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===========
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Use the API
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--------
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Overview
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--------
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All components that are using the full architecture of OPNsense
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automatically receive API capabilities, for this simple tutorial we use
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the firmware module but others will function in the same way. API access
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is part of the local user authentication system, but uses key/secret
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pairs to separate account information from machine to machine
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communication. Secrets are not stored on OPNsense and can be downloaded
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only once, if lost, a new key has to be generated for your application.
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A user can have multiple keys, our advice is to create a unique key for
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every application in use.
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-------------
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Creating keys
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-------------
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API keys are managed in the user manager (system\_usermanager.php), go
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to the user manager page and select a user. Somewhere down the page you
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will find the API section for this user.
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|Usermanager add api key.png|
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Click on the + sign to add a new key. When the key is created, you will
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receive a (single download) with the credentials in one text file (ini
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formatted). The contents of this file look like this:
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.. code-block:: c
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key=w86XNZob/8Oq8aC5r0kbNarNtdpoQU781fyoeaOBQsBwkXUt
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secret=XeD26XVrJ5ilAc/EmglCRC+0j2e57tRsjHwFepOseySWLM53pJASeTA3
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--------------------
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Code sample (python)
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--------------------
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For the python code sample we use the nice "requests" library
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(http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/), which makes HTTP calls
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very easy.
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Before you can start, make sure your OPNsense has a valid SSL
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certificate (or choose to ignore it for testing purposes by setting
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verify=False), don't forget to verify that the selected user may access
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the firmware page.
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The web interface uses the same logic that will be available for the
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api, in this example we will collect some status information from the
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firmware module and print it out for the user.
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It all starts with creating the request and waiting for the response,
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all data interaction is using json format, both for the responses as for
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the request data (when sending POST data).
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First step of the example is importing the required libraries, then
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define the endpoint url and credentials to use and finally fire the (get
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type) request. As soon as we receive the response, we parse the json
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string back to a dictionary and print some data depending on the
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response.
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.. code-block:: php
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# import libraries
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import json
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import requests
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# define endpoint and credentials
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api_key = 'w86XNZob/8Oq8aC5hxh2he+vLN00r0kbNarNtdpoQU781fyoeaOBQsBwkXUt'
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api_secret = 'puOyw0Ega3xZXeD26XVrJ5WYFepOseySWLM53pJASeTA3'
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url = 'https://192.168.1.1/api/core/firmware/status'
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# request data
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r = requests.get(url,
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verify='OPNsense.pem',
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auth=(api_key, api_secret))
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if r.status_code == 200:
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response = json.loads(r.text)
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if response['status'] == 'ok':
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print ('OPNsense can be upgraded')
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print ('download size : %s' % response['download_size'])
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print ('number of packages : %s' % response['updates'])
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if response['upgrade_needs_reboot'] == '1':
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print ('REBOOT REQUIRED')
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elif 'status_msg' in response:
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print (response['status_msg'])
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else:
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print ('Connection / Authentication issue, response received:')
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print r.text
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----------
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Using curl
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----------
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Simple testing with curl is also possible, the sample below uses the
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same credentials, but ignores the SSL certificate check (-k) for
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testing.
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.. code-block:: sh
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curl -k -u "w86XNZob/8Oq8aC5hxh2he+vLN00r0kbNarNtdpoQU781fyoeaOBQsBwkXUt":"puOyw0Ega3xZXeD26XVrJ5WYFepOseySWLM53pJASeTA3" https://192.168.1.1/api/core/firmware/status
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And schedule the actual update of all packages using:
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.. code-block:: sh
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curl -XPOST -k -u "w86XNZob/8Oq8aC5hxh2he+vLN00r0kbNarNtdpoQU781fyoeaOBQsBwkXUt":"puOyw0Ega3xZXeD26XVrJ5WYFepOseySWLM53pJASeTA3" https://10.211.55.100/api/core/firmware/update
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.. |Usermanager add api key.png| image:: images/Usermanager_add_api_key.png
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:width: 700px
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