{"id":21523,"library":"librouteros","title":"librouteros","description":"Pure Python implementation of the MikroTik RouterOS API for managing RouterOS devices. Version 4.0.1, requires Python >=3.9. Release cadence is irregular.","status":"active","version":"4.0.1","language":"python","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/luqasz/librouteros","tags":["mikrotik","routeros","api","network"],"install":[{"cmd":"pip install librouteros","lang":"bash","label":"Installing librouteros"}],"dependencies":[],"imports":[{"note":"connect() was previously under api submodule, now at top level.","wrong":"from librouteros.api import connect","symbol":"connect","correct":"from librouteros import connect"},{"note":"Login class was removed; use connect() with username/password.","wrong":"from librouteros.login import Login","symbol":"Login","correct":"from librouteros import connect"}],"quickstart":{"code":"from librouteros import connect\n\napi = connect(\n    host=os.environ.get('ROUTEROS_HOST', ''),\n    username=os.environ.get('ROUTEROS_USER', 'admin'),\n    password=os.environ.get('ROUTEROS_PASS', ''),\n)\nprint(api.get_resource('/system/identity').get())","lang":"python","description":"Connect to a MikroTik RouterOS device and fetch system identity."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Use `from librouteros import connect` instead of `from librouteros.api import connect`.","message":"In version 4.0.0, the connect() function moved from librouteros.api to librouteros (top-level). Old imports will break.","severity":"breaking","affected_versions":">=4.0.0"},{"fix":"Replace `api = Login(host, user, pass).get_instance()` with `api = connect(host=host, username=user, password=pass)`.","message":"The Login class and related exceptions (LoginError) were removed. Use connect() which returns a connection object directly.","severity":"breaking","affected_versions":">=4.0.0"},{"fix":"Always prefix resource paths with '/'.","message":"Resource paths (e.g., '/system/identity') must start with a slash. Omitting the slash returns empty results without error.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"all"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","problems":[{"fix":"Replace import with `from librouteros import connect`.","cause":"In version 4.0.0, the API submodule was reorganized. connect() is now at the top level.","error":"ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'librouteros.api'"},{"fix":"Use the connect() function instead.","cause":"The Login class was removed in version 4.0.0.","error":"AttributeError: module 'librouteros' has no attribute 'Login'"}],"ecosystem":"pypi","meta_description":null,"install_score":null,"install_tag":null,"quickstart_score":null,"quickstart_tag":null}