glinet4 0.2.3

A Python 3 async API wrapper for GL.iNet routers (firmware 4.x JSON-RPC API)

glinet4

Quickstart

import asyncio

from glinet4 import GLinet


async def main() -> None:
    async with GLinet("http://192.168.8.1/rpc") as router:
        await router.login("root", "your-router-password")
        info = await router.router_info()
        print(info["model"], info["firmware_version"])


asyncio.run(main())

Swap in your router's host, username and password. login() must succeed before any other call — see API coverage below for the full method list, and CONTRIBUTING.md for how the test suite talks to a live router.

An async Python 3 API wrapper for GL.iNet routers running version 4.x firmware.

GL.iNet routers are built on OpenWRT and expose a local JSON-RPC API. glinet4 wraps that API for easy integration into other services such as Home Assistant.

glinet4 began as a fork of HarvsG/gli4py (GPL-3.0) and has since grown a much larger API surface. See NOTICE for attribution.

Installation

pip install glinet4

Dev setup

1. Clone the repo
2. Ensure you have Python 3.11 or greater (python3 -V) and install uv.
3. uv sync — creates the in-project .venv and installs the runtime + dev dependencies.
4. uvx prek install — sets up the git pre-commit hooks (ruff, mypy, file hygiene). Run them on demand with uvx prek run --all-files.
5. The tests run against a live router, so copy .env.example to .env and set at least GLINET_PASSWORD (and GLINET_HOST if not 192.168.8.1). Without it the live suite is skipped.
6. uv run pytest -s to see responses.
7. Build with uv build. Releases publish to PyPI automatically on a GitHub Release (trusted publishing).

See CONTRIBUTING.md for the full contributor flow: running the live suite safely, the pre-commit/CI gates, and how to submit a device capture.

API coverage

Session: login, router_reachable. All other methods require login first.

Area	Methods
System	router_info, router_status, router_load, router_unixtime, router_disk_info, router_usb_info, router_timezone_config, router_mac, router_reboot
Network / WAN	ping, wan_upstream_router_detected, wan_cable_state, wan_status, wan_info, ethernet_ports_status, network_mode, network_interfaces_status
Network acceleration	network_acceleration, network_acceleration_set
Network services	dns_config, dns_providers, arp_table, lan_interfaces, ipv6_config, ddns_config, ddns_status
Multi-WAN / repeater / tethering	multiwan_config, multiwan_status, repeater_config, repeater_status, repeater_saved_aps, tethering_status, tethering_config
QoS / SQM	qos_config, qos_clients, qos_device_groups, sqm_config
Flow statistics	flow_stats_rule, flow_stats_set_enabled, flow_stats_top_apps, flow_stats_clear
Clients	clients_list, static_clients_list, connected_clients, clients_status, clients_speed, wan_speed, client_set_blocked, blocked_client_macs
WiFi	wifi_ifaces, wifi_iface_set_enabled, wifi_status, wifi_mlo_config
Services	adguard_config, tor_config, zerotier_config
Firmware	firmware_check_online, upgrade_config
Firewall	firewall_port_forward_list, firewall_dmz, firewall_wan_access, firewall_rule_list
LED	led_config, led_set_enabled
WireGuard	wireguard_client_list, wireguard_client_state, wireguard_client_start, wireguard_client_stop, wireguard_server_status, wireguard_server_config, wireguard_server_setting, wireguard_server_peers, wireguard_server_routes, wireguard_client_groups, wireguard_client_configs
OpenVPN	openvpn_server_status, openvpn_server_config, openvpn_server_setting, openvpn_server_users, openvpn_server_routes, openvpn_client_groups, openvpn_client_configs
VPN tunnel state	vpn_client_status, vpn_client_tunnels
Tailscale	tailscale_configured, tailscale_connection_state, tailscale_start, tailscale_stop, tailscale_auth_url, tailscale_exit_node_list, tailscale_set_exit_node

Responses are typed with TypedDicts (see glinet4/_types.py); the package ships py.typed. The catalogue of routes still to wrap comes from the sanitised device captures submitted to glinet4-registry — run uvx glinet4-profiler against your own router to contribute one.

Todo list:

• Decide on useful endpoints to expose
• Expose said endpoints (ongoing — see the table above and glinet4/glinet4 issues)
• Package correctly
• Test that dev enviroment is re-producable
• Publish on pip
• Static typing

Versioning & stability

glinet4 is pre-1.0: breaking changes can land in a minor version bump, not just a major one. CHANGELOG.md (generated by release-please from conventional commits) is the authoritative record of what changed in each release — check it before upgrading.

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Part of the glinet4 project — glinet4 (Python library) · glinet4-ha (Home Assistant) · glinet4-profiler · glinet4-registry