[Question] SOAP API to download/upload config

[nicerloop]

          Hi - can you tell me the model of your router, and how you downloaded your config (through the web interface or SOAP API)?

Originally posted by @Fysac in https://github.com/Fysac/orbicfg/issues/3#issuecomment-899747104

I did not find any reference to a SOAP API to download/upload config. Do you have any pointer ? Thank you for this nice tool.

[Fysac]

My RBR50 allows me to download the encrypted config via a request to the SOAP API. Here's a Python script that I use to do that. Update the URL and credentials in the main() function for your own device.

import base64
import re
import requests

class SOAPError(Exception):
    pass

def login(s, url, username, password):
    body = '''<SOAP-ENV:Body>
<M1:SOAPLogin xmlns:M1="urn:NETGEAR-ROUTER:service:DeviceConfig:1">
  <Username>{}</Username>
  <Password>{}</Password>
</M1:SOAPLogin>
</SOAP-ENV:Body>'''.format(username, password)

    s.post('{}/soap/server_sa/'.format(url), data=body, headers={
        'SOAPAction': 'urn:NETGEAR-ROUTER:service:DeviceConfig:1#SOAPLogin'
    })

def get_config(s, url):
    body = '''<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:M1="urn:NETGEAR-ROUTER:service:DeviceConfig:1">
  <soap:Body>
    <M1:GetConfigInfo xsi:nil="true" />
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>'''

    t = s.post('{}/soap/server_sa/'.format(url), data=body, headers={
        'SOAPAction': 'urn:NETGEAR-ROUTER:service:DeviceConfig:1#GetConfigInfo'
    }).text

    if '<ResponseCode>000</ResponseCode>' not in t:
        raise SOAPError('Bad or missing response code')

    return re.search('<NewConfigFile>([^<]+)<', t).group(1)

def main():
    s = requests.Session()

    # log in to router (replace with your URL and credentials)
    login(s, 'http://10.0.0.1', 'admin', 'password')

    # send SOAP API request to download config
    config = get_config(s, 'http://10.0.0.1')

    # write encrypted config to 'encrypted.cfg' 
    with open('encrypted.cfg', 'wb') as f:
        f.write(base64.b64decode(config))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()