unicli

A lightweight command light interface to the Ubiquiti Networks Unifi REST API (tested with version 5).

​ For a more comprehensive interface, see unifi-api.

Installation

To install:

$ pip install --editable .

Usage

Run:

$ unicli --help

Supported Commands

Currently supported commands:

• block: block a client using its MAC address.
• clients: list active clients.
• devices: list devices (AP).
• events: display recent events.
• reconnect: reconnect a client using its MAC address.
• unblock: unblock a client using its MAC address.

Examples

List all the clients:

$ unicli --host mycontroller --port 8443 --no-verify --user ubnt --site default list

Block a client:

$ unicli --host mycontroller --port 8443 --no-verify --user ubnt --site default block 01:23:45:67:89:ab

Hint: the password can also be accepted from an environment variable. To prevent the password from being stored in your history file, set the HISTCONTROL environment variable to ignorespace and prefix the export statement a blank space when setting the password:

$ export HISTCONTROL=ignorespace
$  export PASSWORD=foo