# community.routeros.api_info module – Retrieve information from API

Note

This module is part of the community.routeros collection (version 2.7.0).

To install it, use: `ansible-galaxy collection install community.routeros`. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: `community.routeros.api_info`.

New in community.routeros 2.2.0

## Synopsis

- Allows to retrieve information for a path using the API.

- This can be used to backup a path to restore it with the community.routeros.api_modify module.

- Entries are normalized, dynamic and builtin entries are not returned. Use the handle_disabled and hide_defaults options to control normalization, the include_dynamic and include_builtin options to also return dynamic resp. builtin entries, and use unfiltered to return all fields including counters.

- Note that this module is still heavily in development, and only supports some paths. If you want to support new paths, or think you found problems with existing paths, please first create an issue in the community.routeros Issue Tracker.

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- librouteros

- Python >= 3.6 (for librouteros)

## Parameters

Parameter | Comments
--- | ---
ca_path path added in community.routeros 1.2.0 | PEM formatted file that contains a CA certificate to be used for certificate validation. See also validate_cert_hostname. Only used when tls=true and validate_certs=true.
encoding string added in community.routeros 2.1.0 | Use the specified encoding when communicating with the RouterOS device. Default is `ASCII`. Note that `UTF-8` requires librouteros 3.2.1 or newer. Default: `"ASCII"`

force_no_cert

boolean

added in community.routeros 2.4.0

Set to `true` to connect without a certificate when tls=true.

See also validate_certs.

Note: this forces the use of anonymous Diffie-Hellman (ADH) ciphers. The protocol is susceptible to Man-in-the-Middle attacks, because the keys used in the exchange are not authenticated. Instead of simply connecting without a certificate to “make things work” have a look at validate_certs and ca_path.

Choices:

- `false` ← (default)

- `true`

handle_disabled

string

How to handle unset values.

`exclamation` prepends the keys with `!` in the output with value `null`.

`null-value` uses the regular key with value `null`.

`omit` omits these values from the result.

Choices:

- `"exclamation"` ← (default)

- `"null-value"`

- `"omit"`

hide_defaults

boolean

Whether to hide default values.

Choices:

- `false`

- `true` ← (default)

hostname string / required | RouterOS hostname API.

include_builtin

boolean

added in community.routeros 2.4.0

Whether to include builtin values.

By default, they are not returned, and the `builtin` keys are omitted.

If set to `true`, they are returned as well, and the `builtin` keys are returned as well.

Choices:

- `false` ← (default)

- `true`

include_dynamic

boolean

Whether to include dynamic values.

By default, they are not returned, and the `dynamic` keys are omitted.

If set to `true`, they are returned as well, and the `dynamic` keys are returned as well.

Choices:

- `false` ← (default)

- `true`

password string / required | RouterOS user password.

path

string / required

Path to query.

An example value is `ip address`. This is equivalent to running `/ip address print` in the RouterOS CLI.

Choices:

- `"caps-man aaa"`

- `"caps-man access-list"`

- `"caps-man configuration"`

- `"caps-man datapath"`

- `"caps-man manager"`

- `"caps-man provisioning"`

- `"caps-man security"`

- `"certificate settings"`

- `"interface bonding"`

- `"interface bridge"`

- `"interface bridge mlag"`

- `"interface bridge port"`

- `"interface bridge port-controller"`

- `"interface bridge port-extender"`

- `"interface bridge settings"`

- `"interface bridge vlan"`

- `"interface detect-internet"`

- `"interface eoip"`

- `"interface ethernet"`

- `"interface ethernet poe"`

- `"interface ethernet switch"`

- `"interface ethernet switch port"`

- `"interface gre"`

- `"interface gre6"`

- `"interface l2tp-server server"`

- `"interface list"`

- `"interface list member"`

- `"interface ovpn-server server"`

- `"interface pppoe-client"`

- `"interface pptp-server server"`

- `"interface sstp-server server"`

- `"interface vlan"`

- `"interface vrrp"`

- `"interface wireguard"`

- `"interface wireguard peers"`

- `"interface wireless align"`

- `"interface wireless cap"`

- `"interface wireless sniffer"`

- `"interface wireless snooper"`

- `"ip accounting"`

- `"ip accounting web-access"`

- `"ip address"`

- `"ip arp"`

- `"ip cloud"`

- `"ip cloud advanced"`

- `"ip dhcp-client"`

- `"ip dhcp-client option"`

- `"ip dhcp-server"`

- `"ip dhcp-server config"`

- `"ip dhcp-server lease"`

- `"ip dhcp-server network"`

- `"ip dns"`

- `"ip dns static"`

- `"ip firewall address-list"`

- `"ip firewall connection tracking"`

- `"ip firewall filter"`

- `"ip firewall mangle"`

- `"ip firewall nat"`

- `"ip firewall raw"`

- `"ip firewall service-port"`

- `"ip firewall layer7-protocol"`

- `"ip hotspot service-port"`

- `"ip ipsec identity"`

- `"ip ipsec peer"`

- `"ip ipsec policy"`

- `"ip ipsec profile"`

- `"ip ipsec proposal"`

- `"ip ipsec settings"`

- `"ip neighbor discovery-settings"`

- `"ip pool"`

- `"ip proxy"`

- `"ip route"`

- `"ip route vrf"`

- `"ip service"`

- `"ip settings"`

- `"ip smb"`

- `"ip socks"`

- `"ip ssh"`

- `"ip tftp settings"`

- `"ip traffic-flow"`

- `"ip traffic-flow ipfix"`

- `"ip upnp"`

- `"ipv6 address"`

- `"ipv6 dhcp-client"`

- `"ipv6 dhcp-server"`

- `"ipv6 dhcp-server option"`

- `"ipv6 firewall address-list"`

- `"ipv6 firewall filter"`

- `"ipv6 firewall mangle"`

- `"ipv6 firewall raw"`

- `"ipv6 nd"`

- `"ipv6 nd prefix default"`

- `"ipv6 route"`

- `"ipv6 settings"`

- `"mpls"`

- `"mpls ldp"`

- `"port firmware"`

- `"ppp aaa"`

- `"queue interface"`

- `"queue tree"`

- `"radius incoming"`

- `"routing bgp instance"`

- `"routing mme"`

- `"routing ospf area"`

- `"routing ospf area range"`

- `"routing ospf instance"`

- `"routing ospf interface-template"`

- `"routing pimsm instance"`

- `"routing pimsm interface-template"`

- `"routing rip"`

- `"routing ripng"`

- `"snmp"`

- `"snmp community"`

- `"system clock"`

- `"system clock manual"`

- `"system identity"`

- `"system leds settings"`

- `"system logging"`

- `"system logging action"`

- `"system note"`

- `"system ntp client"`

- `"system ntp client servers"`

- `"system ntp server"`

- `"system package update"`

- `"system routerboard settings"`

- `"system scheduler"`

- `"system script"`

- `"system upgrade mirror"`

- `"system ups"`

- `"system watchdog"`

- `"tool bandwidth-server"`

- `"tool e-mail"`

- `"tool graphing"`

- `"tool mac-server"`

- `"tool mac-server mac-winbox"`

- `"tool mac-server ping"`

- `"tool romon"`

- `"tool sms"`

- `"tool sniffer"`

- `"tool traffic-generator"`

- `"user aaa"`

- `"user group"`

port integer | RouterOS api port. If tls is set, port will apply to TLS/SSL connection. Defaults are `8728` for the HTTP API, and `8729` for the HTTPS API.
timeout integer added in community.routeros 2.3.0 | Timeout for the request. Default: `10`

tls

aliases: ssl

boolean

If is set TLS will be used for RouterOS API connection.

Choices:

- `false` ← (default)

- `true`

unfiltered

boolean

Whether to output all fields, and not just the ones supported as input for community.routeros.api_modify.

Unfiltered output can contain counters and other state information.

Choices:

- `false` ← (default)

- `true`

username string / required | RouterOS login user.

validate_cert_hostname

boolean

added in community.routeros 1.2.0

Set to `true` to validate hostnames in certificates.

See also validate_certs. Only used when tls=true and validate_certs=true.

Choices:

- `false` ← (default)

- `true`

validate_certs

boolean

added in community.routeros 1.2.0

Set to `false` to skip validation of TLS certificates.

See also validate_cert_hostname. Only used when tls=true.

Note: instead of simply deactivating certificate validations to “make things work”, please consider creating your own CA certificate and using it to sign certificates used for your router. You can tell the module about your CA certificate with the ca_path option.

Choices:

- `false`

- `true` ← (default)

## Attributes

Attribute | Support | Description
--- | --- | ---
action_group | Action group: community.routeros.api | Use `group/community.routeros.api` in `module_defaults` to set defaults for this module.
check_mode | Support: full This action does not modify state. | Can run in `check_mode` and return changed status prediction without modifying target.
diff_mode | Support: N/A This action does not modify state. | Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in `check_mode`), when in diff mode.
platform | Platform: RouterOS | Target OS/families that can be operated against.

## See Also

See also

community.routeros.api

  Ansible module for RouterOS API.

community.routeros.api_facts

  Collect facts from remote devices running MikroTik RouterOS using the API.

community.routeros.api_find_and_modify

  Find and modify information using the API.

community.routeros.api_modify

  Modify data at paths with API.

How to connect to RouterOS devices with the RouterOS API

  How to connect to RouterOS devices with the RouterOS API

## Examples

    ---
    - name: Get IP addresses
      community.routeros.api_info:
        hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
        password: "{{ password }}"
        username: "{{ username }}"
        path: ip address
      register: ip_addresses

    - name: Print data for IP addresses
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        var: ip_addresses.result

## Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key | Description
--- | ---
result list / elements=dictionary | A list of all elements for the current path. Returned: always Sample: `[{".id": "*1", "actual-interface": "bridge", "address": "192.168.88.1/24", "comment": "defconf", "disabled": false, "dynamic": false, "interface": "bridge", "invalid": false, "network": "192.168.88.0"}]`

### Authors

- Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)

### Collection links

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