Open API of WFilter NGF

1 Introduction

WFilter NGF has a built-in API library for developers to manipulate the entire system or integrate WFilter features. With APIs, you’re able to:

• 1. Monitor system/network status.
• 2. Monitor bandwidth and online users.
• 3. Set client access policy.

Available APIs are listed in below:

2 Network Status

2.1 List network interfaces

• Function: get_network_interfaces
• Parameter: none
• Return: JSON
• Result format

2.2 Get interface status and statistics

• Function: get_network_status
• Parameter: none
• Return: JSON
• Result format

3 Bandwidth and user status

3.1 Get bandwidth history of past N seconds

• Function: list_bandwidth
• Parameter: seconds
• Return: JSON
• Result format

3.2 List online users

• Function: list_online_users
• Parameters: return rows(max 1000), search string
• Return: JSON
• Result format

3.3 List online connections of a client

• Function: list_online_connections
• Parameter: IP address
• Return: JSON
• Result format

4 Get Basic Settings

4.1 List groups

• Function: list_group
• Parameter: none
• Return: JSON
• Result format

4.2 List WFilter accounts

• Function: list_account
• Parameter: none
• Return: JSON
• Result format

5 Set client access policy

5.1 Terminate connections(kick off user)

• Function: kill_connection
• Parameters:
  • port : connection local port, 0 for all ports
  • type: "ALL"-- all protocols, "RESET"-- reset to default, "REMOVE"-- bypass all blocking, others -- protocol name.
  • minutes: blocking minutes
  • message: message to be displayed(urlencoded)
• Return: TRUE or FALSE

5.2 Add IP into a virtual group

• Function: add_virtual_group
• Parameters:
  • groupid: group ID
  • ip: client IP
  • minutes: stay in this group for N minutes
• Return: TRUE or FALSE

5.3 Remove IP from a virtual group

• Function: rm_virtual_group
• Paramter: IP
• Return: TRUE or FALSE

5.4 Connect IP with username

• Function: add_user
• Parameters
  • ip: ip address
  • user: username(urlencoded)
  • from: from type(eg: webauth, pppoe)
  • expire: expire after N seconds
• Return: TRUE or FALSE

5.5 Disconnect ip with username

• Function: rm_user
• Paramter: ip or username(urlencoded)

6 Add, modify and delete settings

6.1 Load settings

• Function: config_load
• cfgname: config file name
• Return: json format settings

6.2 Add settings

• Function: config_add
• Parameters
  • cfgname: config file name
  • type: settings type
  • name: settings section name
  • values: json format settings content

6.3 Modify settings

• Function: config_set
• Parameters
  • cfgname: config file name
  • section: settings section name
  • values: json format settings content

6.4 Delete settings

• Function: config_del
• Parameters
  • cfgname: config file name
  • section: settings section name

6.5 Apply changes

• Function: config_apply
• Parameter: none

7 SDK Download

7.1 php

Download URL: WFilter SDK for php

8 Links

• API overview of WFilter NGF
• Integrate paypal payment with your ISP service.