v0.1.2 release

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ Change Log
 0.1.1 (10/08/2020)
 -------------------
 - Minor changes. Not really important!
+
+0.1.2 (11/08/2020)
+-------------------
+- Bug fixed!
+- Added 'login()' function to connect with routerOS by calling the function instead of during instantiating the RosCall class. 

README.md

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ That's where this api comes in. There's not many functions are simplified so far
 import pyros_api
 
 connection = pyros_api.RosCall('Mikrotik IP', username='admin', password='')
+connection.login()
 connection.get_ppp_secret()
 ```
 
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ If we want to use SSL, we can simply specify `use_ssl` as `True`:
 
 ```python
 connection = pyros_api.RosCall('<IP>', username='admin', password='', use_ssl=True)
+connection.login()
 ```
 
 This will automatically verify SSL certificate and hostname. 
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ It is highly recommended only to use this option with SSL enabled.
 
 ```python
 pyros_api.RosCall(host, username='admin', password='', plaintext_login=True)
+connection.login()
 ```
 
 ### Execute Commands

pyros_api/routeros.py

@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ def __init__(self, ros_ip, username='admin', password='', port=8728,
         self._ssl_verify_hostname = ssl_verify_hostname
         self._ssl_context = ssl_context
 
-        try:
+        self.connection = None
+        self.api = None
+        # deprecated and soon will get removed
+        '''try:
             # connecting with ros
             self.connection = routeros_api.RouterOsApiPool(host=self._mikrotik_ip, username=self._username,
                                                            password=self._password, port=self._port,
@@ -32,6 +35,21 @@ def __init__(self, ros_ip, username='admin', password='', port=8728,
             self.connection.set_timeout(5)
             self.api = self.connection.get_api()
             # print(connection.connected)
+        except Exception as rce:
+            print(':Error: connecting with routerOS! {}'.format(rce))'''
+
+    def login(self):
+        try:
+            # connecting with ros
+            self.connection = routeros_api.RouterOsApiPool(host=self._mikrotik_ip, username=self._username,
+                                                           password=self._password, port=self._port,
+                                                           plaintext_login=self._plaintext_login, use_ssl=self._use_ssl,
+                                                           ssl_verify=self._ssl_verify,
+                                                           ssl_verify_hostname=self._ssl_verify_hostname,
+                                                           ssl_context=self._ssl_context)
+
+            self.connection.set_timeout(5)
+            self.api = self.connection.get_api()
         except Exception as rce:
             print(':Error: connecting with routerOS! {}'.format(rce))