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API in VB dot NET
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This is VB.NET class for connecting and working with Mikrotik API. It will give you basic connectivity so you
can log in and send and receive commands.
Class
Public Class Mikrotik
Dim tcpStream As IO.Stream
Dim tcpCon As New Net.Sockets.TcpClient
Public Sub New(ByVal ipOrDns As String, Optional ByVal port As Integer = -1)
Dim ips = Net.Dns.GetHostEntry(ipOrDns)
tcpCon.Connect(ips.AddressList(0), If(port = -1, 8728, port))
tcpStream = tcpCon.GetStream()
End Sub
Public Sub New(ByVal endP As System.Net.IPEndPoint)
tcpCon.Connect(endP)
tcpStream = tcpCon.GetStream()
End Sub
Public Sub Close()
tcpStream.Close()
tcpCon.Close()
End Sub
Public Function Login(ByVal user As String, ByVal pass As String) As Boolean
Send("/login", True)
Dim hash = Read()(0).Split(New String() {"ret="}, StringSplitOptions.None)(1)
Send("/login")
Send("=name=" + user)
Send("=response=00" + EncodePassword(pass, hash), True)
Dim res = Read()
If (res(0) = "!done") Then Return True Else Return False
End Function
Function EncodePassword(ByVal pass As String, ByVal challange As String) As String
Dim hash_byte(challange.Length / 2 - 1) As Byte
For i = 0 To challange.Length - 2 Step 2
hash_byte(i / 2) = Byte.Parse(challange.Substring(i, 2), Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNu
Next
Dim response(pass.Length + hash_byte.Length) As Byte
response(0) = 0
Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(pass.ToCharArray()).CopyTo(response, 1)
hash_byte.CopyTo(response, 1 + pass.Length)
Dim md5 = New System.Security.Cryptography.MD5CryptoServiceProvider()
Dim hash = md5.ComputeHash(response)
Dim hashStr As New Text.StringBuilder()
For Each h In hash
hashStr.Append(h.ToString("x2"))
Next
Return hashStr.ToString()
End Function
Public Sub Send(ByVal command As String, Optional ByVal EndSentence As Boolean = False)
Dim bytes = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(command.ToCharArray())
Dim size = EncodeLength(bytes.Length)
tcpStream.Write(size, 0, size.Length)
tcpStream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length)
If EndSentence Then tcpStream.WriteByte(0)
End Sub
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Public Function Read() As List(Of String)
Dim output As New List(Of String)
Dim o = ""
Dim tmp(4) As Byte
Dim count As Long
While True
tmp(3) = tcpStream.ReadByte()
Select Case tmp(3)
Case 0
output.Add(o)
If o.Substring(0, 5) = "!done" Then
Exit While
Else
o = ""
Continue While
End If
Case Is < &H80
count = tmp(3)
Case Is < &HC0
count = BitConverter.ToInt32(New Byte() {tcpStream.ReadByte(), tmp(3), 0,
Case Is < &HE0
tmp(2) = tcpStream.ReadByte()
count = BitConverter.ToInt32(New Byte() {tcpStream.ReadByte(), tmp(2), tm
Case Is < &HF0
tmp(2) = tcpStream.ReadByte()
tmp(1) = tcpStream.ReadByte()
count = BitConverter.ToInt32(New Byte() {tcpStream.ReadByte(), tmp(1), tm
Case &HF0
tmp(3) = tcpStream.ReadByte()
tmp(2) = tcpStream.ReadByte()
tmp(1) = tcpStream.ReadByte()
tmp(0) = tcpStream.ReadByte()
count = BitConverter.ToInt32(tmp, 0)
Case Else
Exit While
'err
End Select
For i = 0 To count - 1
o += ChrW(tcpStream.ReadByte())
Next
End While
Return output
End Function
Function EncodeLength(ByVal l As Integer) As Byte()
If l < &H80 Then
Dim tmp = BitConverter.GetBytes(l)
Return New Byte() {tmp(0)}
ElseIf l < &H4000 Then
Dim tmp = BitConverter.GetBytes(l Or &H8000)
Return New Byte() {tmp(1), tmp(0)}
ElseIf l < &H200000 Then
Dim tmp = BitConverter.GetBytes(l Or &HC00000)
Return New Byte() {tmp(2), tmp(1), tmp(0)}
ElseIf l < &H10000000 Then
Dim tmp = BitConverter.GetBytes(l Or &HE0000000)
Return New Byte() {tmp(3), tmp(2), tmp(1), tmp(0)}
Else
Dim tmp = BitConverter.GetBytes(l)
Return New Byte() {&HF0, tmp(3), tmp(2), tmp(1), tmp(0)}
End If
End Function
End Class
Example
Module Module1
Sub Main()
Dim mk = New Mikrotik("mikrotik")
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If Not mk.Login("admin", "PpAaSsWwOoRrDd") Then
Console.WriteLine("Cant log in")
mk.Close()
Console.ReadLine()
Return
End If
mk.Send("/system/clock/getall", True)
For Each row In mk.Read()
Console.WriteLine(row)
Next
Console.ReadLine()
End Sub
End Module
See also
API
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This page was last edited on 5 November 2010, at 05:48.
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