is there a possibility to use cURL in combination with the new v6 API?
I was successfully able to create the following command to deactivate blocking for 30 seconds. But this only works if I disable the password authentication.
Remark: I used this cURL command under Windows, therefore the usage of "". My main goal is to create a small .bat file which I can place on my desktop.
But with a disabled password I was not able to logon to the webinterface because the webinterfaces forces me to enter a password even having none set for the installation. If I now activate the password again the above command is not working because I first would need to authenticate.
My question now is how I can use authentication and the above command combined via cURL?
that I need to pass the authentication was clear but I did not know how to combine both commands.
I found the following solution:
check URL and port and adjust
replace the password with your own one "YOUR-PASSWORD"
download /jq, rename it to "jq.exe" and place it into the same directly where the ".bat" file is stored --> Download jq
@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
:: ==== Define paths ====
:: Get the directory of the batch file (to find jq.exe)
set "SCRIPT_DIR=%~dp0"
set "JQ=%SCRIPT_DIR%jq.exe"
:: ==== Configuration ====
set "LOGIN_URL=http://pi.hole:80/api/auth"
set "SECOND_URL=http://pi.hole:80/api/dns/blocking"
set "LOGIN_JSON={\"password\":\"YOUR-PASSWORD\"}"
:: ==== First POST request and extract .session.sid ====
for /f "delims=" %%A in (
'curl -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "%LOGIN_JSON%" "%LOGIN_URL%" ^| "%JQ%" -r ".session.sid"'
) do (
set "SID=%%A"
)
:: ==== Display the SID ====
:: echo Retrieved SID: !SID!
:: ==== Prepare JSON - disable DNS blocking for 30 seconds ====
set "SECOND_JSON={\"sid\":\"!SID!\",\"blocking\": false, ""timer"":30}"
:: ==== Second POST request using SID ====
curl -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "!SECOND_JSON!" "%SECOND_URL%"
:: ==== Done ====
endlocal
