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Fetch is one of the console tools in Mikrotik RouterOS. It is used to copy files to/from a network device via HTTP, FTP or SFTP (Support for SFTP added on v6.45), it can also be used to send POST/GET requests and send any kind of data to a remote server. The HTTPS protocol is supported; by default, no certificate checks are made, but setting check-certificate to yes enables trust chain validation from the local certificate store (can be used only in HTTPS mode).
Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| address (string; Default: ) | IP address of the device to copy file from. |
| as-value (set | not-set; Default: not-set) | Store the output in a variable, should be used with the output property. |
| ascii (yes | no; Default: no) | Can be used with FTP and TFTP |
| certificate (string; Default: ) | Certificate that should be used for host verification. Can be used only in HTTPS mode. |
| check-certificate (yes | yes-without-crl | no; Default: no) | Enables trust chain validation from local certificate store. |
yes-without-crl, validates a certificate, not performing CRL check (certificate revocation list). Can be used only in HTTPS mode. | |
| dst-path (string; Default: ) | Destination filename and path. |
| duration (time; Default: ) | Time how long fetch should run. |
| host (string; Default: ) | A domain name or virtual domain name (if used on a website, from which you want to copy information). For example, address=wiki.mikrotik.com host=forum.mikrotik.comIn this example the resolved ip address is the same (66.228.113.27), but hosts are different. |
| http-auth-scheme (basic|digest; Default: basic) | HTTP authentication scheme |
| http-method ( |
| delete|get|head|post|put; Default: get) |
| HTTP method to use | |
| http-data (string; Default: ) | the data, that is going to be sent, when using PUT or POST methods |
| http-header-field (string; Default: *empty*) | list of all header fields and their values, in the form of http-header-field=h1:fff,h2:yyy |
| http-content-encoding (deflate|gzip; Default: *empty*) | Encodes the payload using gzip or deflate compression and adds a corresponding Content-Encoding header. Usable for HTTP POST and PUT only. |
| keep-result (yes | no; Default: yes) | If yes, creates an input file. |
| mode (ftp|http|https|sftp|tftp; Default: http) | Choose the protocol of connection - http, https , ftp, sftp or tftp. |
| output (none|file|user|user-with-headers; Default: file) | Sets where to store the downloaded data.
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| password (string; Default: anonymous) | Password, which is needed for authentication to the remote device. |
| port (integer; Default: ) | Connection port. |
| src-address (ip address; Default: ) | Source address that is used to establish connection. Can be used only HTTP/S and SFTP modes. |
| src-path (string; Default: ) | Title of the remote file you need to copy. |
| upload (yes | no; Default: no) | Only (S)FTP modes support |
| upload. If enabled then fetch will be used to upload files to a remote server. |
| Requires src-path and dst-path parameters to be set. | |
| url (string; Default: ) | URL pointing to file. Can be used instead of address and src-path parameters. |
| user (string; Default: anonymous) |
| Username, which is needed for authentication to the remote device. |
Configuration Examples
The following example shows how to copy the file with filename "conf.rsc" from a device with ip address 192.168.88.2 by FTP protocol and save it as file with filename "123.rsc". User and password are needed to login into the device.
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