https://hostname.example.com:2083/cpsess##########/execute/Fileman/transcode?from_charset=utf-8&to_charset=us-ascii&content="hi"&discard_illegal=1&transliterate=1

$cpanel = new CPANEL(); // Connect to cPanel - only do this once.
 
// Convert file from UTF-8 to ASCII.
$convert_file_encoding = $cpanel->uapi(
    'Fileman', 'transcode',
		array(
		'from_charset'		=> 'UTF-8',
		'to_charset'		=> 'ASCII',
		'content'			=> '"hi"',
		'discard_illegal'	=> '0',
		'transliterate'		=> '0',
  )
);

my $cpliveapi = Cpanel::LiveAPI->new(); # Connect to cPanel - only do this once.
 
# Convert file from UTF-8 to ASCII.
my $ convert_file_encoding = $cpliveapi->uapi(
 'Fileman', 'transcode',
		{
		'from_charset'		=> 'UTF-8',
		'to_charset'		=> 'ASCII',
		'content'			=> '"hi"',
		'discard_illegal'	=> '0',
		'transliterate'		=> '0',
		}
 );

<!-- Get a hash of all the data, then display the charset value. -->
[% data = execute( 'Fileman', 'upload_files' {'from_charset' => 'UTF-8', 'to_charset' => 'ASCII', 'content' => '"hi", 'discard_illegal' => '1', 'translitertate' => '0',} ); %]
[% FOREACH q = data.path %]
     <p>
         [% q %]
     </p>
[% END %]
 
<!-- Get only a hash of the data. -->
[% execute('Fileman', 'upload_files' {'from_charset' => 'UTF-8', 'to_charset' => 'ASCII', 'content' => '"hi", 'discard_illegal' => '1', 'translitertate' => '0',}  ).data.path %]

uapi --user=username Fileman transcode from_charset=utf-8 to_charset=us-ascii content=\"hi\" discard_illegal=1 transliterate=1

{  
   "messages":null,
   "errors":null,
   "status":1,
   "metadata":{  

  },
  "data": {
    "from_charset": "utf-8",
    "to_charset": "utf-8",
    "path": "/home/username/public_html/example.html"
  }
}