Mikrotik API “no such command” when trying to get count-only of PPP connections

RouterOS Scripting
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I am developing a service that counts the PPPoE users per MikroTik Device in the whole network every X minutes. I’m using the API build in Python3.

When I connect to a MKT, I can execute the command ppp active print count-only. In the API the language changes a bit. I can’t execute that command. It tells me =message=no such command prefix. I’ve tried with /ppp/active/print/count-only but only works when I execute /ppp/active/print but that is not the result I want.

Thank you

2

“count-only” is an argument to “print”, not a separate command.

So:

/ppp/active/print
=count-only=
3

maybe some kind soul at MikroTik could update the wiki page http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:API#Query_word to mention the count-only attribute to queries, it took me hours to figure this one out…

4

That section is not the place for it…

The API page already says

API closely follows syntax from command line interface (CLI).

and has examples that show that “attribute word” = “command argument”.

And the print arguments are documented on the scripting page

I’m thinking maybe instead, the Attribute word section should specifically spell out that

  • In command sentences, attribute words are analogous to CLI arguments.
  • In reply sentences, attribute words are analogous to CLI properties.

So that people can more easily put two and two together.

5

Hi guys i know this is an old thread, but could someone post the php code, to print the ppp active secrets?

i have tried executing the cmd on the mikrotik cmd and it works

/ppp active print count-only and it prints out the number of the total pppoe clientes connected.. i need to output it to php form..

$stats = $API->comm('/ppp/active/print/count-only');
$meme = $stats['0'];

echo "<td>" . $meme['count-only'] . "</td>";

but its not working its not retrieving data at all surely my code is wrong.. i am using RouterOS 1.6

6

Hi guys just an update

managed to get it working with routerOS php api , my cmd was wrong obviously as shown on the previous post


working code

 if ($API->connect($iphost, $userhost, $pass, $port)) {
           
		    $ARRAY = $API->comm("/ppp/active/print", array("count-only"=> "",));
   
            print_r($ARRAY);

            $API->disconnect();

}