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Cradlepoint NetCloud Manager NetCloud API Version 2

Cradlepoint NetCloud Manager (NCM) is a SaaS-type server that enables the remote management of network devices, including routers and access points. This specification describes the NetCloud API; a RESTful API used by client applications to access the NetCloud service and programmatically perform many of the same functions as can be performed in the NCM UI.

The NetCloud API is Cradlepoint’s first public API available to all NCM account holders. Active documentation is available. The API and documentation are subject to change. To get started with the NetCloud API read this overview.

What is a REST API?

An API, or application programming interface, is a protocol that enables communication between different software systems. APIs provide the building blocks programmers need to create applications that access the data from a software platform – in this case the data from Cradlepoint NetCloud Manager.

REST, or representational state transfer, is a particular architectural style, common for Web APIs, that leverages existing technologies of the Web (e.g. HTTP, XML) to enable information access on a large scale. The REST architecture was first described by Roy Fielding in his 2000 doctoral dissertation.

A REST API is a hypertext-driven API that uses HTTP methods and follows the REST principles. The Cradlepoint NetCloud Manager REST API uses the following HTTP methods: GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE. Note that not all endpoints support all of the REST methods. Some endpoints are read-only and only support the GET method while other endpoints support a mix of all the methods.

Basics

Base URL: https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/ (“v2” designates version 2)

Authentication: Authentication is the means by which a request proves who it is coming from. This API uses NCM keys to perform authentication. An NCM key can be generated by a root admin using the NetCloud API application tile.

Authorization: Authorization is the process of determining the actions a given user may take in NetCloud. The actions a user can take within NetCloud are based on the role assigned to that user. These roles are Administrator, Full Access User, Read Only User, or Diagnostic Uer.

Read results are always filtered by what the requestor has permission to read. Create, update, and delete operations fail unless the requestor has the right permissions. Permissions are specific to each account and resource type.

Supported Security

In compliance with PCI 3.2, NetCloud API supports TLS v1.2 and 1.3. SSL and earlier versions of TLS are not supported. The following ciphers are supported:

TLS 1.3
          TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
          TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
          TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
          TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256
          TLS_AES_128_CCM_8_SHA256

TLS 1.2

          TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
          TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
          TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
          TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
          TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
          TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
          TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
          TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
          TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
          TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
          TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
          TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA

This section describes general conventions used by the NetCloud API.

Format of Examples

The NetCloud API does not require the use of any particular software tools or libraries. Any software tools that support the use of HTTP request methods will work. However, the syntax of how to express the request varies with the tool or library. The examples focus on the HTTP method, the path, and the request body (when required). These examples don't show authentication headers. The following example shows a GET request to the routers endpoint: 

GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/routers/

It's assumed that every request sends an HTTP header with the necessary API keys.

Please note that URLs for endpoints MUST end with a forward slash (trailing slash). If a trailing slash is not present the call to the endpoint is automatically redirected, resulting in two calls attributed to your account.
Correct format:    https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/accounts/
Incorrect format: https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/accounts

In cases of PUT or POST the examples show the data being sent as a JSON document below the PUT or POST, like this: 

POST https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/groups/
{"name": "Test Group", "product":"https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/products/1/"}

PUT and POST must send a Content-Type header. If using JSON like the examples in this doc, the Content-Type must be 'application/json.'

Note: The term "device" is used in this documentation to mean either a router or access point. It is important to note that endpoint parameters and methods named, or containing, the word “router(s)” might also apply to access points.

CRUD & HTTP Methods

The API is RESTful, and uses the following HTTP methods to implement the four basic CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) operations:

Quick reference:

Create POST https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/{resource-type}/ The request body should contain a resource descriptor.
Read GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/{resource-type}/{id}/
Update PUT https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/{resource-type}/{id}/ The request body should contain a partial resource descriptor containing whatever attributes need to be replaced.
Delete DELETE https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/{resource-type}/{id}/ This process is not reversible.

Create a Resource

Create a resource by sending a POST to the root path for that resource type. The following example creates a new group, specifying the account, a group name, type of product, and the firmware for the devices in the group: 

POST https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/groups/
{"account": "https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/accounts/23/", "name": "Group 2", "product": "https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/products/1/", "target_firmware": "https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/firmwares/3771/"}

By default, the resource is added to the requestor's account. If the requestor wants to add to a different account, the request should include an 'account' field in the POST data.

Read Resources

Reading is simple, just issue a GET:

GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/routers/

Or to get a specific object, append the object's ID to the request:

GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/routers/1234/

Update a Resource

Like creating, updating resources requires you to provide a request body. The request body needs only list the attributes that are changing.

PUT https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/groups/23243/
{"name": "Renamed Group"}

Delete a Resource

Deleting a resource removes that specific resource and all the data associated with it. In the case of a router deletion, the router is unregistered from NCM and all of its associated data (e.g. alerts, state samples, signal samples, etc) is removed from the system. The delete process is not reversible.

DELETE https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/routers/1224/

Request Parameters

Parameters are appended to the path after a '?'. The examples uses a short-hand notation in '{' brackets '}' to show common parameters that are supported.

Quick reference:

{paging} := offset=<int>&limit=<int>
{fields} := fields=<val>.<val>,<val>

Examples:

GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/routers/?offset=100&limit=50
GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/router_alerts/?type=wan_unplugged&time__gte=today
GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/accounts/?fields=name

Paging Parameters {paging}

Endpoints that return result sets with multiple records (lists) can be "paged" through by specifying 'offset' and 'limit' parameters. 

       GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/routers/?offset=50&limit=25

The offset parameter is supported for the following endpoints:

  • routers
  • net_devices
  • groups
  • accounts
  • products
  • firmwares
  • net_device_metrics
  • configuration_manager

When a list of records is returned from an endpoint call, the values used for offset and limit are returned in the meta portion of the response. Note that most resources have a max limit of 500. To page the whole list you need to increment the offset. So to get the next 25 devices:

GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/routers/?offset=75&limit=25

{fields} aka Partial Returns

If the requestor does not want to get the full response body, they can use the _fields_ param to get a partial result containing only the specified fields. Example:

GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/accounts/308/?fields=name,is_disabled

Format & Extensions

The only officially supported format is JSON, which is the default.

Reply Format

The NetCloud API returns the following HTTP response codes:

GET   : 200 OK
POST  : 201 Created
PUT   : 202 Accepted
DELETE: 204 No Content

301 Moved Permanently (Redirected)
302 Found (Redirected)
307 Temporary Redirect (Redirected)
308 Permanent Redirect (Redirected)
400 Bad Request
401 Unauthorized
403 Forbidden
404 Not Found
405 Method Not Allowed
409 Conflict
429 Too Many Requests
500 Internal Server Error
502 Bad Gateway

Normal response format

{
    "data": [
        {
            "account": "https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/accounts/1/",
            "id": "3",
            "is_disabled": false,
            "name": "blue",
            "resource_url": "https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/accounts/3/"
        },
        {
            "account": "https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/accounts/3/",
            "id": "4",
            "is_disabled": false,
            "name": "blue_sub",
            "resource_url": "https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/accounts/4/"
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "limit": 20,
        "next": null,
        "offset": 0,
        "previous": null
    }
}

Error response format

{
    "errors": [
        {
            "path": "https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/groups/"
        },
        {
            "method": "POST"
        }
    ],
    "exception": {
        "message": "method not allowed",
        "type": "error"
    }
}

The exception codes are listed below, as well as the fields which appear with them in the error response.

unauthorized

      {
       "status_code": 401,
       "exception": "unauthorized",
       "message": " Invalid Credentials i.e. missing or invalid keys.",
       "success": false
      }

forbidden

{
    "exception": {
        "message": "forbidden",
        "type": "error"
    },
    "errors": []
}

server_error

{
    "exception": {
        "message": "Expecting ',' delimiter or '}': line 3 column 2 (char 70)",
        "type": "server_error"
    },
    "errors": []
}

validation

{
  "exception": {
    "type": "validation",
    "message": "bad or missing data"
  },
  "errors": [
    {
      "foo": "no such field"
    }
  ]
}
 

Use the accounts endpoint to retrieve information about your account and any nested subaccounts in your account.

Your primary, or "owning" account, is the account your NetCloud Manager (NCM) administrator places you into when giving you access to NCM. Depending on your account role and permissions, you can view or modify this account's information and the information for any subaccounts nested beneath it.

The accounts endpoint supports GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE methods.

  • Accounts Endpoint Fields and Filters
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  • GET Examples
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  • PUT Examples
  • DELETE Example

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Use the activity_logs endpoint to view the activities taken in your account.

An activity occurs when an initiator (known as an actor) performs an activity (known as an action) upon a NetCloud entity (known as an object) within an NCM account.

  • actor (actor__type): the initiator of an action (e.g. user, system, etc)
  • action (action__type): something an actor did (updated a device configuration, logged in, created a group, etc)
  • object (object__type): the NCM entity acted upon by an actor (e.g. sso acount, router, net_device, etc)
 

For example, 'user [x] registered a router' where user is the actor, registered is the action and router is the object.

Note: Activity Log data is retained in NetCloud for 30 days.

  • Actor/Action/Object Table
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Use the alert_push_destinations endpoint to define HTTP destinations that can receive alert notifications. The destination_config_id field in alert_push_destinations records is used in the alert_rules endpoint http_destinations field to link an alert rule configuration to an HTTP destination for notification.

Supported methods: GET, POST, PATCH, DELETE
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Use the alert_rules endpoint to configure Alert Rules that monitor the health and status of your NetCloud account and endpoints. Alert rules are groupings of one or more alert types. Alert types specify the NetCloud system events that you want to be notified of. See the Cradlepoint Connect article Alerting and Reporting for more details on the types of alerts available in NetCloud.

The alert_rules endpoint provides the same functionality as available in the NetCloud Manager (NCM) UI on the Alerts & Logs pages. You can create new Alert Rules, view, edit, and delete them using this endpoint.

When an alert is triggered, the alert registers in NetCloud and displays in the NetCloud Manager Alert Log. Alert notifications can be sent via email and to HTTP destinations.

  • Email notifications: when creating an Alert Rule to use email notifications, add one or more user IDs to a list in the email_destinations field. The user IDs from this field are resolved by NetCloud into user email addresses and notification of the alert is sent to those email addresses.
  • Push notifications: alert notifications can be pushed to one or more URLs for processing and monitoring in custom applications. To configure an Alert Rule to send push notifications, use the http_destinations field. This field accepts a list of one or more destinations that you define using the alert_push_destinations endpoint. If you do not have any alert destinations configured in NetCloud, you must create at least one destination to use the push notification functionality.

Important: The unique identifier for an alert_push_destinations record is the destination_config_id (timeuuid) field. The value from this field is the value you must use in the http_destinations field list when configuring an Alert Rule to use a push notification.

When configuring an Alert Rule to push to an HTTP destination, the following steps are required.

  1. Configure a destination to push the alert(s) to using the alert_push_destinations endpoint
  2. Test the destination to ensure it was added correctly using the test_alert_push_destination endpoint
  3. Configure an Alert Rule using this endpoint (alert_rules) and specify one or more destinations for the alert to be pushed to in the http_destination field. Only one destination is required.

Supported methods: GET, POST, PATCH, DELETE.
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NetCloud Manager (NCM) provides alert functionality to notify NCM users of the health and status of their account and devices. Use the alerts endpoint to view alerts that have been generated in your account. Alerts must be configured in NetCloud, using the NCM UI or the alert_rules endpoint, before they are generated. The default NCM configuration does not create any alerts. After the alerts have been configured, use this endpoint or the NCM UI to monitor the alerts.

Special Notes:

  • This endpoint does not have the standard filter limits of 100 values per field (ex. router__in=[1234,4321,...])
  • This endpoint will have only one value out of the router field and the account field. The other value will always be "null." You can filter on the value being null or not with the isnull operation. For example, "/alerts/?router__isnull=true" will give you alerts where the router field has a "null" value.
  • See the "router_alerts" endpoint on this page for details on alerts specific to routers.
Supported methods: GET.
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Use the batteries endpoint to retrieve battery information for E100 series devices. Note the following when interpreting values returned by this endpoint.

  • A battery's "status" field contains a positive value while a battery is charging and a negative value while discharging. A battery is considered charged when its capacity is within 15% of its design capacity.
  • A battery's "health" is a ratio of its present capacity and its design capacity.

  • The following alerts can be configured for monitoring the state of batteries in a router.
  •  
  • Battery Health: creates an alert when the remaining battery life reaches 62%
  • Battery Over Current: creates an alert when the battery's current reaches 3.2 amps
  • Battery Over Temperature: creates an alert when the battery's temperature reaches 50 degrees Celsius
  • Battery Over Voltage: creates an alert when the battery's recommended voltage reaches 8.5V (8500 mV)
  • Battery System Low Power: creates an alert when the battery's power reaches 20% charge
  • Battery System Power Off: creates an alert when the battery's power reaches 7% charge
Supported methods: GET.
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Use the configuration_managers endpoint to view and edit configurations for your devices.

Note: Device configuration data is retained for 90 days.

Supported methods: GET, PUT, PATCH.
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A device app binding object represents a Cradlepoint SDK app group binding.

Supported methods: GET, POST, DELETE.

The Device App Binding Object

Parameter Data Type Filter Sort Expand Description Permissions
account* url =, __in Account that owns the object Read/Write
app_version* url =, __in The app version that will be tied to the group binding Read/Write
created_at timestamp Time the device app object was created Read Only
group* url =, __in The group in which the binding will be applied Read/Write
id int =, __in Object ID Read Only
resource_url url Object URL Read/Write
state string =, __in State of the device app Read/Write
updated_at timestamp Time of last attribute update Read/Write
Note:* indicates the attribute is required for PUT and POST requests.

Endpoint base path:

https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/device_app_bindings/

IMPORTANT: URLs for endpoints MUST have a trailing forward slash. If a trailing slash is not present the call to the endpoint is automatically redirected, resulting in two calls attributed to your account.
Correct format:    https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/<endpoint name>/
Incorrect format: https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/<endpoint name>
{
 {
    "data": [
        {
            "account": "https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/accounts/241/",
            "app_version": "https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/device_app_versions/112/",
            "group": "https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/groups/93/",
            "state": "running",
            "created_at": "2015-08-10T16:19:31.784055+00:00",
            "updated_at": "2015-09-22T10:35:55.182602+00:00"
            "id": "17",
            "resource_url": "https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/device_apps/17/",
        },
        { ... }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "limit": 20,
        "next": null,
        "offset": 0,
        "previous": null
    }
}

Device App Bindings Methods

The device_app_states endpoint retrieves the state of a Cradlepoint SDK app.

Supported methods: GET.
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Use the device_app_versions endpoint to retrieve information about the versions of your installed SDK apps.

Supported methods: GET, DELETE.
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Use the device_apps endpoint to retrieve information about the versions of your installed SDK apps.

Supported methods: GET, DELETE.
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Use the failovers endpoint to retrieve data for failover events on individual routers, groups of routers, and across your account.

A failover event represents when a Cradlepoint device (without load balancing enabled) with multiple WAN interfaces changes its primary WAN interface from a higher-priority interface to a lower-priority interface.

Note: The failovers endpoint requires NCOS version 7.1.30 or newer.

Supported methods: GET.
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Use the firmwares endpoint to retrive information about NetCloud OS (NCOS) firmware builds.

Supported methods: GET.
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Use the forwarding_lan_details endpoint to retrieve information about the settings for forwarding LAN traffic into NetCloud Perimeter, such as enabled, network_id, and auto_whitelist.This endpoint can be used with the router_lans and overlay_network_bindings endpoints to deploy a NetCloud Perimeter Gateway on a device. See the Create a NetCloud Perimter Gateway section below for more information.

Supported methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE.
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A group is a NetCloud object designed to contain endpoints. Groups allow you to manage endpoints together so you can configure them at the same time with the same settings. Groups have the following characteristics.

  • All endpoints in a group must be the same product type.
  • The group has one NCOS version and endpoints are automatically upgraded to that version when they are added to the group.
  • Groups can have configurations and the group configurations are applied to all endpoints in a group.

Supported methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE.
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The historical_locations endpoint reports a history of the locations a device has traveled. Use this endpoint to obtain the data points that describe where a specific device has been physically located.

Beginning with NCOS version 7.1.30, your location data is stored (for devices with Location Tracking enabled) even if you lose your network connectivity. Location data is stored on your device and then uploaded to NetCloud when your connection resumes. This prevent gaps in your Location Services data and ensures you always have reliable information about the locations of your devices.

The historical_locations endpoint returns 5,000 location records per query by default (most Cradlepoint endpoints return 20 records by default). This ensures you receive enough historical-location data to meet your reporting needs.

Note: A maximum of 360 location data points are stored while your device is in motion but has no network connection.

Supported methods: GET.
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NetCloud Manager (NCM) supports location functionality which stores the last known location of a device. This requires that the Location Services feature is available on the account and that appropriate devices have been enabled. After Location Services are enabled, the NCM UI or this endpoint can be used to monitor or modify device locations.

Supported methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE.
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Use the net_device_health endpoint to view the quality and strength of the cellular signal, expressed as device uptime in the cellular_health_score field, for your Cradlepoint devices.

The following conditions should be considered when evaluating the uptime information returned by the net_device_health endpoint:

  • Uptime data is available for routers with NCOS 6.2 or higher
  • Routers must be managed by NCM in order for statistics to be gathered on them.
  • Uptime statistics are calculated at the end of each day. A "day" is defined by a 24-hour period beginning at midnight UTC (Coordinate Universal Time).
  • Removing a router from NCM, or moving a router to a new group, does not affect the historically-collected, group-uptime data. The history will not change if a router's group membership changes.
Supported methods: GET.
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This endpoint allows access to the latest signal, usage, and cell-tower data reported by an account’s wireless devices. This endpoint does not query the historical, raw-sample tables. These tables are not optimized for queries that span many wireless devices at once.

The primary key of this endpoint is net_device. The data returned by this endpoint has a one-to-one relationship with the net_devices endpoint. Expansion is supported to the net_devices endpoint. Paging is supported through our standard offset/limit functionality on the relational endpoints.

This endpoint also returns information about the cell towers used by your devices. This information includes cell tower IDs and the PLMN (MCC and MNC), LAC, and TAC codes.

Supported methods: GET.
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Net device signal samples are periodic reports of modem signal strength indicators. By default a modem will report its current signal strength to NetCloud Manager (NCM) on an hourly basis, although this can be configured.

Note: Device signal-sample data is retained in NetCloud for 90 days.

Supported methods: GET.
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Net device usage samples are periodic reports of the number of bytes passed in and out of a net device. By default a net device will report its usage on an hourly basis, although this can be configured.

Note: Net device usage sample data is retained in NetCloud for 90 days.

Supported methods: GET.
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Use the net_devices endpoint to view network interfaces, and information about each interface, currently enabled on a given Cradlepoint device. Net devices are categorized as either WAN or LAN devices, as signified by the "mode" field, and further categorized by interface type, such as Ethernet, wireless, modem, LTE, etc.

Supported methods: GET.
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Use the overlay_network_bindings endpoint to retrieve information about NCP Gateway Clients, such as gateway_id and state. Also used to install NCP Gateway client on a device and bind it to a network. This endpoint can be used with the router_lans and forwarding_lan_details endpoints to deploy a NetCloud Perimeter Gateway on a device. See the Create a NetCloud Perimter Gateway section below for more information.

Supported methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE.
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  • DELETE Example

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Use the products endpoint to retrieve information about Cradlepoint products, including product names and resource urls.

Supported methods: GET.
  • products Endpoint Fields and Filters
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  • GET Examples

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The reboot_activity endpoint allows you to reboot a single router or a group of routers. The reboot_activity endpoint provides the ability to

  • POST a router's URI in the request payload to reboot a router, or
  • POST a group's URI in the request payload to reboot a group of routers.

Specifying both a router and a group in the same call is not supported and the resulting behavior should be considered undefined. The caller must choose to reboot a router or reboot a group of router.

On success, POST requests return a "201 Created" code indicating that the request has been submitted without error. This does not necessarily indicate that the router has started to reboot. If the router is online (connected to NCM), the reboot command is sent as soon as possible. If the router is offline, the request will be lost.

Sending an invalid ID for the target router or group results in an HTTP error, typically a "403 Forbidden" error.

Supported methods:POST.
POST payload requirements: router or group URI.

Endpoint base path:

https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/reboot_activity/

IMPORTANT: URLs for endpoints MUST have a trailing forward slash. If a trailing slash is not present the call to the endpoint is automatically redirected, resulting in two calls attributed to your account.
Correct format:    https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/<endpoint name>/
Incorrect format: https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/<endpoint name>
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NCM provides alert functionality to notify NCM administrators of the health and status of their devices. Alerts must be configured in NCM before they are generated. The default NCM configuration does not create any alerts. After the alerts have been configured, a customer can use the NCM UI or this endpoint to monitor alerts.

  • router_alerts Endpoint Fields and Filters
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Use the router_lans endpoint to retrieve information about the layer 3 LANs of your devices, such as IP address and netmask. This endpoint can be used with the forwarding_lan_details and overlay_network_bindings endpoints to deploy a NetCloud Perimeter Gateway on a device. See the Create a NetCloud Perimter Gateway section below for more information.

Supported methods: GET.
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Use the router_logs endpoint to view a device's logs. Device logs contain log events sent from the device to NetCloud Manager (NCM). The following are required for a device to report log events.

  • A device must be in an NCM group
  • The NCM group's settings must have the ‘Enable Log Reporting’ setting enabled

To reduce NCM traffic, device logs are not sent to the NCM server by default.

Note: Router log data is retained in NetCloud for 30 days.

Supported methods: GET.
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Use the router_state_samples endpoint to track the online/offline status of your devices. NetCloud Manager (NCM) keeps a history of the online/offline state of devices using state samples. A device is considered online when it is connected to NCM. This endpoint can be used to track historical online/offline status of your devices.

Supported methods: GET.
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Cradlepoint devices connect to NetCloud Manager (NCM) through the NCM stream server. NCM tracks communication between devices and the server using stream samples from the stream server. Use the router_stream_usage_samples endpoint to gather stream samples and calculate total NCM network traffic. Note that this data only includes NCM management traffic and not general traffic from the router to the Internet.

Supported methods: GET.
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Use the routers endpoint to view information about the devices in your account. This endpoint retrieves information that includes a device's state, location, MAC address, firmware version and other information to help you refer to a device or check its status.

Supported methods: GET, PUT, DELETE.
  • routers Endpoint Fields and Filters
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The speed_test endpoint allows users to create speed-test jobs that spawn individual speed tests for a given list of network devices. Users can create and start a speed-test job capable of queueing and running individual speed tests for up to 10k network devices in one POST request. Users can call the HTTP GET method to check the status of a speed-test job and view the results of completed speed tests. The speed_test endpoint displays speed-test results in the same format as speed test results in NetCloud Manager (NCM).

Supported methods: GET, POST, DELETE.
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Use the test_alert_push_destinations endpoint to test a destination created with the alert_push_destinations endpoint. This endpoint accepts only POST requests containing the destination_config_id of the alert destination to test. POST requests to this endpoint return a 201 Created response to indicate an alert push destination record was created successfully and can be used in the HTTP_destinations field of an alert rule configuration.

Supported methods:POST.
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The users endpoint retrieves information about the users in your account including user IDs, names, and email addresses.

Supported methods: GET.
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Endpoint support for different device types

The following table lists which endpoints and methods are supported for which devices

Endpoint name Routers Access Points
accounts x x
alerts x
alert_rules x
alert_push_destinations x
batteries x
configuration_managers x x
device_apps x x
device_app_versions x x
device_app_bindings x x
device_app_states x x
firmwares x x
groups x x
locations x  
net_device_health x x
net_device_metrics x x
net_device_signal_samples x  
net_device_usage_samples x x
net_devices x x
products x x
reboot_activity x x
router_alerts x x
router_logs x x
router_state_samples x x
router_stream_usage_samples x x
routers x x
speed_test x
test_alert_push_destination x

The URL data type has the following conventions:

  • Request: URI, Example: https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/accounts/1/
  • Response: URL, Example: https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/accounts/1/
  • Query Argument: Integer, Example: ?account=1

    • Note: Any API calls done through the examples above will use the NCM account linked to the NetCloud API key. This can affect production devices and data!

    Sample Code

    The following code samples demonstrate how to use the NetCloud Push API webhook and provide general examples of how to query the NCM REST API.

    NetCloud Alerts Push API Webhook

    Webhooks provide a simplified messaging standard (RFC8030) for communication between remote applications. Application inter-messaging is often accomplished using a message queueing/subscribing approach. Webhooks use a simpler, direct-messaging approach that requires less overhead and includes the capability to authenticate messages between remote applications.

    The webhooks model follows this process:

    1. An event occurs in a remote application.
    2. The remote application is configured to call a URL you provide, when the event occurs. This URL will typically be route to a function in your application, or "webhook." The event-providing remote application sends a message that, by design, your application can understand. The convention is to use messages that are JSON objects. These messages describe state changes in the remote application that your application wants to know.
    3. Your application can take some action based on the message contents. The action your application takes could be anything from updating a database to sending an email.

    Some examples of webhooks used in production are by Gitlab and AWS:

    • Cloudwatch receives a Gitlab message that a code repository has been updated. Cloudwatch's webhook downloads the updated files and makes them available on its content delivery network.
    • Slack receives a Gitlab message after branch is merged to master in Gitlab. Slack's webhook posts a summary of the message to a specified channel.
    • Jira receives a Gitlab message when a branch is merged. Jira's webhook uses the message to update the status of a ticket.

    The NetCloud webhook implementation is used to notify your application of when NetCloud alerts have occurred. This process uses the following steps.

    1. Tell NetCloud where to send, or push, the message.
      2. a. Configure an Alert Push Destination using the alert_push_destination endpoint. Use a URL in the endpoint field that points to your function for processing the message, and add a "secret" value in the authentication field to allow the message to be validated by your webhook.
    2. Test the Alert Push Destination by using the test_alert_push_destination endpoint.
    3. Configure an Alert Rule and reference the Alert Push Destination. This is done by adding the value from the Alert Push Destination's destination_config_id field to the http_destinations field in the Alert Rule. This links the Alert Push Destination to the Alert Rule.

     

    Push Alert Overview

     

    Example Push Body Response Payload

    Note: The content in the "info" field varies with the type of alert. The type of alert is identified from the outer "type" field (last field in example below).

      { 
    "account": 3,
    "created_at": "2021-02-05 21:12:50.639320+00:00",
    "created_at_timeuuid": "e760426e-67f6-11eb-aa22-ce836cfbb4cd",
    "detected_at": "2021-02-05 21:12:49.712499+00:00",
    "friendly_info": "User admin has logged into the router from 192.168.0.33.",
    "info": {
        "time": [
            "2021-02-05 21:12:49",
            "UTC"
        ],
        "ip": "192.168.0.33",
        "user": "admin",
        "type": "login_success"
    },
    "router": 1234567,
    "type": "login_success"
}

    Important: The following examples are not intended for production use and are meant only as guidelines.

    Python Webhook Example

    import hmac
def lambda_handler(event, context):
    body = event["body"] or " "
    headers = event["headers"]
    ret = 200
    secret = "__super secret__"
    h = hmac.new(secret.encode("utf-8"), body.encode("utf-8"), "sha256")
    signature = h.hexdigest()
    if signature != headers["x-cp-signature"]:
        ret = 403
    else:
        ret = 200   
    return {
        'statusCode': ret
    }

    Node JS/Express Webhook Example

    const express = require( 'express' );
const app = express();

const API_SECRET = 'secret';

app.use( express.json( { verify: ( req, res, buffer ) => { req.rawBody = buffer; } } ) );

app.post( '/', ( req, res ) => {
  const signature = _generateSignature( req.method, req.url, req.headers[ 'x-cp-signature' ], req.rawBody );
  const ret = 200;

  if ( signature !== req.headers[ 'x-cp-signature' ] ) {
    ret = 403;
  }
  else {
    ret = 200;
  }
  res.sendStatus(ret);
} );

app.listen( 9000, () => console.log( 'Node.js server started on port 9000.' ) );

function _generateSignature( method, url, timestamp, body ) {
  const hmac = crypto.createHmac( 'SHA256', API_SECRET );

  hmac.update( `${ method.toUpperCase() }${ url }${ timestamp }` );

  if ( body ) {
      hmac.update( body );
  }
  return hmac.digest( 'hex' );
}

    Sample Code in Python

    The following Python code sample shows how to access the "routers" endpoint of the NetCloud Manager (NCM) REST API using the Python "requests" module with paging. It makes use of the NCM and CP credential headers to authenticate and access the device data. The data is returned as a JSON encoded object. 

    import json
import requests

url = 'https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/routers/'

headers = {
    'X-CP-API-ID': '…',
    'X-CP-API-KEY': '…',
    'X-ECM-API-ID': '…',
    'X-ECM-API-KEY': '…',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json' 
}

# Get routers
while url:
    req = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
    routers_resp = req.json()
               
    # Get URL for next set of resources
    url = routers_resp['meta']['next']

    Net device usage and signal samples

    The following Python code extends the previous example and can be used to efficiently export the account's net device usage and signal information. It minimizes API requests by using the maximum API_OBJ_REQUEST_SIZE and API_OBJ_RESPONSE_SIZE values. 

    import json
import requests


API_OBJ_REQUEST_SIZE = 100
API_OBJ_RESPONSE_SIZE = 500

START_DATE = '2017-10-19'
END_DATE = '2017-10-20'


# Chunk lists into blocks
def chunker(seq, size):
    return (seq[pos:pos + size] for pos in range(0, len(seq), size))


# Get the next url, at completion return None
def next_url(resp):
    if resp['meta']['next']:
        url = resp['meta']['next']
    else:
        url = None

    return url


# Fill in your API keys here
headers = {
    'X-CP-API-ID': '...',
    'X-CP-API-KEY': '...',
    'X-ECM-API-ID': '...',
    'X-ECM-API-KEY': '...',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}


# Get net_devices
net_device_ids = set()
url = 'https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/net_devices/?limit={}'. \
    format(API_OBJ_RESPONSE_SIZE)
while url:
    req = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
    resp = req.json()
    for net_device in resp['data']:
        net_device_ids.add(int(net_device['id']))
    url = next_url(resp)


# Get usage samples
print('bytes_in,bytes_out,created_at,created_at_timeuuid,'
      'net_device,period,uptime')
for net_devices in chunker(sorted(net_device_ids), API_OBJ_REQUEST_SIZE):
    url = 'https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/net_device_usage_samples/' \
        '?limit={}'.format(API_OBJ_RESPONSE_SIZE)
    url += '&net_device__in={}'.format(','.join(map(str, net_devices)))
    url += '&created_at__gt={}&created_at__lt={}'.format(START_DATE, END_DATE)
    url += '&order_by=created_at_timeuuid'

    while url:
        req = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
        resp = req.json()
        if (len(resp['data']) > 0):
            for net_device in resp['data']:
                print('{},{},{},{},{},{},{}'.format(
                    net_device['bytes_in'],
                    net_device['bytes_out'],
                    net_device['created_at'],
                    net_device['created_at_timeuuid'],
                    net_device['net_device'],
                    net_device['period'],
                    net_device['uptime']))
        url = next_url(resp)


# Get signal samples
print('created_at,created_at_timeuuid,ecio,net_device,rssi,'
      'signal_percent,sinr,uptime')
for net_devices in chunker(sorted(net_device_ids), API_OBJ_REQUEST_SIZE):
    url = 'https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/net_device_signal_samples/' \
        '?limit={}'.format(API_OBJ_RESPONSE_SIZE)
    url += '&net_device__in={}'.format(','.join(map(str, net_devices)))
    url += '&created_at__gt={}&created_at__lt={}'.format(START_DATE, END_DATE)
    url += '&order_by=created_at_timeuuid'

    while url:
        req = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
        resp = req.json()
        if (len(resp['data']) > 0):
            for net_device in resp['data']:
                print('{},{},{},{},{},{},{},{}'.format(
                    net_device['created_at'],
                    net_device['created_at_timeuuid'],
                    net_device['ecio'],
                    net_device['net_device'],
                    net_device['rssi'],
                    net_device['signal_percent'],
                    net_device['sinr'],
                    net_device['uptime']))
        url = next_url(resp)

    Sample Code in Shell Script

    The shell script below shows how to access the NCM REST API to view account data. It makes use of environment variables to set the NCM and CP credentials and uses the CURL program to access the NCM "accounts" REST endpoint.

    Note that the "-L" option, shown below in the example, must be used with all curl requests to Cradlepoint's API. This allows your curl request to follow any redirects put in place by Cradlepoint. 

    ECM_API_ID="<ECM-API-ID HERE>"
ECM_API_KEY="<ECM-API-KEY HERE>"
CP_API_ID="<CP-API-ID HERE>"
CP_API_KEY="<CP-API-KEY HERE>"
URL="https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/accounts/"
curl -H "X-ECM-API-ID: $ECM_API_ID" -H "X-ECM-API-KEY: $ECM_API_KEY" 
     -H "X-CP-API-ID: $CP_API_ID" -H "X-CP-API-KEY: $CP_API_KEY" 
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" -L $URL

    Sample Code in JAVA

    import java.util.*;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;

import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;

public class HttpURLConnectionExample {

	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
		HttpURLConnectionExample http = new HttpURLConnectionExample();
		http.sendGet();
	}

	// HTTP GET request
	private void sendGet() throws Exception {
		String url = "https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/accounts/";		
		URL obj = new URL(url);
		HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();

		// optional default is GET
		con.setRequestMethod("GET");

		//add request header
		HttpURLConnectionExample http = new HttpURLConnectionExample();
		http.set_headers(con);
		int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();

		System.out.println("\nSending 'GET' request to URL : " + url);
		System.out.println("Response Code : " + responseCode);

                Scanner s = new Scanner(con.getInputStream());
                System.out.println("Response : " + s.useDelimiter("\0").next());	

	}

        public HttpURLConnection set_headers(HttpURLConnection con)
	{
                con.setRequestProperty("x-ecm-api-id", "...");
                con.setRequestProperty("x-ecm-api-key", "...");
                con.setRequestProperty("x-cp-api-id", "...");
                con.setRequestProperty("x-cp-api-key", "...");
                con.setRequestProperty("Accept", "*/*");
                return con;
	}
}

    Sample Code in PHP

    <?php
$url = 'https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/routers/';
$headers = array(
    'X-CP-API-ID: ...',
    'X-CP-API-KEY: ...',
    'X-ECM-API-ID: ...',
    'X-ECM-API-KEY: ...', 
    'Content-Type: application/json' 
);

$req = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($req, array(    
    CURLOPT_URL => $url,
 CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => $headers, 
));

$result = curl_exec($req);
$res_info = curl_getinfo($req);
echo $res_info['http_code'];
curl_close($req);
?>

    Q&A

    Q) When can a request refer to a nested resource for filtering or field selection?

    A general rule which usually works is this: if a field is NOT a URL by default, then you CANNOT “dive into it” with query parameters. For instance, if you GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/routers/, the “product” field is a URL: 

    "product": "https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/products/2"

    By way of comparison, if you GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/alerts/, the “info” field is not a URL, it's a literal value (which happens to be a nested dict): 

    "info": { ... stuff ... }

    So filters and field selection cannot “dive into” the internals of info.

    Q) What is the best way to get API results into Excel?

    The best way is to page the results in as JSON and convert them using a script.

    Q) How can I use the API to create an uptime report?

    If by “uptime” you mean “time the device has been connected to NCM,” then this is very close: 

    https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/routers/?state=online&fields=state_updated_at

    This shows all the devices currently online and the time at which they came online. Again (with a script) one can subtract that time from the current time to get uptime. You can do the same for state=offline to see when devices were detected as offline by NCM.

    As an alternative, (for series 3 products only), each net_device reports an uptime: 

    https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/net_devices/?connection_state=connected&fields=uptime,name

    Filtering

    Filter Syntax:

    Multiple filters can be provided. Results will match all of the filters.

    Generic Filters

    fieldname=value Exact match
    fieldname__in=[value_1, value_2,..., value_n] Match any from a list

    Examples:

    Return all devices in groups 5, 6 or 7 which are offline:

    GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/routers/?group__in=5,6,7&state=offline

    Sorting

    Partial Results:

    A partial result is when only a subset of the available fields are asked for in a request. The syntax.

    fields=field_1,field_2,...,field_n Return only the fields listed

    Examples:

    Return only the name, state, group and MAC for all devices:

    GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/routers/?fields=name,state,group,mac

    Expands

    Expanding is when related objects are asked for in request. Only a subset of related objects allow expands. The syntax.

    expands=field_1,field_2,...,field_n Return related data of the fields listed

    Examples:

    Return all devices, as well as the related objects account and group:

    GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/routers/?expand=account,group

    Paging

    When getting a list you can request a slice with the paging parameters: 'offset' and 'limit'. 

    GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/routers/?offset=count&limit=count

    Any time a list is returned the values used for offset and limit are returned in the meta portion of the reply. Note that most resources have a max limit of 500. To page the whole list you need to increment the offset. So to get the next 50 devices:

    Examples:

    import requests

headers = {
    'X-CP-API-ID': '…',
    'X-CP-API-KEY': '…',
    'X-ECM-API-ID': '…',
    'X-ECM-API-KEY': '…',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Accept': '*/*'
}

result = []
#Get next 50 devices
url = 'https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/routers/?offset=50&limit=50'

    #loop to get all the data
    while url != None:

        req = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
        alert_data = req.json()
        result.append(alert_data)
        meta = alert_data['meta']
        url = meta['next']

    Glossary

    • admin: a user named as admin by an account, and who gains certain automatic privileges thereby.
    • authentication: the act of verifying that a request is really coming from the user it claims to be coming from.
    • authorization: the act of checking that a request's user has permission to do what the request is trying to do.
    • CRUD: acronym for create, read, update and delete; the four basic operations on a data resource.
    • DTD: document type definition; a structured document describing the format of a class of structured documents. A DTD specifies data types, defaults and hierarchical structure.

    Configuration in API V2

    This document describes the conventions for using the configuration-related endpoints and how to extend those conventions.

    There are two endpoints for working with device configurations. One endpoint is for individual-device configs, the other is for group configs.

    Endpoints:

    https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/
https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/groups/

    Individual Device Configurations

    Individual device configs are managed by the configuration_managers endpoint

    https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/[id/]

    A configuration manager is an abstract resource for controlling and monitoring configuration sync on a single device. Each device has its own corresponding configuration manager.

    Schema

    account         # URL to account that owns the config (readonly)
actual          # JSON diff of router's actual config (readonly) [1]
pending         # JSON diff of pending updates to device (readonly) [1]
target          # JSON diff of target config (readonly) [1]
resource_url    # URL to this endpoint (readonly)
version_number  # integer count of config changes (readonly)
router          # URL to device endpoint (readonly, expandable) 
id              # integer ID of this resource (readonly, sortable)
synched         # true if device config is synced (readonly)
suspended       # false unless config sync is paused (read/write)
configuration   # JSON diff of individual config (read/write) [1]

[1] See the discussion of config diffs in the Appendix of this document.

    The account is a link to the same account that the device links to.

    The actual config shows the last diff received from the router. It is only valid for Series 3 routers (see differences between series 2 and series 3 routers). Routers send diffs when they connect to NetCloud Manager (NCM) and whenever the config changes while they are connected. This config is always formatted to match the router's current actual firmware.

    The pending config is empty except for unsynced devices, and then it shows the changes waiting to be synced to the device when it connects or resumes config sync. If the device's actual firmware and target firmware are different, the pending field appears empty even if there are pending changes. This is because the changes cannot be computed until the device syncs its firmware version. (Comparing configs for different firmware versions is not well-defined.)

    The target config is the result of layering an individual config over the group config. It is the final desired configuration of the device. When the target and actual fields are the same, the device is in sync. This config is always formatted to match the device's target firmware. If the device has no target firmware, it matches the actual firmware.

    The resource_url is a self-referential link to the resource. It is not generally useful for anything.

    The version_number starts at zero and increments any time the target config changes. This is used as part of the sync protocol with the device client. The device stores a copy of the last version_number it synced to in its own config, as ecm.config_version. When the device sends a config diff to NCM, NCM checks if the device has the latest version_number. If and only if it does, then NCM considers the device to be in-sync and accepts any local changes. If it does not match, NCM ignores and even wipes local changes to force the device to sync. The API shows this number for informational purposes only. It automatically increments any time a change is made via the NCM UI, or the NetCloud API, or a local change is accepted, or if the config is migrated to a different firmware version.

    The router is a reference to the device.

    The id is the identifier for the resource. It sometimes matches the device id, but not necessarily, so do not assume they are the same.

    The synched flag is true if the device is synced and false if there are pending changes.

    The suspended flag is true if config sync has been stopped. This happens when the device rejects a configuration change from NCM. If the Configuration Rejected alert is enabled, this event generates an alert with information from the device about why it rejected the config. After fixing the config, sync can be resumed by setting suspended to false via the API (or via the Resume Updates button in the UI).

    The configuration field shows the individual configuration for the device. The API can be used to change values in the config via PUT or PATCH, see the examples below. This config is formatted to match the device's target firmware (or actual, if there is no target). When the device's target firmware changes, NCM automatically migrates this config to be compatible with the new firmware.

    Allowed HTTP methods are GET, PUT and PATCH. The user must have at least a full-access role for PUT and PATCH. Any attempt to PUT or PATCH the config is validated using static validators. The validator checks the format of the config, verifying that the keys are valid and the values conform to the correct types and ranges.

    GET

    GET works as described in the API V2 documentation for all endpoints.

    Possible HTTP status codes:

    200 Ok            # Success
401 Unauthorized  # Incorrect or missing X-ECM-API-ID or X-ECM-API-KEY headers
403 Forbidden     # Invalid URL or resource not visible

    Supported filters:

    Field           Filters   Right-hand side
=====           =======   ===============
version_number  =,gt,lt   any non-negative integer
router          =,in      device ID
id              =,in      resource ID
synched         =         true or false
suspended       =         true or false

    Other supported URL parameters:

    offset  # first object to return (for paging)
limit   # max objects to return (for paging)
fields  # list of fields to return (for partial returns)
expand  # convert a url field to an embedded object (only supported on some fields)

    See here for an explanation of the example format.

    GET Example: A Specific Manager

    > GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_manager/123/
< 200 Ok
< {
<     "success": true,
<     "data": {
<         "pending" : [
<            {},
<            []
<         ],
<         "account" : "https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/accounts/1/",
<         "target" : [
<            {
<               "system" : {
<                  "logging" : {
<                     "level" : "debug"
<                  }
<               },
<               "lan" : {
<                  "00000000-0d93-319d-8220-4a1fb0372b51" : {
<                     "ip_address" : "192.168.30.1",
<                     "_id_" : "00000000-0d93-319d-8220-4a1fb0372b51",
<                     "name" : "LAN0"
<                  }
<               },
<               "ecm" : {
<                  "config_version" : 18
<               }
<            },
<            []
<         ],
<         "actual" : [
<            {
<               "ecm" : {
<                  "config_version" : 18
<               },
<               "lan" : {
<                  "0" : {
<                     "name" : "LAN0",
<                     "ip_address" : "192.168.30.1"
<                  }
<               },
<               "system" : {
<                  "logging" : {
<                     "level" : "debug"
<                  }
<               }
<            },
<            []
<         ],
<         "resource_url" : "https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/1/",
<         "version_number" : 18,
<         "router" : "https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/routers/1/",
<         "id" : "1",
<         "synched" : true,
<         "suspended" : false,
<         "configuration" : [
<            {
<               "system" : {
<                  "logging" : {
<                     "level" : "debug"
<                  }
<               },
<               "lan" : {
<                  "00000000-0d93-319d-8220-4a1fb0372b51" : {
<                     "name" : "LAN0",
<                     "ip_address" : "192.168.30.1",
<                     "_id_" : "00000000-0d93-319d-8220-4a1fb0372b51"
<                  }
<               }
<            },
<            []
<         ]
<     }
< }

    The device is synced in the previous example. This is indicated by the following:

    • the pending field is an empty diff ([{}, []])
    • the actual and target fields have the same content, and
    • synched is true

    You may have noticed that the target and actual fields do not look identical. In the lan section, the target has this:

    < "00000000-0d93-319d-8220-4a1fb0372b51" : {
<	"ip_address" : "192.168.30.1",
<    "_id_" : "00000000-0d93-319d-8220-4a1fb0372b51",
<    "name" : "LAN0"
< }

    But the actual has this:

    < "0" : {
<	"name" : "LAN0",
<    "ip_address" : "192.168.30.1"
< }

    This difference is because the lan array has an _id_ field, and the device and NCM express these kind of arrays differently. This is an unfortunate legacy of the way the _id_ fields were first introduced into device firmware. NCM can understand both representations, and it recognizes that they are saying the same thing, so it knows the device is actually synced. See the section on _id_ fields for more details.

    PUT

    PUT replaces an entire individual config with the given payload. It can also be used to resume the sync on a suspended device.

    As indicated in the schema, only two fields are writable: configuration (the individual config) and suspended. It is not necessary to provide both with PUT. You can PUT just the configuration to change the indie config, or just the suspended field to resume sync. If you include any other field in your PUT request payload, you get a 409 Conflict.

    HTTP status codes:

    202 Accepted            # Success
401 Unauthorized        # Incorrect or missing X-ECM-API-ID or X-ECM-API-KEY headers
403 Forbidden           # Invalid URL or resource not visible
405 Method Not Allowed  # URL did not include an /<id>/ in the path
409 Conflict            # Invalid API or config request

    You cannot PUT to more than one configuration manager at a time. This is ok:

    > PUT https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/34365/

    These are not, and return a 405 Method Not Allowed:

    > PUT https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/
> PUT https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/?synched=false
> PUT https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/56/

    A 409 Bad Request can mean that the request is trying to set an invalid config, and the problem is something inside the config body. The response includes the validation error. For example:

    > PUT https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/2/
> {"configuration": [{"foo": "bar"}, []]}
< 409 Bad Request
< {
<    "errors" : [
<       {
<          "configuration" : {
<             "message" : "cannot set foo to bar: invalid path",
<             "reason" : "invalid path",
<             "value" : "bar",
<             "path" : [
<                "foo"
<             ]
<          }
<       }
<    ],
<    "exception" : {
<       "message" : "bad or missing data",
<       "type" : "validation"
<    }
< }

    See here for a complete catalog of config validation errors.

    Other URL parameters:

    fields  # list of fields to return (for partial returns)

    Because PUT is only supported on one configuration manager at a time, the standard filter and paging options do not apply.

    See here for an explanation of the example format.

    PUT Example: A Simple Config

    This enables GPS in the individual config:

    > PUT https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/17/?fields=configuration
> {
>     "configuration": [
>         {
>             "system": {
>                 "gps": {
>                     "enabled": true
>                 }
>             }
>         },
>         []
>     ]
> }
< 202 Accepted
< {
<     "configuration": [
<         {
<             "system": {
<                 "gps": {
<                     "enabled": true
<                 }
<             }
<         },
<         []
<     ]
< }

    (The fields=configuration URL option is telling NCM to reply with only the configuration field, otherwise it would return the entire config manager object. For brevity, the PUT examples always use this technique.)

    If the request actually changes the config -- which is usually the intent -- the following changes take place:

    • the target field is updated
    • the version_number field is incremented
    • the synched field is set to false, and
    • the pending field shows the changes that will be (or already have been) sent to sync the device
    If the request does not change the config (meaning it already matches the request payload) then nothing changes.

    Since only system.gps.enabled is set, all other individual config settings will be unassigned. That means they will be determined by the group config. If there is no group config, or if the group config also leaves a setting unassigned, then the default value applies.

    It is important to understand that for PUT, not specifying a config value is equivalent to removing it from the individual config, if it was there. PATCH is different, as discussed below.

    PUT Example: A Complicated Config

    The following example config removes the default Guest LAN and sets up LAN port 4 on a VLAN to pass traffic to the WAN. It does this by performing the following actions:

    1. Removes the default Guest LAN
    2. Moves port 4 from the set of normal LAN ports to a new VLAN called "aleph"
    3. Assigns the aleph VLAN to a new LAN interface called "Aleph LAN"
    4. Adds a new firewall zone for the Aleph LAN
    5. Adds a forwarding rule from the aleph zone to the WAN zone

    The request:

    > PUT https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/2/?fields=version_number
> {
>     "configuration": [
>         {
>             "lan": {
>                 "00000001-2a38-3724-a6fa-02dfdfbc129e": {
>                     "_id_": "00000001-2a38-3724-a6fa-02dfdfbc129e",
>                     "devices": [
>                         {
>                             "type": "ethernet",
>                             "uid": "aleph"
>                         }
>                     ],
>                     "dhcpcd": {},
>                     "enabled": true,
>                     "ip_address": "192.168.20.1",
>                     "name": "Aleph LAN",
>                     "netmask": "255.255.255.0"
>                 }
>             },
>             "security": {
>                 "zfw": {
>                     "forwardings": {
>                         "00000004-356d-30f0-962f-bb705dfddfc9": {
>                             "_id_": "00000004-356d-30f0-962f-bb705dfddfc9",
>                             "dst_zone_id": "00000002-695c-3d87-95cb-d0ee2029d0b5",
>                             "enabled": true,
>                             "filter_policy_id": "00000000-77db-3b20-980e-2de482869073",
>                             "src_zone_id": "00000005-e091-3d73-80d1-9a51d6143759"
>                         }
>                     },
>                     "zones": {
>                         "00000005-e091-3d73-80d1-9a51d6143759": {
>                             "_id_": "00000005-e091-3d73-80d1-9a51d6143759",
>                             "devices": [
>                                 {
>                                     "trigger_field": "config_id",
>                                     "trigger_group": "lan",
>                                     "trigger_neg": false,
>                                     "trigger_predicate": "is",
>                                     "trigger_value": "00000001-2a38-3724-a6fa-02dfdfbc129e"
>                                 }
>                             ],
>                             "name": "aleph"
>                         }
>                     }
>                 }
>             },
>             "vlan": {
>                 "2": {
>                     "mode": "lan",
>                     "ports": [
>                         {
>                             "mode": "tagged",
>                             "port": 4
>                         }
>                     ],
>                     "uid": "aleph",
>                     "vid": 3
>                 }
>             }
>         },
>         [
>             ["vlan", 1, "ports", 3],
>             ["lan", "00000001-0d93-319d-8220-4a1fb0372b51"]
>         ]
>     ]
> }
< 202 Accepted
< {
<    "version_number" : 29
< }

    The removals are processed by the device first. Removals must refer to elements which exist in the device's default config. Thefollowing elments exist in the default config:

    [
	["vlan", 1, "ports", 3],
    ["lan", "00000001-0d93-319d-8220-4a1fb0372b51"]
]

    To understand these examples it is necessary to understand what the default config looks like. In this case the device is an MBR1400 router running 5.4.0 firmware. The default vlan array looks like this:

    [
    {
       "uid" : "wan",
       "mode" : "wan",
       "vid" : 1,
       "ports" : [
          {
             "port" : 0,
             "mode" : "untagged"
          }
       ]
    },
    {
       "mode" : "lan",
       "uid" : "lan",
       "ports" : [
          {
             "mode" : "untagged",
             "port" : 1
          },
          {
             "port" : 2,
             "mode" : "untagged"
          },
          {
             "port" : 3,
             "mode" : "untagged"
          },
          {                          \
             "port" : 4,              \ This is vlan.1.port.3
             "mode" : "untagged"      /
          }                          /
       ],
       "vid" : 2
    }
]

    vlan is an array, and ["vlan", 1, ...] refers to the entry at offset 1. Offsets start at 0, so 1 means the second entry. Within each vlan entry there is another array for the ports. So ["vlan", 1, "ports", 3] means "The port at offset 3 in the vlan at offset 1". In this default config, that is port 4, and it is "untagged". That is what will be removed first.

    The next removal looks very different: ["lan", "00000001-0d93-319d-8220-4a1fb0372b51"]. It is obviously trying to remove something from the default lan array, but is referring to the LAN it wants to remove not by its offset in the array, but by it's unique _id_ field value. "00000001-0d93-319d-8220-4a1fb0372b51" is the _id_ for the Guest LAN, as indicated by the default config, shown here in part:

    "lan": [
    {
        "name": "Primary LAN",
        "_id_": 00000000-0d93-319d-8220-4a1fb0372b51"
    },
    {
        "name": "Guest LAN",
        "_id_": 00000001-0d93-319d-8220-4a1fb0372b51"
    }
]

    If an array contains elements with an _id_ field then removals can refer to them by this instead of using the offset. Whenever a config is generated by the NCM UI, it uses the _id_ in its removals whenever possible.

    After processing the removals, the device applies all the updates in one operation. This part of the config tells it to add a new entry to the vlan array at offset 2:

    "vlan": {
    "2": {
        "mode": "lan",
        "ports": [
            {
                "mode": "tagged",
                "port": 4
            }
        ],
        "uid": "aleph",
        "vid": 3
    }
}

    Notice that the "2" (the key to the dict) is in quotes, like a string, whereas in the removal ["vlan", 1, "ports", 3] the offsets are not quoted. This is not a mistake and is important. If the "2" is not quoted in the updates, then it is not valid JSON and you get a 400 Bad Request in resonse to your PUT.

    Compare adding the vlan entry to adding the lan and security entries. Instead of using a quoted number, these use a UUID as the key. The key value corresponds exactly to the _id_ values inside the entries:

    "lan": {
        "00000001-2a38-3724-a6fa-02dfdfbc129e": {
            "_id_": "00000001-2a38-3724-a6fa-02dfdfbc129e",
            <...etc...>

    This may seem like senseless repitition but it is required.

    When adding an entry to an array which supports _id_ fields, you must provide a UUID or the result is a validation error. The _id_ is necessary to make it clear which entry the update is referring to.

    By now it is probably clear that hand-crafting a configuration is not easy. A better approach is to use the NCM UI to create a configuration to serve as a template and then to modify it as necessary for different devices. A typical workflow might be:

    1. Use the NCM config editor to create a config on one device.
    2. Call GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/123/ to download the config from the device.
    3. Edit the downloaded copy.
    4. Call PUT https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/456/ to upload the edited config to a different device.

    PUT Example: Resume Sync

    To restart the sync cycle on a suspended device after fixing its config:

    > PUT https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/2/?fields=suspended
> {
>     "suspended": false
> }
< 202 Accepted
< {
<    "suspended" : false
< }

    This only works if a device is online. If the device is offline, it stays suspended.

    PUT Example: Clearing the Config

    To wipe the individual config back to defaults, just PUT an empty diff:

    > PUT https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/123/?fields=configuration
> {
>     "configuration": [{}, []]
> }
< 202 Accepted
< {
<     "configuration": [{}, []]
< }

    PUT Example: Manually Suspend Sync

    You can force NCM to stop syncing a device via the API. Why would you stop the syncing of a device? You might not want devices to sync until you are done making and testing configuration changes on a test device. Or you might only want to sync devices at certain times.

    > PUT https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/2/?fields=suspended
> {
>     "suspended": true
> }
< 202 Accepted
< {
<     "suspended" : true
< }

    PATCH

    PATCH also changes the config. The difference between PUT and PATCH is in how they treat the parts of the config that are not mentioned in the request. PUT replaces anything not mentioned with nothing (ie, resets it back to defaults). PATCH leaves it alone.

    For example, the following PUT call resets the entire individual config back to defaults:

    PUT https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/123/
{"configuration": [{}, []]}

    And this will do nothing at all:

    PATCH https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/123/
{"configuration": [{}, []]}

    PATCH is the operation to use when you want to adjust an existing config. PUT is what you should use to replace an existing config.

    Note that you can't remove anything with PATCH, you can only add or update changes.

    HTTP status codes:

    202 Accepted            # Success
400 Bad Request         # Invalid config request
401 Unauthorized        # Incorrect or missing X-ECM-API-ID or X-ECM-API-KEY headers
403 Forbidden           # Invalid URL or resource not visible
405 Method Not Allowed  # URL did not include an /<id>/ in the path
409 Conflict            # Invalid API request

    Like PUT, PATCH cannot operate on more than one configuration manager at a time. For this reason it also does not support the URL options for filtering or paging.

    Also like PUT, it returns a 400 Bad Request if it detects an invalid config.

    Unlike PUT, PATCH never returns a payload in its reply. The fields URL option is therefore meaningless to PATCH.

    See here for an explanation of the example format.

    PATCH Example: Set Primary LAN IP Address

    Change the IP address of the Primary LAN to 192.168.30.1, leaving the other parts of the diff the same. Note the reply contains the entire diff; in this example it shows that PUT Example 1 to add a third LAN was already done, and the PATCH is an incremental change on top of that:

    > PATCH https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/1234/
> {
>     "configuration": [
>         {
>             "lan": {
>                 "00000000-0d93-319d-8220-4a1fb0372b51": {
>                     "_id_": "00000000-0d93-319d-8220-4a1fb0372b51",
>                     "ip_address": "192.168.30.1"
>                 }
>             }
>         },
>         []
>     ]
> }
< 202 Accepted

    This example uses the Primary LAN's _id_ value as the key. When using this approach, you must include the _id_ field itself as part of the request or you will get a validation error:

    {
   "exception" : {
      "message" : "invalid literal for int() with base 10: &#39;00000000-0d93-319d-8220-4a1fb0372b51&#39;",
      "type" : "error"
   },
   "errors" : [
      {
         "path" : "https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/2/"
      }
   ]
}

    PATCH Example: Insert A LAN

    PATCH supports inserting new array elements:

    {
    "configuration": [
        {
            "lan": {
                "00000002-2a38-3724-a6fa-02dfdfbc129e": {
                    "_id_": "00000002-2a38-3724-a6fa-02dfdfbc129e",
                    "ip_address": "192.168.40.1",
                    "name": "Gamma",
                    "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
                    "dhcpd": {
                        "enabled": true
                    },
                    "devices": []
                }
            }
        },
        []
    ]
}

    Group Configurations

    A group's config is part of the groups resource:

    > GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/groups/35/?fields=configuration
< 200 Ok
< {
<    "configuration" : [
<       {
<          "system" : {
<             "logging" : {
<                "level" : "debug"
<             }
<          },
<          "webfilter" : {
<             "proxy" : {
<                "https_filtering" : true
<             }
<          }
<       },
<       []
<    ]
< }

    GET, PUT and PATCH work the same for groups as for configuration_managers.

    Use Cases

    The following sections contain examples of how to make various configuration changes using the API.

    Get the pending configuration for a particular device

    If the configuration_manager ID is known:

    GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/1106/?field=pending

    If the configuration_manager ID is not known, query the configuration_managers by device ID. The result will be a list of one element, such as:

    > GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/1106/?field=pending
< 200 Ok
< {
<    "data" : [
<       {
<          "pending" : [
<             {
<                "system" : {
<                   "logging" : {
<                      "level" : "debug"
<                   }
<                },
<                "ecm" : {
<                   "config_version" : 9
<                }
<             },
<             []
<          ]
<       }
<    ],
<    "meta" : {
<       "offset" : 0,
<       "previous" : null,
<       "next" : null,
<       "limit" : 20
<    }
< }

    Get the actual config on all devices on a nightly basis

    Page through the configuration_managers using limit and offset. To associate each result with its device, ask for some unique identifier such as the router.id or router.mac or router.name:

    GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/?fields=actual,router.id,router.mac,router.name&limit=200&offset=0
GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/?fields=actual,router.id,router.mac,router.name&limit=200&offset=201
... etc ...
GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/?fields=actual,router.id,router.mac,router.name&limit=200&offset=12000

    Read/modify/write a "golden" config

    GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/groups/123/?fields=configuration
# modify it for group 456
PUT https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/groups/456/
# modify it for group 789
PUT https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/groups/789/
... etc ...

    Change the WiFi SSID and WPA2/PSK Passkey On Specific Routers

    PUT and PATCH require the URL of the configuration_managers ID endpoint and do not support filtering by router.id (or router.mac, router.name, etc):

    > PUT https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/1234/
> PATCH https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/1234/
> {
>     "configuration": [
>         {
>             "wlan": {
>                 "radio": {
>                     "0": {
>                         "bss": {
>                              "0": {
>                                "ssid": "MBR1400-8c1",
>                                "wpapsk": "t311-n00ne"
>                               }
>                          }
>                      }
>                  }
>              }
>         },
>         []
>     ]
> }
< 202 Accepted

    Add User

    This and the following examples work the same way with PATCH or PUT as all the previous examples. For brevity, only the payload is shown.

    {
    "configuration": [
        {
            "system": {
                "pci_dss": true,
                "users": {
                    "1": {
                        "group": "admin",
                        "password": "SuperDuper1",
                        "username": "super"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        []
    ]
}

    Static IP for Ethernet WAN using WAN rule

    Configuring the static IP on the Ethernet WAN device requires setting the ip_override section of its corresponding WAN rule. The WAN rules changed somewhat with firmware version 6.0. The wan.rules path was replaced with wan.rules2, and the _id_ of the rule dealing with Ethernet WAN also changed as shown in the examples that follow.

    5.0 <= Firmware < 6.0

    {
    "configuration": [
        {
            "wan": {
                "rules": {
                    "00000001-dea3-3ccd-a78d-e0196084396f": {
                        "_id_": "00000001-dea3-3ccd-a78d-e0196084396f",
                        "ip_mode": "static",
                        "static": {
                            "dns": {
                                "0": {
                                    "ip_address": "172.21.21.50"
                                },
                                "1": {}
                            },
                            "gateway": "172.19.8.1",
                            "ip_address": "172.19.9.30",
                            "netmask": "255.255.252.0"
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        []
    ]
}

    Firmware >= 6.0

    Change rules to rules2 and change the _id_ field and key. The dns section is not required like it is in older versions, which will accept the config without DNS but may fail to connect, resulting in a config rollback.

    {
    "configuration": [
        {
            "wan": {
                "rules2": {
                    "00000000-a81d-3590-93ca-8b1fcfeb8e14": {
                        "_id_": "00000000-a81d-3590-93ca-8b1fcfeb8e14",
                        "ip_mode": "static",
                        "static": {
                            "ip_address": "172.19.9.30",
                            "netmask": "255.255.252.0"
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        []
    ]
}

    Setting the APN for modem using LTE defaults WAN rule

    The APN must be set in the WAN rule corresponding to the modem it is for. For example, to set it for an LTE modem, use the WAN rule with _id_ "00000002-dea3-3ccd-a78d-e0196084396f":

    5.0 <= Firmware < 6.0

    {
    "configuration": [
        {
            "wan": {
                "rules": {
                    "00000002-dea3-3ccd-a78d-e0196084396f": {
                        "_id_": "00000002-dea3-3ccd-a78d-e0196084396f",
                        "modem": {
                            "apn_mode": "manual",
                            "manual_apn": "myapn"
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        []
    ]
}

    Firmware >= 6.0

    Change rules to rules2 and change the _id_ field and key.

    {
    "configuration": [
        {
            "wan": {
                "rules2": {
                    "00000002-a81d-3590-93ca-8b1fcfeb8e14": {
                        "_id_": "00000002-a81d-3590-93ca-8b1fcfeb8e14",
                        "modem": {
                            "apn_mode": "manual",
                            "manual_apn": "myapn"
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        []
    ]
}

    Appendix

    Format of Examples

    There are many Rest API clients available on the web or as browser plugins. They all differ slightly but provide the same common elements of method, headers, URL, payload, and status code. Rather than showing the syntax for a particular tool, this document uses the following format for all examples.

    First, examples appear in monospace font. The first character of each line is either > or < and indicates the direction of travel, either client-to-server or server-to-client, respectively:

    > = client to server
< = server to client

    The first line is always the method and URL. If there is data to be sent (as in PUT and PATCH), this appears on the following lines going in the same direction. The reply appears on subsequent lines, beginning with the status code and followed by the reply payload (if any). Here's an annotated example, with lines numbered for discussion:

    1 > GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/1/?fields=version_number
2 < 200 Ok
3 < {
4 <     "version_number" : 19,
5 < }

    Line 1 shows the method (GET) and full URL (https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/1/?fields=version_number) sent from the client to the server to initiate the request. In this example the URL is asking for a specific object (with ID 1), and specifying that it only wants to see the version_number field (this is known as a "partial result").

    Line 2 shows the status code from the server as 200 Ok.

    Lines 3-5 are the payload of the reply from the server. For readability, the examples always show the payloads as JSON formatted with line breaks and indentations. Not all clients format the reply like this (curl won't, for example, and neither will most browsers unless you install a plugin). The payload from the server will actually be all on one line with no indentation. The meaning is the same.

    The examples do not show the headers required for authentication or content-type, but they are necessary. As described in the general API v2 documentation (the Sample Code section is most succinct), all requests to the API must provide a header each for X-ECM-API-ID, X-ECM-API-KEY, X-CP-API-ID and X-CP-API-KEY to authenticate the client. Also, PUT and PATCH requests require a Content-Type header.

    _id_ Fields

    Many parts of the device configuration are composed of arrays. Most of these lists are treated more like sets than like arrays, where the order of the elements does not matter and elements must be unique from one another in some way. Order does not matter; as long as nothing inserts or removes elements the order remains stable.

    Some of these arrays are pre-populated with entries by default. For example, if you factory reset most devices (but not all!) you will find that they have two LAN entries and maybe five WAN rules.

    In a config diff arrays are always presented as dictionaries. Historically (prior to 5.0) the keys were always string numerals representing the index of the elements. For example:

    {
    "lan": {
        "1" : {
            "ip_address" : "192.168.30.1",
            "name" : "Office LAN"
        }
    }
}

    This refers to the LAN at index 1 which would be the second LAN. In most devices that would be the Guest LAN. But not necessarily, if the config has changed from the default. This might be a third LAN inserted before the Guest LAN. It might even be the Primary LAN, if the Guest LAN were somehow re-ordered to come first. This is an aliasing problem, where it is sometimes impossible to tell which element a config diff is referring to just by looking at it. The problem becomes worse when NCM begins to layer configs.

    The solution, introduced in firmware version 5.0, was to add a unique _id_ field to the elements of lists that have default values. The _id_ is a UUID. The lists that support them include the lan, wan.rules and various others, depending on the firmware version and product.

    The following example diff illustrates this by referring to the primary LAN by it's _id_: "00000000-0d93-319d-8220-4a1fb0372b51".

    {
    "lan": {
        "00000000-0d93-319d-8220-4a1fb0372b51" : {
            "ip_address" : "192.168.30.1",
            "_id_" : "00000000-0d93-319d-8220-4a1fb0372b51",
            "name" : "LAN0"
        }
    }
}

    For firmware versions 5.0 and greater this is the unambiguous way to refer to these array elements.

    For firmware versions prior to 5.0, these UUID fields are not supported by any arrays, so you must use string numerals to reference their position in the array. The first position is always "0".

    The default elements of these lists (ie, those which populate the list after a factory reset) all have pre-assigned _id_ field values. When adding a new element to such a list, you must provide your own UUID value.

    Here's a list of arrays with elements that use the _id_ field from a recent firmware build (6.1.0) as of this writing:

     asavie.tunnels
 certmgmt.certs
 dns.dnsmasq_options
 gre.tunnels
 identities.ip
 identities.mac
 identities.port
 lan
 openvpn.tunnels
 routing.access_list
 routing.bgp.access_list
 routing.bgp.community_list
 routing.prefix_list
 routing.route_map
 routing.tables
 security.app_sets
 security.ips.cat_cfg
 security.ips.sig_cfg
 security.zfw.filter_policies
 security.zfw.forwardings
 security.zfw.zones
 split_dns.domain_lists
 split_dns.servers
 system.gps.connections
 vpn.tunnels
 wan.rules
 wan.rules2

    Firmware Versioning And DTDs

    What constitutes a valid configuration? It depends on the firmware version and product. Every version of firmware has a Document Type Definition (DTD) that specifies the configuration-tree structure, the types of the elements, any limits on the range of values of elements, and whether an element must be specified or can be left blank. If a configuration does not conform to the DTD it is invalid.

    NCM checks for valid configs in the API by checking them against the DTD. But even if a config conforms to the DTD it can still be invalid. The devices check for dynamic constraints which can't be expressed in the DTD and may reject a config from NCM because one of these checks fails.

    For example, currently all devices have a check that

    if `firewall.remote_admin.enabled` is `true` then either
    `firewall.remote_admin.secure_only` must be `true` or
    `firewall.remote_admin.port` must be provided.

    So even though this conforms to the DTD and would be accepted by NCM, the device would reject it:

    {
    "firewall": {
        "remote_admin": {
            "enabled": true,
            "secure_only": false
        }
    }
}

    The DTD can change from one firmware version to another. This changes what constitutes a valid config. When a device's target firmware changes, NCM automatically attempts to migrate its configuration to make it compatible with the new version.

    The DTD specifies a default value for many fields, including all required fields. As noted elsewhere, it also specifies default elements for some arrays such as lan, wan.rules and firewall.zfw.filter_policies. The default elements can be altered or removed. If they are, a factory reset of the device restores them. In NCM, clearing configs has a similar effect.

    Suspended Sync

    If NCM tries to sync a device to an invalid config, the device rejects it. NCM stops trying to sync the device and marks it as "suspended", as shown in the config_status field of the device's endpoint (eg, https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/routers/<router-id>).

    To understand why a device was suspended due to an invalid config, check the device's Configuration Rejected alert. This alert contains details about why the device rejected the config. The alert information typically references the field(s) that failed their dynamic validation checks. You can access a device's alerts through the NCM ALERTS page or via the alerts endpoint.

    Once the problem is ascertained, the configuration should be changed to remove the error.

    Finally, to resume sync from the API, do a PUT with the suspended field set to False:

    PUT https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/1234/
{
    "suspended": false
}

    Supported Products

    All currently available products are referred to as Series 3 products. Older series 2 products which are managed by NCM also have configuration_managers. However, their configuration format is different from series 3, and the fields and values are different. Nonetheless, one can still use this API to try and configure series 2 routers managed in NCM.

    Diffs

    A configuration diff describes how the configuration differs from the default for that firmware version. It is a list of two elements. The first element is called the update dictionary. The second element is called the removal list.

    A diff is like a UNIX patch. It can be applied to an existing configuration. When applied, every path in the removals list is removed in the specified order. Then, every key/value pair in the update dictionary is applied. The update will try to maintain existing elements, and only update exactly what is specified.

    For example, suppose a configuration looks like this:

    {
    "a": {
        "b": 1,
        "c": 2
    },
    "d": {
        "e": "hi",
        "f": "there"
    }
}

    And the diff being applied looks like this:

    [
    {
        "a": {
            "d": 4,
            "c": 3
        }
    },
    [
        ["d", "e"]
    ]
]

    When applied, the diff will first remove element d.e, then, in no particular order, it will change element a.c and insert element a.d. Element a.b and d.f will be left as they are:

    {
    "a": {
        "d": 4,
        "c": 3,
        "b": 1
    },
    "d": {
        "f": "there"
    }
}

    If a path in the removal list does not exist in the configuration, this is an error. If an element in the update dictionary is not described by the firmware's Document Type Definition (DTD), or if it is of the wrong type, that is also an error.

    An empty configuration diff looks like this:

    [{}, []]

    Group / Indie Layering

    Suppose the device is put into a group, and the group has a configuration like this:

    # Group config
{
    "a": {
        "b": 1
        "c": 2
    }
}

    If you GET the device's configuration, it will look exactly like that. Now suppose you PATCH the following to the device's configuration:

    # Patch to config
{
    "a": {
        "b": 3,
        "d": 4
    }
}

    NCM will save this as the device's individual configuration and update the target by layering it over the group. Now if you GET the device's configuration it will look like this:

    # Target config
{
    "a": {
        "b": 3,
        "c": 2,
        "d": 4
    }
}

    NCM changed a.b and inserted a.d. It left a.c alone, because the diff didn't mention it.

    What would happen if you then changed your mind and PUT with an empty config to the device’s configuration endpoint? NCM would clear the individual configuration, but the group configuration would stay the same, so the device's target configuration would go back to just being the group configuration:

    # Target config if indie cleared
{
    "a": {
        "b": 1
        "c": 2
    }
}

    What if instead you removed the device from the group? Then only the individual configuration would remain:

    # Target config if removed from group
{
    "a": {
        "b": 3,
        "d": 4
    }
}

    NCM removed a.c from the target configuration, because a.c came from the group configuration.

    Passwords

    If you GET a config that has non-default passwords, the values are not shown. Instead, you see "*":

    > GET https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/2/?fields=configuration
< 200 Ok
< {
<    "configuration" : [
<       {
<          "wlan" : {
<             "radio" : {
<                "0" : {
<                   "bss" : {
<                      "0" : {
<                         "wpapsk" : "*"
<                      }
<                   }
<                }
<             }
<          }
<       },
<       []
<    ]
< }

    You can still set passwords through the API by sending them as cleartext:

    PATCH https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/
> {
>    "configuration" : [
>       {
>          "wlan" : {
>             "radio" : {
>                "0" : {
>                   "bss" : {
>                      "0" : {
>                         "radius0nasid" : null,
>                         "wpapsk" : "2secret4Usorry"
>                      }
>                   }
>                }
>             }
>          }
>       },
>       []
>    ]
> }
< 202 Accepted

    They will be automatically encrypted.

    Validation Errors

    An "invalid path" error is reported anytime a diff refers to something that does not exist in the DTD. It does not matter if the reference is in the updates or the removals. For instance, both updates and removals are invalid here:

    [
    {
        "foo": "bar"
    },
    [
        ["baz", 6]
    ]
]

    Other errors are due to a wrong type or value:

    empty dict                                    # array can't be an empty dictionary
not a dict                                    # struct must be dictionary
invalid id                                    # _id_ not a UUID
not a string
url must have "http://" or "https://" prefix
invalid url
invalid ip address
invalid ip address or dns name
not a float type
invalid mac address
invalid ipv6 address
too large
negative invalid                              # ipv6_prefixlen must be >= 0
not an integer
invalid subnet mask
invalid ipv4 address
invalid ip address
invalid option                                # select value must be from the list
too large (max=n)
number precision exceeded (max bits=n)        # u8, s8, u16, etc only allow 8 or 16 bits, etc
too small(min=n)
not a boolean
bad array index
not a list or dict                            # array must be a dict or list
too short (min length=n)
incorrect padding                             # encrypted password is corrupted
too long (max length=n)
invalid dns name

    Config Rollback

    Sometimes the device will validate a config and apply it, but then be unable to connect the WAN with the new settings. To protect against this situation, all firmware versions support a config rollback feature. After applying a config from NCM, if the device cannot contact NCM within 15 minutes it "undoes" the config change and reverts to the previous working version. When it reconnects to NCM after a rollback it informs NCM and config sync on the device is suspended.

    Differences From v1

    Sample v1 resource:

    "account" : "/api/v1/accounts/1/",
"actual" : "/api/v1/configuration_managers/2/actual/",
"configuration" : "/api/v1/configuration_managers/2/configuration/",
"id" : "2",
"lock" : "unlocked",
"pending" : "/api/v1/configuration_managers/2/pending/",
"pending_patch" : null,
"resource_uri" : "/api/v1/configuration_managers/2/",
"router" : "/api/v1/routers/2/",
"suspended" : false,
"synched" : true,
"target" : "/api/v1/configuration_managers/2/target/",
"version_number" : 83

    Sample v2 resource:

    "account" : "https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/accounts/1/",
"actual" : [{}, []],
"configuration" : [{}, []],
"id" : "1108",
"pending" : [{}, []],
"resource_url" : "https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/configuration_managers/1108/",
"router" : "https://www.cradlepointecm.com/api/v2/routers/1108/",
"suspended" : false,
"synched" : true,
"target" : [{}, []],
"version_number" : 0

    *Notable differences:

    • The fields which contain configuration diffs (configuration, actual, target and pending) are no longer URLs. They are contained right in the resource.
    • The pending_patch field has been removed. The same information is available in pending.
    • resource_uri has been renamed resource_url and is a full URL.
    • The account and router fields are full URLs.
    • The routers resource does not have a URL link to the corresponding configuration_managers. However, you can still find the corresponding configuration_manager by querying as in "Change the WiFi SSID and WPA2/PSK Passkey On Specific Routers" example

    Zscaler Configurations

    Zscaler is a cloud-based filtering and security policy application that can be configured on Cradlepoint devices. More details can be found at Zscaler Internet Security

    Zscaler example code

    ###Zscale Username / Password
{
   "configuration": [
      {
      "dns": {"force_redir": true},
      "webfilter": {
         "cloudservice": "zsis",
		 "zsis": {
		 "dyndns": {"password": "password1", "user_name": "username1"}
       }
       },
       []
   ]
}

    Hardware Requirements

    • Cradlepoint AER 2100 or MBR1400v2
    • ZScaler service account

    Firmware Version

    • The firmware version used for the preparation of this document was NCOS 5.0.0.