UniFi controller API client class

This PHP class provides access to the UniFi Controller API and is based off the work of @domwo and @fbagnol and the API shell client as published by UBNT.

Please refer to the code samples in the examples directory for a starting point for your own PHP code.

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Install

Simply execute this command from your project directory:

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

Requirements

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

Methods and functions supported

This class currently supports the following functions/methods to get/set data through the UniFi controller API:

• login()
• logout()
• add_site()
• adopt_device()
• authorize_guest()
• unauthorize_guest()
• block_sta()
• unblock_sta()
• create_hotspotop()
• create_voucher()
• delete_site()
• disable_ap()
• led_override()
• list_admins()
• list_alarms()
• count_alarms()
• upgrade_device()
• upgrade_device_external()
• spectrum_scan()
• spectrum_scan_state()
• list_devices()
• list_aps() (deprecated but still available as alias)
• list_clients()
• list_dashboard()
• list_dynamicdns()
• list_events()
• list_extension()
• list_guests()
• list_health()
• list_hotspotop()
• list_networkconf()
• list_portconf()
• list_portforward_stats()
• list_portforwarding()
• list_radius_accounts() (supported on controller version 5.5.19 and higher)
• 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()
• list_current_channels()
• list_dpi_stats()
• reconnect_sta()
• rename_ap()
• restart_ap()
• revoke_voucher()
• extend_guest_validity()
• set_ap_radiosettings()
• set_guestlogin_settings()
• locate_ap()
• set_locate_ap() (deprecated but still available as alias)
• unset_locate_ap() (deprecated but still available as alias)
• set_sta_name()
• set_sta_note()
• set_usergroup()
• edit_usergroup()
• add_usergroup()
• delete_usergroup()
• edit_usergroup()
• add_usergroup()
• delete_usergroup()
• set_wlansettings()
• create_wlan()
• delete_wlan()
• site_leds()
• site_ledsoff() (deprecated but still available as alias)
• site_ledson() (deprecated but still available as alias)
• stat_allusers()
• stat_auths()
• stat_client()
• stat_daily_site()
• stat_daily_aps()
• stat_hourly_aps()
• stat_hourly_site()
• stat_payment()
• stat_sessions()
• stat_sites()
• stat_sta_sessions_latest()
• stat_sysinfo()
• stat_voucher()

Internal functions:

• set_debug()
• get_last_results_raw()
• get_last_error_message()

Please refer to the source code for more details on each function/method and it's parameters.

Example usage

A basic example how to use the class:

...
/**
 * 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);
$login            = $unifi_connection->login();
$results          = $unifi_connection->list_alarms(); // returns the alarms in a PHP array
...

NOTE:

$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

Here jl3z2shm is the value required for $site_id.

Have a look at the files in the examples directory for more examples how to use this class.

Important Disclaimer

Many of these functions are not officially supported by UBNT and as such, may not be supported in future versions of the UniFi controller API.