Get a list of connected devices from a Unifi controller

unifi-devices.py

import sys
import json
import requests


def get_clients():
    PORTAL_URL = 'https://0.0.0.0:8443/'
    PORTAL_LOGIN_PARAMS = {
        'username': '',
        'password': '',
    }

    login_url = '{}api/login'.format(PORTAL_URL)
    logout_url = '{}logout'.format(PORTAL_URL)
    clients_url = '{}api/s/default/stat/sta'.format(PORTAL_URL)

    session = requests.Session()

    # Log in
    login_response = session.post(
        login_url,
        data=json.dumps(PORTAL_LOGIN_PARAMS),
        verify=False,
        timeout=5,
    )

    if login_response.status_code != 200:
        print "Login failed with code: {}".format(login_response.status_code)
        sys.exit(1)

    # Get client data
    client_response = session.get(clients_url, verify=False, timeout=5)
    client_data = client_response.json()['data']

    # Log out
    session.get(logout_url, timeout=5)

    return client_data

clients = get_clients()

for client in clients:
    print "{} [{}] ({})".format(
        client['hostname'],
        client['mac'],
        client['oui'],
    )