UniFi Controller API client class

A PHP class which provides access to Ubiquiti's UniFi Controller API, versions 4.X.X and 5.X.X of the UniFi Controller software are supported (version 5.8.24 has been confirmed to work). It's a standalone version of the class which is used in our API browser tool which can be found here.

This class can be installed using composer/packagist for easy inclusion in your projects.

Methods and functions supported

The class currently supports the following functions/methods to get/post/put/delete data through the UniFi Controller API:

• login()
• logout()
• adopt_device()
• archive_alarm()
• authorize_guest()
• block_sta()
• count_alarms()
• create_firewallgroup()
• create_hotspotop()
• create_network()
• create_radius_account()
• create_site()
• create_usergroup()
• create_user()
• create_voucher()
• create_wlan()
• delete_device()
• delete_firewallgroup()
• delete_network()
• delete_radius_account()
• delete_site()
• delete_usergroup()
• delete_wlan()
• disable_ap()
• edit_firewallgroup()
• edit_usergroup()
• extend_guest_validity()
• forget_sta() (supported on controller version 5.9.X and higher)
• invite_admin()
• revoke_admin()
• led_override()
• list_admins()
• list_all_admins()
• list_alarms()
• list_aps() (deprecated but still available as alias)
• list_clients()
• list_country_codes()
• list_current_channels()
• list_dashboard()
• list_devices()
• list_dpi_stats()
• list_dynamicdns()
• list_events()
• list_extension()
• list_firewallgroups()
• list_guests()
• list_health()
• list_hotspotop()
• list_known_rogueaps()
• list_networkconf()
• list_portconf()
• list_portforward_stats()
• list_portforwarding()
• list_radius_accounts() (supported on controller version 5.5.19 and higher)
• list_radius_profiles()
• list_rogueaps()
• list_self()
• list_settings()
• list_sites()
• list_tags() (supported on controller version 5.5.19 and higher)
• list_usergroups()
• list_users()
• list_wlan_groups()
• list_wlanconf()
• locate_ap()
• move_device()
• power_cycle_switch_port()
• reconnect_sta()
• rename_ap()
• restart_ap()
• revoke_voucher()
• set_ap_radiosettings()
• set_device_settings_base()
• set_guestlogin_settings()
• set_guestlogin_settings_base()
• set_locate_ap() (deprecated but still available as alias)
• set_networksettings_base()
• set_radius_account_base()
• set_site_connectivity()
• set_site_country()
• set_site_guest_access()
• set_site_locale()
• set_site_mgmt()
• set_site_name()
• set_site_ntp()
• set_site_snmp()
• set_sta_name()
• set_sta_note()
• set_usergroup()
• set_wlan_mac_filter()
• set_wlansettings()
• set_wlansettings_base()
• site_leds()
• site_ledsoff() (deprecated but still available as alias)
• site_ledson() (deprecated but still available as alias)
• spectrum_scan()
• spectrum_scan_state()
• stat_allusers()
• stat_auths()
• stat_client()
• stat_5minutes_aps() (supported on controller version 5.5.X and higher)
• stat_hourly_aps()
• stat_daily_aps()
• stat_5minutes_site() (supported on controller version 5.5.X and higher)
• stat_hourly_site()
• stat_daily_site()
• stat_5minutes_user (supported on controller version 5.7.X and higher)
• stat_hourly_user() (supported on controller version 5.7.X and higher)
• stat_daily_user() (supported on controller version 5.7.X and higher)
• stat_payment()
• stat_sessions()
• stat_sites()
• stat_sta_sessions_latest()
• stat_status()
• stat_sysinfo()
• stat_voucher()
• unauthorize_guest()
• unblock_sta()
• unset_locate_ap() (deprecated but still available as alias)
• upgrade_device()
• upgrade_device_external()
• start_rolling_upgrade()
• cancel_rolling_upgrade()

Internal functions, getters/setters:

• set_debug()
• get_debug()
• set_site()
• get_site()
• get_cookie() (renamed from getcookie())
• get_last_results_raw()
• get_last_error_message()

Please refer to the source code for more details on the functions/methods and their parameters.

Requirements

• a web server with PHP and cURL modules installed (tested on apache2 with PHP Version 5.6.1 and cURL 7.42.1 and with PHP 7.0.7 and cURL 7.37.0)
• network connectivity between this web server and the server and port (normally TCP port 8443) where the UniFi Controller is running

Installation

You can use Composer, Git or simply Download the Release to install the API client class.

Composer

The preferred method is via composer. Follow the installation instructions if you do not already have composer installed.

Once composer is installed, simply execute this command from the shell in your project directory:

composer require art-of-wifi/unifi-api-client

Or you can manually add the package to your composer.json file:

{
    "require": {
        "art-of-wifi/unifi-api-client": "^1.1"
    }
}

Finally, be sure to include the autoloader in your code:

require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

Git

Execute the following git command from the shell in your project directory:

git clone https://github.com/Art-of-WiFi/UniFi-API-client.git

When git is done cloning, include the file containing the class like so in your code:

require_once('path/to/src/Client.php');

Download the Release

If you prefer not to use composer or git, you can simply download the package, uncompress the zip file, then include the file containing the class in your code like so:

require_once('path/to/src/Client.php');

Example usage

A basic example how to use the class:

/**
 * load the class using the composer autoloader
 */
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

/**
 * initialize the Unifi API connection class, log in to the controller and request the alarms collection
 * (this example assumes you have already assigned the correct values to the variables used)
 */
$unifi_connection = new UniFi_API\Client($controller_user, $controller_password, $controller_url, $site_id, $controller_version, true);
$login            = $unifi_connection->login();
$results          = $unifi_connection->list_alarms(); // returns a PHP array containing alarm objects

Please refer to the examples/ directory for some more detailed examples which you can use as a starting point for your own PHP code.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. The last parameter (true) that is passed to the constructor, enables validation of the controller's SSL certificate which is otherwise disabled by default. It is highly recommended to enable this feature in production environments where you have a valid SSL cert installed on the UniFi Controller, and which is associated with the FQDN of the server as used in the controller_url parameter. This option was added with API client version 1.1.16.

2. In the example above, $site_id is the 8 character short site "name" which is visible in the URL when managing the site in the UniFi Controller:

   https://<controller IP address or FQDN>:8443/manage/site/jl3z2shm/dashboard

   In this case, jl3z2shm is the value required for $site_id.

Need help or have suggestions?

There is still work to be done to add functionality and improve the usability of this class, so all suggestions/comments are welcome. Please use the github issue list or the Ubiquiti Community forums (https://community.ubnt.com/t5/UniFi-Wireless/PHP-class-to-access-the-UniFi-controller-API-updates-and/td-p/1512870) to share your ideas/questions.

Contribute

If you would like to contribute code (improvements), please open an issue and include your code there or else create a pull request.

Credits

This class is based on the work done by the following developers:

• domwo: http://community.ubnt.com/t5/UniFi-Wireless/little-php-class-for-unifi-api/m-p/603051
• fbagnol: https://github.com/fbagnol/class.unifi.php
• and the API as published by Ubiquiti: https://dl.ubnt.com/unifi/5.8.24/unifi_sh_api

Important Disclaimer

Many of the functions in this API client class are not officially supported by UBNT and as such, may not be supported in future versions of the UniFi Controller API.