unifi-events

unifi-events is a Node.js module that allows you to listen for events from and call methods on the UniFi API (UniFi is Ubiquiti Networks wifi controller software).

Requirements

• Node.js v6 or later
• UniFi-Controller v5

Installation

$ npm install unifi-events

Example

const Unifi = require('unifi-events')

const unifi = new Unifi({
  host: 'unifi',                        // The hostname or ip address of the unifi controller (default: 'unifi')
  port: 8443,                           // Port of the unifi controller (default: 8443)
  username: 'admin',                    // Username (default: 'admin').
  password: 'ubnt',                     // Password (default: 'ubnt').
  site: 'default',                      // The UniFi site to connect to (default: 'default').
  insecure: true,                       // Allow connections if SSL certificate check fails (default: false).
  unifios: false                        // For devices with UnifiOS turn this on
});

// Listen for any event
unifi.on('**', function (data) {
  console.log(this.event, data);
});

Events

unifi-events uses EventEmitter2 and namespaced events.

namespace ctrl

These events indicate the status of the connection to the UniFi controller

• ctrl.connect - emitted when the connection to the controller is established
• ctrl.disconnect - emitted when the connection to the controller is lost
• ctrl.error -
• ctrl.reconnect -

namespaces wu, wg, lu, ...

This JSON file shows all possible events: https://demo.ubnt.com/manage/locales/en/eventStrings.json?v=5.4.11.2 The prefix EVT_ gets stripped, the first underscore is replaced by the namespace separating dot, everything is converted to lower case. Some events such as EVT_AD_LOGIN (Admin Login) are not emitted by the UniFi Controller.

Example Wireless User events

• wu.connected - Wireless User connected
• wu.disconnected - Wireless User disconnected
• wu.roam - Wireless User roamed from one AP to another
• wu.roam_radio - Wireless User changed channel on the same AP

Example Wireless Guest Events

• wg.connected - Wireless Guest connected
• wg.disconnected - Wireless Guest disconnected
• wg.roam - Wireless Guest roamed from one AP to another
• wg.roam_radio - Wireless Guest changed channel on the same AP
• wg.authorization_ended - Wireless Guest became unauthorised

Wildcard usage

Example listing for events on Guest Wireless networks only:

unifi.on('wg.*', function (data) {
  console.log(this.event, data);
})

Example listening for connected events on all network types:

unifi.on('*.connected', function (data) {
  console.log(this.event, data);
});

Methods

connect()

Connect to the UniFi controller. Is called in the constructor, so normally you don't need to call it (except if you want to re-establish a connection that was closed before).

close()

Closes the connection to the UniFi controller

UniFi API Methods

Following methods operate on the configured site. The path gets prefixed with https://<host>:<port>/api/s/<site>/ if it does not start with a slash, otherwise it gets prefixed with https://<host>:<port>. To explore available API endpoints you can use the UniFi-API-browser.

These methods are returning a promise.

get(path)

Do a HTTP GET on the API.

Examples:

• Get a list of all clients

unifi.get('stat/sta').then(console.log);

• Get infos of a specific client

unifi.get('stat/user/<mac>').then(console.log);

• Get alarms

unifi.get('list/alarm').then(console.log);

• Get wireless network IDs

unifi.get('rest/wlanconf').then(res => {
    res.data.forEach(wlan => {
        console.log(wlan.name, wlan._id);
    });
});

• Get device IDs

unifi.get('stat/device').then(res => {
     res.data.forEach(dev => {
        console.log(dev.name, dev._id);
     });
});

del(path)

Do a HTTP DELETE on the API.

post(path, body)

Do a HTTP POST on the API.

Examples:

• Enable all LEDs of all APs

unifi.post('set/setting/mgmt', {led_enabled: true}).then(console.log);

• Disable a WLAN

unifi.post('upd/wlanconf/<wlan_id>', {enabled: false}).then(console.log);

put(path, body)

Do a HTTP PUT on the API.

Examples:

• Enable LED of AP

unifi.put('rest/device/<device_id>', {led_override: 'on'}).then(console.log);

License

• MIT © 2017-2021 oznu
• MIT © 2018 Sebastian Raff