Is there a way to give the pw on the URL so I can collect ?Summary information?

[adatole]

Goal:

Collect simple (non-auth) metrics without having to either log into the web interface or perform the collection on the pihole system itself.

Expected Behaviour:

• An option such as ?pw= or ?login= that would let me provide the password as part of the URL
• Alternately, a way to get the /admin/api.php?summary information without logging in

Actual Behaviour:

From an external system, /admin/api.php?summary returns "[]"

Debug Token:

https://tricorder.pi-hole.net/LdlYDPDx/

[chrislph]

Please see this

Upcoming changes: authentication for more API endpoints required

Originally published at: Upcoming changes: authentication for more API endpoints required – Pi-hole In a future release we will introduce some changes to the web interface API. This change will only affect you if your Pi-hole web interface is password protected AND you query the API endpoints directly (via http://pi.hole/admin/api.php?...), for example via a script or a third-party app. If you are only using the normal dashboard, this change will not affect you. Most endpoints already re…

[adatole]

This is perfect. Thank you so much!