Mikrotik Api Examples Instant

Limit a specific IP to 5Mbps download / 2Mbps upload.

queue = api.path('queue', 'simple').add(
    name='customer-001',
    target='192.168.88.100/32',
    max_limit='5M/2M',   # upload/download
    comment='API traffic limit'
)

with open('router_config.rsc', 'w') as f: f.write(config_text)

import socket
import hashlib
def mikrotik_cmd(host, port, username, password, cmd):
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
sock.connect((host, port)) mikrotik api examples
# Login
sock.send(b'/login\r\n')
resp = sock.recv(4096).decode()
# Parse challenge
challenge = None
for line in resp.split('\n'):
    if '=ret=' in line:
        challenge = line.split('=ret=')[1].strip()
        break
if challenge:
    # Password hashing: MD5(00 + password + challenge)
    md5 = hashlib.md5()
    md5.update(b'\x00')
    md5.update(password.encode())
    md5.update(challenge.encode())
    response = md5.hexdigest()
    sock.send(f'/login\n=name=username\n=response=00response\n\n'.encode())
    resp = sock.recv(4096).decode()
    if '!done' not in resp:
        raise Exception("Auth failed")
# Send command
sock.send(cmd.encode() + b'\n\n')
# Read response until !done
result = []
while True:
    chunk = sock.recv(4096).decode()
    result.append(chunk)
    if '!done' in chunk:
        break
sock.close()
return ''.join(result)

# Scan for APs
def scan_wireless(interface='wlan1'):
    results = api('/interface/wireless/scan', 
        'interface': interface,
        'duration': '5',
        'once': ''
    )
    for ap in results:
        print(f"ap['ssid'] - ap['signal-strength'] dBm - ap['address']")
api = router.get_api()
To illustrate the review, here is the difference between the concept and the execution. Limit a specific IP to 5Mbps download / 2Mbps upload
The CLI Command (What you want):
/ip address add address=192.168.88.1/24 interface=ether2

The Raw API (What you have to send):
(Simplified representation of the socket stream) with open('router_config
/login
=name=admin
=password
!done
/ip/address/add
=address=192.168.88.1/24
=interface=ether2
!done

The Python Implementation (Using a library):
Thankfully, libraries abstract the raw pain away.
import routeros_api
connection = routeros_api.RouterOsApiPool('192.168.88.1', 'admin', 'password')
api = connection.get_api()
# This is much closer to the logic we want
api.get_resource('/ip/address').add(
    address='192.168.88.1/24',
    interface='ether2'
)

Python raw socket example (send MikroTik API commands):
import socket
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect(('192.168.88.1', 8728))
identity = api.get_resource('/system/identity').get()
print(f"Router Name: identity[0]['name']")