UniFi Controller API client class

A PHP class that provides access to Ubiquiti's UniFi Network Controller API.

UniFi Network Controller software versions 4.X.X, 5.X.X, 6.X.X, and 7.X.X (version 7.2.93 has been confirmed to work) are supported as well as UniFi OS-based controllers. This class is used by our API browser tool which can be found here.

The package can be installed manually or by using composer/packagist for easy inclusion in your projects.

Requirements

• a server with:
  • PHP 5.5.0 or higher
  • PHP json and PHP cURL modules
  • tested on Apache 2.4 with PHP 5.6.1 and cURL 7.42.1 and with PHP 7.4.9 and cURL 7.68.0
• direct network connectivity between this server and the host and port (usually TCP port 8443 or port 443 for UniFi OS) where the UniFi Controller is running
• you must use accounts with local access, not UniFi Cloud accounts, to access the UniFi Controller API through this class

UniFi OS Support

Support for UniFi OS-based controllers has been added as of version 1.1.47:

• UniFi Dream Router (UDR)
• UniFi Dream Machine (UDM)
• UniFi Dream Machine Pro (UDM PRO)
• UniFi Cloud Key Gen2 (UCK G2), firmware version 2.0.24 or higher
• UniFi Cloud Key Gen2 Plus (UCK G2 Plus), firmware version 2.0.24 or higher
• UniFi Cloud Console, details here

The class automatically detects UniFi OS-based controllers and adjusts URLs and several functions/methods accordingly. If your own code implements strict validation of the URL that is passed to the constructor, please adapt your logic to allow URLs without a port suffix or with port 443 when working with a UniFi OS-based controller.

IMPORTANT NOTE: cookies are no longer supported with UniFi OS-based controllers. If your application code does use cookies, they will be ignored automatically when working with UniFi OS-based controllers.

Please test all methods you plan on using thoroughly before using the API Client with UniFi OS devices in a production environment.

Installation

Use Composer, Git or simply Download the Release to install the API client class.

Composer

The preferred installation method is through composer. Follow these installation instructions if you don't have composer installed already.

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

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

Or 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, simply download the package, unpack 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 can be used as a starting point for your own PHP code.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. In the above example, $site_id is the short site "name" (usually 8 characters long) that is visible in the URL when managing the site in the UniFi Network Controller. For example with this URL:

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

   jl3z2shm is the short site "name" and the value to assign to $site_id.

2. The 6th optional parameter that is passed to the constructor in the above example (true), 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 that is associated with the FQDN in the controller_url parameter. This option was added with API client version 1.1.16.

3. Using an administrator account ($controller_user in the above example) with read-only permissions can limit visibility on certain collection/object properties. See this issue and this issue for an example where the WPA2 password isn't visible for read-only administrator accounts.

Functions/methods supported

The class currently supports the following functions/methods to GET/POST/PUT/DELETE data through the UniFi Controller API. Please refer to the comments in the source code for more details on each of the functions/methods and their respective parameters.

• login()
• logout()
• adopt_device()
• archive_alarm()
• assign_existing_admin()
• authorize_guest()
• block_sta()
• cancel_rolling_upgrade()
• check_controller_update()
• check_firmware_update()
• cmd_stat()
• count_alarms()
• create_apgroup() (supported with controller versions 6.0.X and higher)
• create_dynamicdns()
• create_firewallgroup()
• create_hotspotop()
• create_network()
• create_radius_account()
• create_site()
• create_user()
• create_usergroup()
• create_voucher()
• create_wlan()
• custom_api_request()
• delete_apgroup() (supported with controller versions 6.0.X and higher)
• delete_device()
• delete_firewallgroup()
• delete_network()
• delete_radius_account()
• delete_site()
• delete_usergroup()
• delete_wlan()
• disable_ap()
• edit_apgroup() (supported with controller versions 6.0.X and higher)
• edit_client_fixedip()
• edit_client_name()
• edit_firewallgroup()
• edit_usergroup()
• extend_guest_validity()
• forget_sta() (supported on controller version 5.9.X and higher)
• generate_backup()
• generate_backup_site()
• invite_admin()
• led_override()
• list_admins()
• list_alarms()
• list_all_admins()
• list_apgroups() (supported with controller versions 6.0.X and higher)
• list_aps() (deprecated but still available as alias)
• list_backups()
• list_clients()
• list_country_codes()
• list_current_channels()
• list_dashboard()
• list_device_name_mappings()
• list_devices()
• list_dpi_stats()
• list_dynamicdns()
• list_events()
• list_extension()
• list_firewallgroups()
• list_firmware()
• 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_routing()
• 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()
• reboot_cloudkey()
• reconnect_sta()
• rename_ap()
• restart_ap() (deprecated but still available as alias)
• restart_device()
• revoke_admin()
• revoke_voucher()
• set_ap_radiosettings()
• set_device_settings_base()
• set_dynamicdns()
• set_element_adoption() (supported on controller version 5.13.X and higher)
• set_guestlogin_settings()
• set_guestlogin_settings_base()
• set_ips_settings_base() (supported on controller version 5.9.10 and higher)
• 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_super_identity_settings_base()
• set_super_mgmt_settings_base()
• set_super_smtp_settings_base()
• 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()
• start_rolling_upgrade()
• stat_5minutes_aps() (supported on controller version 5.5.X and higher)
• stat_5minutes_gateway() (supported on controller version 5.7.X and higher)
• stat_5minutes_site() (supported on controller version 5.5.X and higher)
• stat_5minutes_user (supported on controller version 5.7.X and higher)
• stat_allusers()
• stat_auths()
• stat_client()
• stat_daily_aps()
• stat_daily_gateway() (supported on controller version 5.7.X and higher)
• stat_daily_site()
• stat_daily_user() (supported on controller version 5.7.X and higher)
• stat_full_status()
• stat_hourly_aps()
• stat_hourly_gateway() (supported on controller version 5.7.X and higher)
• stat_hourly_site()
• stat_hourly_user() (supported on controller version 5.7.X and higher)
• stat_ips_events() (supported on controller version 5.9.10 and higher)
• stat_monthly_aps()
• stat_monthly_gateway()
• stat_monthly_site()
• stat_monthly_user()
• stat_payment()
• stat_sessions()
• stat_sites()
• stat_speedtest_results()
• 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()

Other functions, getters/setters:

• get_class_version()
• get_cookie() (renamed from getcookie(), deprecated but still available, use get_cookies() instead)
• get_cookies()
• get_curl_connection_timeout()
• get_curl_http_version()
• get_curl_method()
• get_curl_request_timeout()
• get_curl_request_timeout()
• get_curl_ssl_verify_host()
• get_curl_ssl_verify_peer()
• get_debug()
• get_is_unifi_os()
• get_last_error_message()
• get_last_results_raw()
• get_site()
• set_connection_timeout()
• set_cookies()
• set_curl_http_version()
• set_curl_request_timeout()
• set_curl_ssl_verify_host()
• set_curl_ssl_verify_peer()
• set_debug()
• set_is_unifi_os()
• set_request_method()
• set_request_timeout()
• set_site()

Need help or have suggestions?

There is still work to be done to add functionality and further 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 suggestions and 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 initial work by the following developers:

• domwo: https://community.ui.com/questions/little-php-class-for-unifi-api/933d3fb3-b401-4499-993a-f9af079a4a3a
• fbagnol: https://github.com/fbagnol/class.unifi.php

and the API as published by Ubiquiti:

• https://dl.ui.com/unifi/7.0.25/unifi_sh_api

Important Disclaimer

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