Beyond the dashboard, UniFi exposes an API that lets you pull data or push configuration changes programmatically — useful for dashboards, alerting integrations, or scripting repetitive changes across many sites.

Steps to Get Started

1. In the UniFi Site Manager (or your console's local settings, depending on version), go to Control Plane > Integrations (or Settings > Advanced > API on some local consoles).
2. Generate a new API key and store it securely — treat it like a password, since it can read and potentially modify your network configuration.
3. Use the key as a bearer token in the Authorization header of your API requests.
4. Query endpoints for the data you need — common examples include listing sites, devices, and connected clients.
5. For configuration changes, review Ubiquiti's official API documentation for the specific endpoint and required payload before scripting anything that modifies live settings.

Common Questions

What can the API actually do?

Depending on the API version and your permissions, it can read device and client information, pull site health and statistics, and in some cases apply configuration changes — think of it as the same actions available in the dashboard, made scriptable.

Is this safe to use against a live production network?

Read-only requests (pulling data) carry little risk. Anything that changes configuration should be tested against a non-critical site or during a maintenance window first, the same caution you'd apply to any scripted change to live infrastructure.