API Admin Password Reset

RouterOS Scripting
1

Is it possible to reset the admin password via API ?

We’ve got almost 200 routers out there that need some scripting done, and while I’m at it I’d like to reset the admin password too…

I googled a bit and couldn’t find an example - if someone wouldn’t mind sending me an example or two that’d be awesome.

Thanks,

Rick Smith, Network Engineer
rsmith@navitend.com | www.navitend.com
P (973) 448 0070 | F (973) 448 0264
23 US Highway 206 Byram Twp. NJ 07874

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Yes that’s possible, here is an example with the Python API

#!/usr/bin/python3

import routeros_api
import sys

login_username = 'myuser'
login_password = '123123'

change_username = 'admin'
change_password = '345345'

connection = routeros_api.RouterOsApiPool('127.0.0.2', username=login_username, password=login_password)
api = connection.get_api()
api_user = api.get_resource('/user')

user = api_user.get(name=change_username)

if user:
    api_user.set(id=user[0]['id'], password=change_password)
else:
    print("Warning, user %s does not exist" % change_username)
    sys.exit(1)

-davidc