RouterOS-api

Python API to RouterBoard devices produced by MikroTik.

Welcome to RouterOs Api

Python API to RouterBoard devices produced by MikroTik.

Usage

Connection

#!/usr/bin/python

import routeros_api

connection = routeros_api.RouterOsApiPool('IP', username='admin', password='')
api = connection.get_api()

Connect Options

routeros_api.RouterOsApiPool(
    host,
    username='admin',
    password='',
    port=8728,
    use_ssl=False,
    ssl_verify=True,
    ssl_verify_hostname=True,
    ssl_context=None,
)

Parameters:

• host - String - Hostname or IP of device

Optional Parameters:

• username - String - Login username - Default 'admin'
• password - String - Login password - Default empty string
• port - Integer - TCP Port for API - Default 8728 or 8729 when using SSL
• plaintext_login - Boolean - Try plaintext login (for RouterOS 6.43 onwards) - Default False
• use_ssl - Boolean - Use SSL or not? - Default False
• ssl_verify - Boolean - Verify the SSL certificate? - Default True
• ssl_verify_hostname - Boolean - Verify the SSL certificate hostname matches? - Default True
• ssl_context - Object - Pass in a custom SSL context object. Overrides other options. - Default None

Using SSL

If we want to use SSL, we can simply specify use_ssl as True:

connection = routeros_api.RouterOsApiPool('<IP>', username='admin', password='', use_ssl=True)

This will automatically verify SSL certificate and hostname. The most flexible way to modify SSL parameters is to provide an SSL Context object using the ssl_context parameter, but for typical use-cases with self-signed certificates, the shorthand options of ssl_verify and ssl_verify_hostname are provided.

e.g. if using a self-signed certificate, you can (but probably shouldn't) use:

connection = routeros_api.RouterOsApiPool(
    '<IP>',
    username='admin',
    password='',
    use_ssl=True,
    ssl_verify=False,
    ssl_verify_hostname=False,
)

Login for RouterOS v6.43 onwards

RouterOS Versions v6.43 onwards now use a different login method. The disadvantage is that it passes the password in plain text. For security we only attempt the plaintext login if requested using the plaintext_login parameter. It is highly recommended only to use this option with SSL enabled.

routeros_api.RouterOsApiPool(host, username='admin', password='', plaintext_login=True)

Execute Commands

Call this with a resource and parameters as name/value pairs.

api.get_binary_resource('/').call('<resource>',{ <dict of params> })

Examples

api.get_binary_resource('/').call('tool/fetch',{ 'url': "https://dummy.url" })
api.get_binary_resource('/').call('ping', { 'address': '192.168.56.1', 'count': '4' })

Fetch List/Resource

list = api.get_resource('/command')

Example

list_queues = api.get_resource('/queue/simple')

Show all elements

list_queues.get()

Add rules

list.add(attribute="vale", attribute_n="value")

NOTE: Atributes with -, like max-limit use underscore _: max_limit

Example:

list_queues.add(name="001", max_limit="512k/4M", target="192.168.10.1/32")

Update Values

list.set(id, attributes)

Example:

list_queues.set(id="*2", name="jhon")

Get element:

list.get(attribute=value)

Example:

list_queues.get(name="jhon")

Remove element:

list.remove(id)

Example:

list_queues.remove(id="*2")

Close conection:

connection.disconnect()

Other Example:

list_address =  api.get_resource('/ip/firewall/address-list')
list_address.add(address="192.168.0.1",comment="P1",list="10M")

list_address.get(comment="P1")

list_address.remove(id="*7")