Dutch
  • NO: Norwegian
  • PL: Polish
  • PT: Portuguese
  • RU: Russian
  • SV: Swedish
  • TR: Turkish
  • ZH: Chinese (simplified)

See here for more information on UpdateWebsiteUser command.

How to connect domain and website

Please note the following when you're connecting a domain to your website:

  • Domains must be fully qualified (for example www.mydomain.com).
  • Subdomains are allowed (for example www.blog.mydomain.com).
  • Domains must be unique and can’t use the word weebly.


For non-SSL secured websites

All websites are not SSL secured by default. If you did not explicitly enable SSL certificate on your website, you can create the following A records in your domain’s DNS settings 

@ IN A 199.34.228.55
www IN A 199.34.228.55


For SSL secured websites

IP address for SSL secured websites are only given when you enable SSL certificate option in the Website Editor.

Go to the Website Editor by visiting the link provided in CreateWebsiteSession 

COMMAND = CreateWebsiteSession
ENTITY = Site
ID = (Website ID)

In the Website Editor, go to Settings > General > SSL. Click on the Enable button and follow the instructions on the page.

Connect website.png

Note, it might take up to 48 hours for these changes to fully propagate on the Weebly side. During that time, the website may not be available.

Other information

  • Website plan downgrade is not supported
  • Only SSL certificates provided by Weebly are eligible for use and they can be installed directly from the Weebly Website Editor interface. SSL certificates are not available for the Free plan.

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