Get SSID via API

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Hello folks
I’m trying to get ssid from wireless interface using a simple C# program.
I’m my code I have this:

            mikrotik.Send("/interface/wireless/print",true);
            foreach (string h in _mikrotik.Read())
            {
                Console.WriteLine(h);
            }

This outputs a big chunk of data about all settings.

!re=.id=*6=default-name=wlan1=name=wlan1=mtu=1500=l2mtu=2290=mac-address=4C:5E:0C:4D:E9:81=arp=enabled=disable-running-check=false=interface-type=Atheros AR9300=radio-name=4C5E0C4DE981=mode=ap-bridge=ssid=Hotspot=area==frequency-mode=manual-txpower=country=no_country_set=antenna-gain=0=frequency=2412=band=2ghz-b/g=channel-width=20mhz=scan-list=default=wireless-protocol=any=rate-set=default=supported-rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps=supported-rates-a/g=6Mbps,9Mbps,12Mbps,18Mbps,24Mbps,36Mbps,48Mbps,54Mbps=basic-rates-b=1Mbps=basic-rates-a/g=6Mbps=max-station-count=2007=distance=dynamic=tx-power-mode=default=noise-floor-threshold=default=nv2-noise-floor-offset=default=periodic-calibration=default=periodic-calibration-interval=60=dfs-mode=none=wds-mode=disabled=wds-default-bridge=none=wds-default-cost=100=wds-cost-range=50,150=wds-ignore-ssid=false=update-stats-interval=disabled=bridge-mode=enabled=default-authentication=true=default-forwarding=true=default-ap-tx-limit=0=default-client-tx-limit=0=proprietary-extensions=post-2.9.25=wmm-support=disabled=hide-ssid=false=security-profile=default=interworking-profile=disabled=disconnect-timeout=00:00:03=on-fail-retry-time=00:00:00.100=preamble-mode=both=compression=false=allow-sharedkey=false=station-bridge-clone-mac=00:00:00:00:00:00=ht-ampdu-priorities=0=ht-guard-interval=any=ht-supported-mcs=mcs-0,mcs-1,mcs-2,mcs-3,mcs-4,mcs-5,mcs-6,mcs-7,mcs-8,mcs-9,mcs-10,mcs-11,mcs-12,mcs-13,mcs-14,mcs-15,mcs-16,mcs-17,mcs-18,mcs-19,mcs-20,mcs-21,mcs-22,mcs-23=ht-basic-mcs=mcs-0,mcs-1,mcs-2,mcs-3,mcs-4,mcs-5,mcs-6,mcs-7=ht-txchains=0,1=ht-rxchains=0,1=ht-amsdu-limit=8192=ht-amsdu-threshold=8192=tdma-period-size=2=nv2-queue-count=2=nv2-qos=default=nv2-cell-radius=30=nv2-security=disabled=nv2-preshared-key==hw-retries=7=frame-lifetime=0=adaptive-noise-immunity=none=hw-fragmentation-threshold=0=hw-protection-mode=none=hw-protection-threshold=0=frequency-offset=0=rate-selection=advanced=multicast-helper=default=multicast-buffering=false=running=false=disabled=falThe thread 0x144c has exited with code 259 (0x103).
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I’m just interested in some parameters like ssid and channel number but I can´t see how to simple get that
Any help

Thanks for your time

2

I just started working with the API this week.
And I know this thread is a year old, but it seemed like a good challenge.

This is untested, but it should work:

string ssid;
int channel;
_mikrotik.Send("/interface/wireless/print");
_mikrotik.Send("=.proplist=ssid,frequency");
_mikrotik.Send(".tag=1", true);
Dictionary<string, string> properties = new Dictionary<string, string>();
foreach (string h in _mikrotik.Read())
{
    System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(h);
    if (h.StartsWith("!re.tag=1="))
    {
        string[] hh = h.Substring(("!re.tag=1=").Length).Split(new char[] { '=' }, StringSplitOptions.None);
        for (int i = 0; i < hh.Count(); i += 2)
        {
             properties.Add(hh[i], hh[i + 1]);
         }
    }
}
ssid = properties["ssid"];
channel = Convert.ToInt32(properties["frequency"]);
Console.WriteLine("SSID: " + ssid);
channel = Math.Min(((channel - 2412) / 5 ) + 1, 14); // Not 100% sure this math will work, and doesn't account for 5GHz.
Console.WriteLine("Channel: " + channel);

Code does not expect multiple WLANs, but you can easily do that by changing the Dictionary<string, string> to List<Dictionary<string, string>> or something.

Here are a few things to read up on: