products:software:unifi-controller:api

Documentation of API endpoints on the UniFi controller software. This is a reverse engineering project that is based on browser captures, jar dumps, and reviewing other software that has been written to work with the controller. It's received minimal testing.

There are two main types of calls. One would be the REST-like which provide get/post/put/delete where post is to the base and put/delete are often tied to the _id of the object that you are working with. The second major type of web interface provided is an agent/call based system where you pass a command to an agent to perform an action. Both use application/json formatting for all data transfer. When updating a specific object you must use PUT or else a new object will be created.

NOTE: All calls are relative to the base controller URL

Calls return both a web status as well as JSON formatted output. 200 codes indicate a successful call and other indicate errors. I am using the placeholder `{site}` for the site name which for many installations will be `default`.

# Login required
{ "data" : [ ] , "meta" : { "msg" : "api.err.LoginRequired" , "rc" : "error"}}
# Call was a success but returned no values
{ "data" : [ ] , "meta" : { "rc" : "ok"}}
# NOTE: If meta contains a count it's because the data values have been truncated
'meta': {'count': 4818, 'rc': 'ok'} # from the api/s/{site}/stat/event endpoint

NOTE: There are two critical differences between Unifi controllers and the UDM Pro's API:

  • The login endpoint is /api/auth/login
  • All API endpoints need to be prefixed with /proxy/network (e.g. https://192.168.0.1/proxy/network/api/s/default/self)

Examples

curl

# authenticate and save the cookie contents in local file cookie.txt with switch '-c'
curl -k -X POST --data '{"username": "usr", "password": "$pw"}' --header 'Content-Type: application/json' -c cookie.txt https://udmp:443/api/auth/login
# responds with json data

# pass the local file cookie.txt with switch '-b'
curl -k -X GET -b cookie.txt https://udmp/proxy/network/api/s/default/self
# responds with proper json

python

import requests
from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(InsecureRequestWarning)
headers = {"Accept": "application/json","Content-Type": "application/json"}
data = {'username': 'usr', 'password': 'pw'}
s = requests.Session()
r = s.post('https://udmp:443/api/auth/login', headers = headers,  json = data , verify = False, timeout = 1)
print(r.status_code)
print(s.get('https://udmp/proxy/network/api/s/default/self', headers = headers, verify = False, timeout = 1).text)

These are REST calls that can be made without a site context. I do not believe any updates ( PUT ) can be called on these endpoints.

Path Method Notes
status GET Returns some very basic server information - This appears to be the only endpoint that can be reached without an authentication
 { "data" : [ ] , "meta" : { "rc" : "ok" , "server_version" : "5.7.23" , "up" : true , "uuid" : "0e727580-ffff-ffff-ffff-403dcd5a7bd4"}}  
api/login POST requires dict of username, password, and optionally remember=true for long-running sessions. Returns 200 for success and a cookie that is your session. NOTE: On UDM Pros this is api/auth/login.
api/logout POST destroys the sever side session id which will make future attempts with that cookie fail
api/self GET Logged in user NOTE: On UDM Pros this is api/users/self.
api/self/sites GET Get basic information for all sites on this controller
api/stat/sites GET Same as above with an additional information on health and new alerts for each site
api/stat/admin GET List administrators and permissions for all sites
api/system/poweroff POST Turns off the UDM NOTE: X-CSRF-Token header required (from e.g. the login response) + Super Admin access rights
api/system/reboot POST Reboot the UDM NOTE: X-CSRF-Token header required (from e.g. the login response) + Super Admin access rights

All commands are presumed to be prefixed with api/s/{site}

Path Method Notes
stat/health GET Health status of the site
self GET Logged in user
stat/ccode GET List of country codes
stat/current-channel GET List of all RF channels based on the site country code
stat/sysinfo GET Some high-level information about the controller
stat/event GET List site events by most recent first, 3000 result limit
rest/event GET List site events by oldest, no limit? (api.err.NotFound per controller version 7.1.66)
stat/alarm GET List alarms by most recent, 3000 result limit?
rest/alarm GET List alarms by oldest, no limit? (api.err.NotFound per controller version 7.1.66)
stat/sta GET List of all _active_ clients on the site
rest/user GET/POST/PUT List of all configured/known clients on the site
stat/device-basic GET List of site devices with only 'adopted', 'disabled', 'mac', 'state', 'type' keys, useful for filtering on type
stat/device GET/POST Detailed list of all devices on site. (Controller only) Can be filtered by POSTing {"macs": ["mac1", ... ]}
stat/device/{mac} GET (UDM only) Detailed list of device filtered by mac address
rest/device/{_id} PUT Updates to devices get PUT here, why?
rest/setting GET/PUT Detailed site settings, updating requires adding key and _id to path for PUT ../setting/{key}/{_id}
stat/routing GET All active routes on the device
rest/routing GET/PUT User defined routes (HTTP response 500 per controller version 7.1.66)
rest/firewallrule GET/PUT User defined firewall rules. This does not show auto-generated rules
rest/firewallgroup GET/PUT ​User defined firewall groups.
rest/wlanconf GET/PUT List WLANs, edit current WLANs and create new WLANs
rest/wlanconf/{_id} PUT Update configuration of current WLAN designated by '_id'
rest/tag GET/PUT? Tagged macs (api.err.Invalid per controller version 7.1.66)
stat/rogueap GET/POST Neighboring APs optional json post 'within' = seen in the last x hours
stat/sitedpi GET/POST DPI stats requires type="by_app" or "by_cat"
stat/stadpi GET/POST DPI stats requires type="by_app" or "by_cat" optionally filtered macs=[…, ]
stat/dynamicdns GET DynamicDNS information and status like current ip, last changed, and status
rest/dynamicdns GET/PUT DynamicDNS configuration
rest/portconf GET Switch port profiles
stat/spectrumscan GET Get RF scan results, can be for a specific mac by appending to endpoint
rest/radiusprofile GET/POST/PUT Radius profiles
rest/account GET/POST/PUT Radius accounts
rest/portforward GET List all port forwards configured on the site
stat/report/{interval}.{type} POST Intervals are '5minutes', 'hourly', and 'daily'. Report types are 'site', 'user', and 'ap'. Must specify attributes to be returned 'bytes', 'wan-tx_bytes', 'wan-rx_bytes', 'wlan_bytes', 'num_sta', 'lan-num_sta', 'wlan-num_sta', 'time', 'rx_bytes', 'tx_bytes'. Can be filtered with 'macs': […]
stat/authorization POST JSON as "{"start": "START TIMESTAMP", "end": "END TIMESTAMP"}" and you will get the code that have been used between the Timestams NOTE: X-CSRF-Token header required (from e.g. the login response) for UDM
stat/sdn GET Return values as if the site is connected with the Unifi Cloud or the SSO

Callable commands

Posting to the endpoint api/s/{site}/cmd/<manager> with the json {"cmd": "command"} you can invoke commands on the controller.

Manager Call Notes
evtmgt archive-all-alarms
sitemgr add-site desc = Descriptive name ( required ), name = shortname ( in the URL )
sitemgr delete-site name = short name ( required )
sitemgr update-site desc = Descriptive name ( required )
sitemgr get-admins List all administrators and permission for this site
sitemgr move-device mac = device mac ( required ), site_id = 24 digit id ( required )
sitemgr delete-device mac = device mac ( required )
stamgr block-sta mac = client mac ( required )
stamgr unblock-sta mac = client mac ( required )
stamgr kick-sta Disconnect: mac = client mac (required )
stamgr forget-sta Forget a client ( controller 5.9.x only )
stamgr unauthorize-guest Unauthorize a client device, mac = client mac (required)
devmgr adopt mac = device mac ( required )
devmgr restart mac = device mac ( required )
devmgr force-provision mac = device mac ( required )
devmgr power-cycle mac = switch mac ( required ), port_idx = PoE port to cycle ( required )
devmgr speedtest Start a speed test
devmgr speedtest-status get the current state of the speed test
devmgr set-locate mac = device mac ( required ) blink unit to locate
devmgr unset-locate mac = device mac ( required ) led to normal state
devmgr upgrade mac = device mac ( required ) upgrade firmware
devmgr upgrade-external mac = device mac ( required ), url = firmware URL ( required )
devmgr migrate mac = device mac ( required ), inform_url = New Inform URL to push to device (required)
devmgr cancel-migrate mac = device mac ( required )
devmgr spectrum-scan mac = device mac ( ap only, required ) trigger RF scan
backup list-backups list of autobackup files
backup delete-backup filename ( required )
system backup create a backup. This appears to backup to a fixed location in the filesystem
stat clear-dpi resets the site wide DPI counters
Data Tables

This data was extracted from the javascript of the site.

Model Type SKU Name
BZ2 uap UAP Access Point
BZ2LR uap UAP-LR Access Point Long-Range
S216150 usw US-16-150W Switch 16 PoE (150 W)
S224250 usw US-24-250W Switch 24 PoE (250 W)
S224500 usw US-24-500W Switch 24 PoE (500 W)
S248500 usw US-48-500W Switch 48 PoE (500 W)
S248750 usw US-48-750W Switch 48 PoE (750 W)
S28150 usw US-8-150W Switch 8 PoE (150 W)
U2HSR uap UAP-Outdoor+ Access Point Outdoor+
U2IW uap UAP-IW Access Point In-Wall
U2L48 uap UAP-LR Access Point Long-Range
U2Lv2 uap UAP-LRv2 Access Point Long-Range
U2M uap UAP-Mini Access Point Mini
U2O uap UAP-Outdoor Access Point Outdoor
U2S48 uap UAP Access Point
U2Sv2 uap UAPv2 Access Point
U5O uap UAP-Outdoor5 Access Point Outdoor 5
U6ENT uap U6-Enterprise Access Point WiFi 6 Enterprise
U6EXT uap U6-Extender Access Point WiFi 6 Extender
U6IW uap U6-IW Access Point WiFi 6 In-Wall
U6M uap U6-Mesh Access Point WiFi 6 Mesh
U7E uap UAP-AC Access Point AC
U7EDU uap UAP-AC-EDU Access Point AC EDU
U7Ev2 uap UAP-AC Access Point AC
U7HD uap UAP-AC-HD Access Point AC HD
U7IW uap UAP-AC-IW Access Point AC In-Wall
U7IWP uap UAP-AC-IW-Pro Access Point AC In-Wall Pro
U7LR uap UAP-AC-LR Access Point AC Long-Range
U7LT uap UAP-AC-Lite Access Point AC Lite
U7MP uap UAP-AC-M-Pro Access Point AC Mesh Pro
U7MSH uap UAP-AC-M Access Point AC Mesh
U7NHD uap UAP-nanoHD Access Point nanoHD
U7O uap UAP-AC-Outdoor Access Point AC Outdoor
U7P uap UAP-AC-Pro Access Point AC Pro
U7PG2 uap UAP-AC-Pro Access Point AC Pro
U7SHD uap UAP-AC-SHD Access Point AC SHD
UAE6 uap U6-Extender-EA Access Point WiFi 6 Extender
UAIW6 uap U6-IW-EA Access Point WiFi 6 In-Wall
UAL6 uap U6-Lite Access Point WiFi 6 Lite
UALR6 uap U6-LR-EA Access Point WiFi 6 Long-Range
UALR6v2 uap U6-LR Access Point WiFi 6 Long-Range
UALR6v3 uap U6-LR Access Point WiFi 6 Long-Range
UAM6 uap U6-Mesh-EA Access Point WiFi 6 Mesh
UAP6 uap U6-LR Access Point WiFi 6 Long-Range
UAP6MP uap U6-Pro Access Point WiFi 6 Pro
UASXG uas UAS-XG Application Server XG
UBB ubb UBB Building-to-Building Bridge
UBBXG ubb UBB-XG Building-to-Building Bridge XG
UCK uck UCK Cloud Key
UCK-v2 uck UCK Cloud Key
UCK-v3 uck UCK Cloud Key
UCKG2 uck UCK-G2 Cloud Key Gen2
UCKP uck UCK-G2-Plus Cloud Key Gen2 Plus
UCMSH uap UAP-XG-Mesh Access Point Mesh XG
UCXG uap UAP-XG Access Point XG
UDC48X6 usw USW-Leaf Switch Leaf
UDM udm UDM Dream Machine
UDMB uap UAP-BeaconHD Access Point BeaconHD
UDMPRO udm UDM-Pro Dream Machine Pro
UDMPROSE udm UDM-SE Dream Machine Special Edition
UDR udm UDR Dream Router
UDW udm UDW Dream Wall
UDWPRO udm UDWPRO Dream Wall Pro
UFLHD uap UAP-FlexHD Access Point FlexHD
UGW3 ugw USG-3P Security Gateway
UGW4 ugw USG-Pro-4 Security Gateway Pro
UGWHD4 ugw USG Security Gateway
UGWXG ugw USG-XG-8 Security Gateway XG
UHDIW uap UAP-IW-HD Access Point In-Wall HD
ULTE uap U-LTE UniFi LTE
ULTEPEU uap U-LTE-Pro UniFi LTE Pro
ULTEPUS uap U-LTE-Pro UniFi LTE Pro
UP1 uap USP-Plug SmartPower Plug
UP4 uph UVP-X Phone
UP5 uph UVP Phone
UP5c uph UVP Phone
UP5t uph UVP-Pro Phone Professional
UP5tc uph UVP-Pro Phone Professional
UP6 uap USP-Strip SmartPower Strip (6 ports)
UP7 uph UVP-Executive Phone Executive
UP7c uph UVP-Executive Phone Executive
US16P150 usw US-16-150W Switch 16 PoE (150 W)
US24 usw USW-24-G1 Switch 24
US24P250 usw US-24-250W Switch 24 PoE (250 W)
US24P500 usw US-24-500W Switch 24 PoE (500 W)
US24PL2 usw US-L2-24-PoE Switch 24 PoE
US24PRO usw USW-Pro-24-PoE Switch Pro 24 PoE
US24PRO2 usw USW-Pro-24 Switch Pro 24
US48 usw US-48-G1 Switch 48
US48P500 usw US-48-500W Switch 48 PoE (500 W)
US48P750 usw US-48-750W Switch 48 PoE (750 W)
US48PL2 usw US-L2-48-PoE Switch 48 PoE
US48PRO usw USW-Pro-48-PoE Switch Pro 48 PoE
US48PRO2 usw USW-Pro-48 Switch Pro 48
US624P usw USW-Enterprise-24-PoE Switch Enterprise 24 PoE
US648P usw USW-Enterprise-48-PoE Switch Enterprise 48 PoE
US68P usw USW-Enterprise-8-PoE Switch Enterprise 8 PoE
US6XG150 usw US-XG-6PoE Switch 6 XG PoE
US8 usw US-8 Switch 8
US8P150 usw US-8-150W Switch 8 PoE (150 W)
US8P60 usw US-8-60W Switch 8 (60 W)
USAGGPRO usw USW-Pro-Aggregation Switch Aggregation Pro
USC8 usw US-8 Switch 8
USC8P150 usw US-8-150W Switch 8 PoE (150 W)
USC8P450 usw USW-Industrial Switch Industrial
USC8P60 usw US-8-60W Switch 8 (60 W)
USF5P usw USW-Flex Switch Flex
USFXG usw USW-Flex-XG Switch Flex XG
USL16LP usw USW-Lite-16-PoE Switch Lite 16 PoE
USL16P usw USW-16-PoE Switch 16 PoE
USL24 usw USW-24-G2 Switch 24
USL24P usw USW-24-PoE Switch 24 PoE
USL48 usw USW-48-G2 Switch 48
USL48P usw USW-48-PoE Switch 48 PoE
USL8A usw USW-Aggregation Switch Aggregation
USL8LP usw USW-Lite-8-PoE Switch Lite 8 PoE
USL8MP usw USW-Mission-Critical Switch Mission Critical
USMINI usw USW-Flex-Mini Switch Flex Mini
USPPDUP usw USP-PDU-Pro SmartPower PDU Pro
USPRPS usw USP-RPS SmartPower Redundant Power System
USXG usw US-16-XG Switch XG 16
USXG24 usw USW-EnterpriseXG-24 Switch Enterprise XG 24
UXBSDM uap UWB-XG-BK WiFi BaseStation XG
UXGPRO uxg UXG-Pro Next-Generation Gateway Pro
UXSDM uap UWB-XG WiFi BaseStation XG
p2N uap PICOM2HP PicoStation M2 HP
DPI Category Code Name
0 Instant messaging
1 P2P
3 File Transfer
4 Streaming Media
5 Mail and Collaboration
6 Voice over IP
7 Database
8 Games
9 Network Management
10 Remote Access Terminals
11 Bypass Proxies and Tunnels
12 Stock Market
13 Web
14 Security Update
15 Web IM
17 Business
18 Network Protocols
19 Network Protocols
20 Network Protocols
23 Private Protocol
24 Social Network
255 Unknown

There are 2,213 named applications in the javascript dynamic.dpi.js. See extracted cat_app.json to include for lookups and example usage.

The application id is a compound id using bitwise shift left on the category id + application id sent from the api using list_dpi_stats_filtered

function compoundId($cat, $app){
  return (intval($cat) << 16) + intval($app);
}
Uncategorized

Dump of found endpoints waiting for documentation

# logged in user
api/s/{site}/self

# Country codes
api/s/{site}/stat/ccode
# Availible WiFi channels
api/s/{site}/stat/current-channel

# Dashboard health
api/s/{site}/stat/health

# Active client devices
api/s/{site}/stat/sta
# Configured clients
api/s/{site}/stat/user

# Devices
api/s/{site}/stat/device-basic - mac, type
api/s/{site}/stat/device - can be filtered with macs: [ ..., ... ]

# Detailed site settings
api/s/{site}/stat/sysinfo

# /rest/ endpoints also have a /cnt/ which returns the count for the data portion
# can be used for any but seems targeted towards alarms

# Site settings
api/s/{site}/rest/setting - this is a big one with a weird mechanism for updating

# Firewall rules
api/s/{site}/rest/firewallrule - only lists user-defined rules

# Firewall groups
api/s/{site}/rest/firewallgroup

# routes
api/s/{site}/rest/routing

# Alarms
# List of alarms
api/s/{site}/rest/alarm
# list of unarchived alarms
api/s/{site}/rest/alarm?archived=false

# User groups - bandwith settings
api/s/{site}/rest/usergroup

# ?
api/s/{site}/rest/wlangroup

# Wireless networks
api/s/{site}/rest/wlanconf

# ?
api/s/{site}/rest/tag

# Site networks
api/s/{site}/rest/networkconf

# example backup path
dl/autobackup/autobackup_5.7.23_20180513_0000_1526169600008.unf

# Insights - sessions
api/s/{site}/stat/session?type=all&start=1526515200&end=1526688000

# Insights - EDU streams
api/s/{site}/stat/stream

# Switch port conf?
api/s/{site}/rest/portconf

# Configured port forwards and uPNP - transfer bytes is listed but doesn't appear populated
api/s/{site}/stat/portforward

# Update User (User are the clients)  
api/s/{site}/upd/user/{UserId}
you can get the users and the userid from "/api/s/{SiteId}/stat/alluser" (All Clients) or "/api/s/{SiteId}/stat/sta" (Active Clients) which contains the client id (_id).
example: change name of user with clientid 5aca464bb79fc60200460394 to 'test-raw':
${curl_cmd} --data "json={'name':'test-raw'}" $baseurl/api/s/$site/upd/user/5aca464bb79fc60200460394

# Get Hotspot Configuration
guest/s/{site}/hotspotconfig
You will get in "auth" the value "none" if it is not activated, if it is activated you will get for exemple "hotspot" and many other values on the design of the page.

# Get Hotspot Packages
guest/s/{site}/hotspotpackages
 ??

# Get trafficrules
v2/api/site/{site}/trafficrules
also possible to add new rule with a POST request.

# Edit trafficrules
v2/api/site/{site}/trafficrules/{id}/
PUT or DELETE request to update or delete traffic rule
GET is not allowed on specific trafficrules.
With PUT the result code is 201 and not 200 for successful change.


# Possible list of all callable managers
system
devmgr
stamgr
evtmgr
cfgmgr
hotspot
sitemgr
streammgr
backup
throughput
stat
firmware
firewall
elite


This may apply to other configurations, but initial testing shows that port forward rules can be enabled/disabled using PUT against the endpoint /api/s/{site}/rest/portforward/{rule-id} with a body such as:

{
    "enabled": true
}

The rule ID can be retrieved using the above described port forwarding GET request and is found in the "_id" key.

New rules can be created using POST, but be aware that there seems to be very little validation (it's possible to create entries with no information other than the fact that they're enabled, for example).

  • products/software/unifi-controller/api.txt
  • Last modified: 2023/10/23 14:21
  • by pelletier.jeanfrancois