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Connect to and use API interface of MikroTik RouterOS

Project description

RouterOS API

Python API for MikroTik RouterOS. Simple and easy to use.

WARNING for old users:

Project has changes it's structure and import signature.

Features:

  • Easy to use;
  • Standard RouterOS API syntax;
  • SSL;
  • Verbose.

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Installation

python -m pip install laiarturs-ros-api

Usage:

Default configuration:

Python code:

import ros_api

router = ros_api.Api('192.168.88.1')
r = router.talk('/system/identity/print')
print(r)

Output:

[{'name': 'MikroTik'}]

Username, password, port:

Python code:

import ros_api

router = ros_api.Api('10.21.0.100', user='Bob', password='St4ong0nE', port=15811)
r = router.talk('/ip/address/print')
print(r)

Output:

[{'.id': '*5', 'address': '10.21.0.100/24', 'network': '10.21.0.0','interface': 'ether1',
'actual-interface': 'ether1', 'invalid': 'false', 'dynamic': 'false', 'disabled': 'false'}]

SSL and verbose:

On RouterOS router create certificate and assign it to api-ssl service.

RouterOS:

/certificate
add name=ca-template common-name=myCa key-usage=key-cert-sign,crl-sign
add name=server-template common-name=server                           
sign ca-template ca-crl-host=10.21.0.100 name=myCa                         
sign server-template ca=myCa name=server

/ip service
set [find name=api-ssl] certificate=server

More info: MikroTik Wiki.

Python code:

import ros_api

router = ros_api.Api('10.21.0.100', user='SysAdmin', password='Meeseeks', verbose=True, use_ssl=True)
r = router.talk('/interface/wireless/enable\n=numbers=0')
print(r)

Output:

>>>  /login
>>>  =name=SysAdmin
>>>  =password=Meeseeks

<<<  !done

>>>  /interface/wireless/enable
>>>  =numbers=0

<<<  !done

[]

How it works:

Python3 module routeros_api.py contains class Api.

__init__()

By initialising this class it creates socket, connects and logs in. Api class __init__() arguments:

Argument Description
address str of IP address or host of RouterOS router on which it can be reached.
user str of username on router, default='admin'.
password str of password of user on router, default=''.
use_ssl bool whether to use SSL, default=False.
port int on which port to connect to router, default=8728, ssl default=8729.
verbose bool whether to print conversation with router, default=False.
context ssl instance for creating ssl connection, default is created, but it can be adjusted.
timeout float in seconds to set timeout on socket blocking operations, default=None.

Python code:

router = Api(address='192.168.10.1', user='Juri', password='L0vE$aun@', 
             use_ssl=True, port=8730, verbose=False, context=ctx, timeout=1)

talk()

To send commands to router use talk() method of Api class. talk() take one argument - message:

Argument Description
message str, tuple or list of strings or tuples. It is possible to send multiple commands bundled in a list.

Python code:

message = [('/system/note/set', '=note=Multi line\nnote for the Router!'), '/system/note/print']
r = router.talk(message)
print(r)

Output:

[[], [{'show-at-login': 'true', 'note': 'Multi line\nnote for the Router!'}]]

If property values you want to send to router contains spaces or linebreaks, sentence must be divided in words and then passed to talk() as tuple. Otherwise you can send sentences as strings and it will be divided in words where there is space or linebreak.

Method talk() returns list containing replies from router. In this case there are two replies, because message contained two sentences. Actions like set, add, enable etc. usually returns empty list, however, print, monitor and others returns list with dict inside containing reply from router.

Messages use RouterOS API syntax. More info: MikroTik Wiki.

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