Delphi RouterOS API

Another RouterOS API Delphi Client. Supports API over TLS and RouterOS 6.43+ API login method.

Links

Official API documentation: https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:API

MikroTik Forum topic: https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=31555

Documentation

This is an implementation of MikroTik RouterOS API Client for Delphi. It supports execution of parallel requests to a router and has database-like interface for ease of use.

Classes

RouterOSAPI unit contains definition of two classes which you need to work with API protocol from your Delphi programs.

TRosApiClient

This class encapsulates properties and methods to make a connection to a router via RouterOS API protocol.

• function Connect(Hostname, Username, Password: String; Port: String = '8728'): Boolean;

This function connects to the router and performs login procedure. It returns True if login was successful, False otherwise.

• function Query(Request: array of String; GetAllAfterQuery: Boolean): TROSAPIResult;

Makes a query to the router. Request is an array of strings, first one being the command and others are parameters. If GetAllAfterQuery is True, then TROSAPIResult.GetAll is executed after sending a query.

• function Execute(Request: array of String): Boolean;

If you do not need to receive any output from your query, use this method. It simply calls Query function and frees returned object.

• property Timeout: Integer;

With this property you can set timeout value for network operations (in milliseconds).

• property LastError: String;

This read-only property contains textual description of the last error occured.

• procedure Disconnect;

Disconnects from the router.

TRosApiResult

This class gives you an ability to work with data returned from queries. Each command execution is "isolated" in its TRosApiResult object, so you can do parallel requests by calling TRosApiClient.Query and receiving several TRosApiResult objects.

• property ValueByName[Name: String]: String; default;

Returns the value of Name parameter (word in terms of API) in current sentence. The preferred way of getting the result is the following: ApiResult['ParmName'] instead of ApiResult.ValueByName('ParmName'). You can use param name both with and without leading '=' character (ApiResult['address'] and ApiResult['=address'] return the same result).

• property Values: TRosApiSentence;

Returns current sentence of query result (type is TRosApiSentence).

• function GetOne(Wait: Boolean): Boolean;

Receives one sentence from the router. If Wait parameter is True, function will wait until sentence is received. If Wait is False and no sentences were received for now, function returns False. This is helpful when executing infinite commands (like 'listen') in GUI, when you need to process other user's actions: you should periodically call GetOne with Wait = False, and in case of negative result just do something else for a time.

• function GetAll: Boolean;

Receives all sentences upto '!done', then returns True (or False in case of a timeout).

• property RowsCount: Integer;

Returns number of received sentences after calling GetAll.

• property Eof: Boolean;

Returns True if there's more sentence(s) in query result.

• property Trap: Boolean;

Returns True if there were trap(s) during GetAll

• property Done: Boolean;

Returns True if '!done' sentence was received in GetOne

• procedure Next;

Shifts to the next sentence received in GetAll

• procedure Cancel;

Cancels current command execution.

Examples

Sample APITest application can be downloaded in Releases section: https://github.com/Chupaka/Delphi-RouterOS-API/releases

Creating a connection to a router

At first, we should declare a variable and create an instance of TRosApiClient:

var
  RouterOS: TRosApiClient;

RouterOS := TRosApiClient.Create;

Now we connect to the router and perform login procedure:

if RouterOS.Connect('192.168.0.1', 'admin', 'password') then
begin
  //we are connected successfully
end
else
begin
  //an error occured; text error message is in LastError property
end;

Executing queries

All queries are done by calling Query function of TRosApiClient. It returns an instance of TRosApiResult from which all data is fetched.

var
  Res: TRosApiResult;

Res := RouterOS.Query(['/system/resource/print'], True);

Obtaining the result with GetAll

Res := ROS.Query(['/ip/arp/print', '?interface=ether2'], True);

while not Res.Eof do
begin
  SomeProcessingFunction(Res['.id'], Res['address']);
  Res.Next;
end;

Res.Free;

Obtaining the result with GetOne

First, place a Timer on form and name it tmrListen, set Enabled to False. Then we make a query and enable timer:

ResListen := ROS.Query(['/log/listen'], False);
tmrListen.Enabled := True;

Then we check for a new data on timer event:

procedure TForm1.tmrListenTimer(Sender: TObject);
begin
  repeat
    if not ResListen.GetOne(False) then Break;
    
    if ResListen.Trap then
    begin
      ShowMessage('Trap: ' + ROS.LastError);
      Break;
    end;
    
    if ResListen.Done then
    begin
      ShowMessage('Done');
      ResListen.Free;
      tmrListen.Enabled := False;
      Break;
    end;

    Memo1.Lines.Add(ResListen['time'] + ': ' + ResListen['message']);
  until False;
end;

Downloads and suggestions

For discussions and suggestions you may check MikroTik Forum thread RouterOS API Delphi Client