Mikrotik Api Examples May 2026

traditional Binary API

MikroTik offers two primary ways to interact with its devices programmatically: the and the modern REST API introduced in RouterOS v7. 1. REST API (RouterOS v7+)

import routeros_api

// Authenticate and create a new user $auth = base64_encode("$username:$password"); $headers = array( 'Authorization: Basic ' . $auth, 'Content-Type: application/json' ); mikrotik api examples

# 3. Add simple queue with bandwidth limit api('/queue/simple/add', 'name': client_name, 'target': f"client_ip/32", 'max-limit': '10M/2M', 'comment': client_name ) print("Queue limit set to 10M down / 2M up") traditional Binary API MikroTik offers two primary ways