sonicwall-api-client 1.0.0

Simple Python client for SonicWall SonicOS REST API (with HTTP Digest Auth).

SonicWall API Python Client

A simple Python client for interacting with the SonicWall SonicOS REST API, using HTTP Digest Authentication.

Features

• Login / logout to the SonicOS API
• Check and manage pending configurations
• Generic requests (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE)
• Persistent session support via requests.Session()

Installation

You can clone this repository or install it directly using pip:

pip install git+https://github.com/Samuel-Berset/sonicwall-api-client.git

Import

from sonicwall_api import SonicWallClient

Examples

Connect to the firewall

# Initialize the client
client = SonicWallClient(
    ip="192.168.1.1",
    port=443,
    username="admin",
    password="password"
)

# Log in
success, message, _ = client.login()
if success:
    print("Login successful.")
else:
    print(f"Login failed: {message}")

Check pending configurations

success, message, data = client.get_pending_configurations()
if success:
    print("Pending configurations:", data)
else:
    print(f"Error: {message}")

Commit configurations

success, message, _ = client.commit()
if success:
    print("Configurations committed successfully.")
else:
    print(f"Commit error: {message}")

Discard pending configurations

success, message, _ = client.delete_pending_configurations()
if success:
    print("Pending changes discarded.")
else:
    print(f"Error: {message}")

Generic request

# Without payload
success, message, data = client.request("get", "/zones")
if success:
    print("Zones list:", data)
else:
    print(f"Request error: {message}")

# With payload
payload = {
    "zones": [
        {
            "name": "LAN_IT",
            "security_type": "public",
            "interface_trust": False,
            "auto_generate_access_rules": {
                "allow_from_to_equal": False,
                "allow_from_higher": False,
                "allow_to_lower": False,
                "deny_from_lower": False
            },
        }
    ]
}

success, message, _ = client.request("post", "/zones", payload)
if success:
    print("Object created successfully.")
else:
    print(f"Creation error: {message}")

Logout

success, message, _ = client.logout()
if success:
    print("Logged out successfully.")
else:
    print(f"Logout error: {message}")

License

MIT