Connect

Unencrypted

from librouteros import connect, async_connect
api = connect(
    username='admin',
    password='abc',
    host='some.address.com',
    )

# For async version use async_connect
api = await async_connect(
    username='admin',
    password='abc',
    host='some.address.com',
    )

Encrypted

Before connecting, api-ssl service must be enabled. For more information on how to generate certificates see MikroTik wiki. After that, create your default SSLContext and fine tune for your needs.

import ssl
from librouteros import connect

ctx = ssl.create_default_context()
ctx.check_hostname = False
ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
api = connect(
    username='admin',
    password='abc',
    host='some.address.com',
    ssl_wrapper=ctx.wrap_socket,
    port=8729
    )

If you need to pass any other parameters like server_name, use partial.

from functools import partial
ssl_wrapper=partial(
    ctx.wrap_socket,
    server_hostname='some.address.com',
    )

For async version, just pass ssl.SSLContext instance.

import ssl
from librouteros import async_connect

ctx = ssl.create_default_context()
ctx.check_hostname = False
ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
api = async_connect(
    username='admin',
    password='abc',
    host='some.address.com',
    ssl_wrapper=ctx,
    port=8729
    )

Auth methods

Starting from routeros 6.43, token auth method was replaced by plain text. By default library will use plain text method. You can force library to use token method:

from librouteros.login import plain, token

# for post 6.42 (plain text password)
method = plain
# for pre 6.43 (with token)
method = token
api = connect(
    username='admin',
    password='abc',
    host='some.address.com',
    login_method=method,
    )

Note

Library will not try different methods untill it will log in.