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+#!/bin/sh
+
+function Main
+{
+    #common constants
+
+    KEY=''#Fill in your Plesk API secret key (https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/obsidian/api-rpc/about-xml-api/reference/managing-secret-keys/creating-secret-keys.37131/)
+    PLESKAPIURL=https://p.example.com:8443/enterprise/control/agent.php #Change according to your server
+    SITEID=1 #Change according to your server
+    DOMAIN=example.com #Change according to your server
+
+    RUN_DIR="$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P )"
+    DATE=`date '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S'`
+    BLUEFONT='\033[1;34m'
+    GREENFONT='\033[1;32m'
+    BLACKFONT='\033[0m'
+    REDFONT='\033[0;31m'
+    YELLOWFONT='\033[1;33m'
+
+    __checkParams
+
+    logg "Managing DNS record over PLESK DNS API started."
+    logg "Input domain: $CERTBOT_DOMAIN"
+    logg "Input validation string: $CERTBOT_VALIDATION"
+
+
+    if [[ "$CERTBOT_DOMAIN" =~ ^((.*)\.)?(.*)\.(.*)$ ]]; then
+        if [ -z ${BASH_REMATCH[2]} ]; then
+                RECHOST=_acme-challenge
+        else
+                RECHOST=_acme-challenge.${BASH_REMATCH[2]}
+        fi
+        DOMAIN=${BASH_REMATCH[3]}.${BASH_REMATCH[4]}
+        logg "Will work with $RECHOST [TXT:$CERTBOT_VALIDATION]"
+    else
+        errlogg "Invalid format of CERTBOT_DOMAIN input!";
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    DATA="<packet><dns><get_rec><filter><site-id>$SITEID</site-id></filter></get_rec></dns></packet>"
+    EXISTINGREC=$(curl -L --max-time 45 -s -X POST -H 'Content-Type: text/xml' -H "KEY: $KEY" -d $DATA $PLESKAPIURL)
+    EXISTINGVAL=$(echo "$EXISTINGREC" | xmllint --xpath "string(/packet/dns/get_rec/result[data/type='TXT' and data/host='$RECHOST.$DOMAIN.']/data/value)" -)
+
+    if [ -z "$EXISTINGVAL" ]; then 
+        createDNS
+    else 
+        local EXISTINGID=$(echo "$EXISTINGREC" | xmllint --xpath "string(/packet/dns/get_rec/result[data/type='TXT' and data/host='$RECHOST.$DOMAIN.']/id)" -)
+        logg "DNS record found: $EXISTINGVAL (ID $EXISTINGID)"
+
+        deleteDNS $EXISTINGID
+        createDNS
+    fi
+
+    logg DNS record processed, waiting 10 seconds to propagate on PLESK
+
+    sleep 10
+}
+
+function deleteDNS
+{
+    local EXISTINGID=$1
+    logg "Deleting DNS record: $EXISTINGID"
+    
+    DATA="<packet><dns><del_rec><filter><id>$EXISTINGID</id></filter></del_rec></dns></packet>"
+    RESP=$(curl -L --max-time 45 -s -X POST -H 'Content-Type: text/xml' -H "KEY: $KEY" -d $DATA $PLESKAPIURL)
+    processResponse del_rec
+}
+
+function createDNS
+{
+    logg "Creating DNS record on $DOMAIN [TXT:$RECHOST = '$CERTBOT_VALIDATION']"
+    DATA="<packet><dns><add_rec><site-id>$SITEID</site-id><type>TXT</type><host>$RECHOST</host><value>$CERTBOT_VALIDATION</value></add_rec></dns></packet>"
+    RESP=$(curl -L --max-time 45 -s -X POST -H 'Content-Type: text/xml' -H "KEY: $KEY" -d $DATA $PLESKAPIURL)
+
+    processResponse add_rec
+}
+
+function processResponse
+{
+    local RESOURCE=$1
+    STATUS=$(echo "$RESP" | xmllint --xpath "string(/packet/dns/$RESOURCE/result/status)" -)
+    if [ "$STATUS" = "ok" ]; then
+        logg "Request succesful"
+    else
+        ERRCODE=$(echo "$RESP" | xmllint --xpath "string(/packet/dns/$RESOURCE/result/errcode)" -)
+        ERRMSG=$(echo "$RESP" | xmllint --xpath "string(/packet/dns/$RESOURCE/result/errtext)" -)
+        errlogg "Error response $ERRCODE: $ERRMSG"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+function __checkParams
+{
+	if [ -z "$CERTBOT_DOMAIN" ]; then 
+		errlogg "Missing certbot domain"; 
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	if [ -z "$CERTBOT_VALIDATION" ]; then 
+		errlogg "Missing certbot validation string"; 
+		exit 1
+	fi
+}
+
+
+function logg()
+{
+	CURTIME=`date +%H:%M:%S`
+	#printf "${BLUEFONT}$CURTIME: $1${BLACKFONT}\n" #commented out as certbot treats any output as error output. Only errLogg remains as output
+}
+
+function warnlogg()
+{
+	CURTIME=`date +%H:%M:%S`
+	#printf "${YELLOWFONT}$CURTIME: $1${BLACKFONT}\n"
+}
+
+function errlogg()
+{
+	CURTIME=`date +%H:%M:%S`
+	#printf "${REDFONT}$CURTIME: $1${BLACKFONT}\n"
+}
+
+function resultLogg()
+{
+        OUT=$1
+	if [ $OUT -ne 0 ]; then
+        	errlogg "$2"
+        else
+		logg "$3"
+	fi
+}
+
+function Usage
+{
+  cat <<EOF
+  Plesk DNS update script, utilized to work with certbot
+  
+  Usage: 
+  certbot certonly --force-renewal --manual --preferred-challenges=dns --manual-auth-hook /path/to/plesk-dns-api.sh --email your@email.com --agree-tos -d *.example.com
+  
+EOF
+}
+
+Main "$@"
+exit 0