api authentication woes

RouterOS General
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I have fought and fought with the api code, and I can’t seem to get it to authenticate.

I have compared packets byte for byte via ethereal and it looks like my packets are well-formed. I have taken the hashes the python script receives and outputs and plugged it into my code and I get identical results, yet the python script is able to log in, and I always get rejected.

I have attached my simple vb6 test code if someone more familiar with the api could spot what I’m doing wrong here I’d appreciate it.

Thanks
Mikritik API Test.zip (11.7 KB)

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Take a look at the VB2005 (VB.NET) code posted. IT WORKS… I have used it as a “module”..

I can login ask questions and get replys… I just need to figure out how to issue commands IE add rules etc…

The code isnt documented…

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Hi Royce,

How did you go with your VB6 code?

Cheers,

James

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the command, for example,

ip address add address=10.0.0.1/24 interface=ether1

will look like this

/ip/address/add
=address=10.0.0.1/24
=interface=ether1

to see what you have to write use ? in console

another example

/ip/address/print
=follow=1

will follow log printout until you issue /cancel command, if you set tag, then you can cancel one command with tag exclusively

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Royce3, Mullins,

You manage to get it working in VB6? I just can’t get pass the authentication part. Do you have sample code just for that part?

Thanks,
San.

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This code works.

http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/mikrotik-api-and-c/18032/3

You just need to modify it for VB6.
If you do this, please post back the code to help others.