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mikrotik-java
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A Java client library implementation for the Mikrotik RouterOS API.
This project provides a Java client to manipulate Mikrotik routers using the remote API. Simple things must be easy to do, and complex things must be possible.
Versions
--------
The current stable version 1.1, which added TLS (SSL) support to encrypt API traffic.
Examples
========
Here is a simple example: Connect to a router and reboot it.
```java
ApiConnection con = ApiConnection.connect("10.0.1.1"); // connect to router
con.login("admin","password"); // log in to router
con.execute("/system/reboot"); // execute a command
con.disconnect(); // disconnect from router
```
If your router does not use the default API port, the port can be specified when connecting:
```java
ApiConnection con = ApiConnection.connect("10.0.1.1", 1337); // connect to router on port 1337
```
To open an encrypted (TLS) connection is as simple, assuming the default API-SSL port is used:
```java
ApiConnection con = ApiConnection.connectTLS("10.0.1.1"); // connect to router using TLS
```
Currently only anonymous TLS is supported, not certificates.
In following examples the connection, login and disconnection code will not be repeated.
Reading data
------------
A simple example that returns a result: Print all interfaces.
```java
List<Map<String, String>> rs = con.execute("/interface/print");
for (Map<String,String> r : rs) {
System.out.println(r);
}
```
### Filtering results
The same query, but with the results filtered: Print all interfaces of type 'vlan'.
```java
List<Map<String, String>> rs = con.execute("/interface/print where type=vlan");
```
### Selecting returned fields
The same query, but we only want certain result fields names Print all interfaces of type 'vlan' and return their name.
```java
List<Map<String, String>> rs = con.execute("/interface/print where type=vlan return name");
```
Writing data
------------
Creating, modifying and deleting configuration objects is of course possible.
### Creating an object
This example shows how to create a new GRE interface:
```java
con.execute("/interface/gre/add remote-address=192.168.1.1 name=gre1 keepalive=10");
```
### Modify an existing object
Change the IP address in the object created by the above example:
```java
con.execute("/interface/gre/set .id=gre1 remote-address=10.0.1.1");
```
### Remove an existing object
And now remove the object:
```java
con.execute("/interface/gre/remove .id=gre1");
```
Asynchronous commands
---------------------
We can run some commands asynchronously in order to continue receiving updates:
This example shows how to run '/interface wireless monitor' and have the result sent to a listener object, which prints it
```java
String tag = con.execute("/interface/wireless/monitor .id=wlan1 return signal-to-noise",
new ResultListener() {
public void receive(Map<String, String> result) {
System.out.println(result);
}
}
);
```
The above command will run and send results asynchronously as they become available, until it is canceled. The command (identified by the unique String retruned)
is canceled like this:
```java
con.cancel(tag);
```
References
==========
The RouterOS API is documented here: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:API
Licence
=======
This library is released under the Apache 2.0 licence. See the Licence.md file