How to read file content using API?

RouterOS Scripting
1

I have some application, running Mikrotik API commands to export configuration to the .rsc file and save it as a file on the computer.
I have all steps done, valid .rsc file is created, but i cannot get file content to the computer. It is strange, because i have remembered this specific command was working around two years ago.
I was using command:

/file/print
=.proplist=contents
?name=filename.rsc

Command

/file/print
=from=%s.rsc
=detail=

is also not working…

How to get file content using API?
I see many people asking the same question but i did not see working suggestion…

2

You will not get file content if file size is larger than 4KB.

3

But it was definitely working for larger files, i have tried with export file (.rsc)…

Ok, how can I get file content if size is smaller than 4KB?

4

<<< /file/get
<<< =.id=*D034A
<<< =.proplist=contents
<<<

5

Ok, this one is working (for small files), thank you.
The way how i did it before:

/file/print
=.proplist=contents
?name=filename.ext

is also working (only for small files).

Still question is how to get >4Kb file content, using API?

6

You can’t directly with api. Download file via ftp and then read content locally.

7

Bad.. :frowning:.

Is this bug? or feature? It was working with some older versions of firmware. Are there any hope it may work in future versions?

8

More than one year later and the bug it’s there yet.

I’m tryting to get the result of the /export command and it seems it’s affected by the same limitation of the API.