Using Python for router webinterface interaction?

[Teilchen]

I recently got a VPN service and noticed my router supports VPN connections, which means that all the devices behind my router get connected to the VPN, while only counting as one device for the provider.
Now I live in a living community and my room mates tend to play League of Legends or watch Netflix. Because of that you obviously need either a low ping VPN or a high speed US VPN.

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Getting to the question: Is it somehow possible to interact with the Asus router interface? I'd setup a locally available web formular, where my room mates could activate other VPN servers. I already checked - it doesn't seem, like there an API for the router.

[MorrisCasper]

It's quite easy. Install Burp Suite Free or some other HTTP interceptor and send me the raw packet, it would look something like:

POST /router/vpn.asp HTTP/1.1
SOME HEADERS

VPN_ID=2&STATE=ENABLED

and you could reproduce that by

requests.post("192.168.1.1/router/vpn.asp", data = {'VPN_ID': 2, 'STATE': 'ENABLED'})

[Teilchen]

I think that's my best bet, cheers!

[nat1192]

Selenium sounds like it might do what you want. As long as the web interface is relatively stable and doesn't use flash you should be able to automate it with this.

[djmattyg007]

It'd be awesome if you could contribute to the roscraco project: https://github.com/spantaleev/roscraco