Cisco Meraki Guest account creation with Rest API

[Gopal]

I am new to Cisco Meraki, I want to understand that is there any way to create guest account for guest/vistor using Rest api call only?

Thanks in advance!

[JAIROJASH]

Hello,

we are on the same side. I am first documenting the Meraki REST API material with Postman, Python and Github. I attach some links that can give you more idea. We can share experiences in development if you want.

https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/build/meraki-postman-collection-getting-started/

f you do not have access to a Meraki dashboard organization with networks and devices, you can use this API key: [REMOVED]

You render !!

[Nash]

I'd be delighted to be wrong, but all I'm seeing is getNetworkMerakiAuthUsers (all users) and getNetworkMerakiAuthUser (one user at a time). Nothing to create users or delete them.

Creating and updating via API would solve a problem for me, so long as one could authorize for client VPN... My boss would go for a widget that my helpdesk could use. My boss will not go for SAML, for reasons.

[PhilipDAth]

@Nash is correct.  There is no API to create guest user accounts.

[Dead-Red]

Hello !

I have create a guest user account for WLAN Guest.

You must use this link :

"https://api.meraki.com/api/v1/networks/[Your_Network_ID]/merakiAuthUsers"

To get your Network ID in first : 

Get your Organizations ID :  "https://api.meraki.com/api/v1/organizations"

And get your network ID : 

("https://api.meraki.com/api/v1/organizations/[Your_Organizations _ID]/networks")

For guest user you must specify : accountType="Guest"

For Authorizations values you have :

expiresAt="2021-04-15T22:25:29.000000Z";   #### OR  "Never";
ssidNumber=2 ###ID to SSID GUEST
authorizedZone="NAME SSID GUEST"

authorizedByName="the name of the person who created the account"
authorizedByEmail="the e-mail of the person who created the account"

For the Guest account :

email = 'Email for the guest account';

name = 'Description Guest account';

password = 'Password';

accountType="Guest";

emailPasswordToUser=false; ## OR True

authorizations=@(Authorizations variable)

[rsage_voda]

Hi when I try this

networkId = "L_658651445502943752"
email = "Mytest35813@hotmail.com"
name = "testuser"
password = "*********"
accountType = "Guest"
emailPasswordToUser = True
isAdmin = False
authorizations = [{"ssidNumber": 10}]
try:
    response = dashboard.networks.createNetworkMerakiAuthUser(
        networkId,
        email,
        name,
        password,
        accountType,
        emailPasswordToUser,
        isAdmin,
        authorizations
        )
except APIError as e:
    print(e.status)
    print(e.reason)
    print(e.message)
if response == 201:
    print("Account successfully created")
else:
    print("Account not created")
I get this error message 
response = dashboard.networks.createNetworkMerakiAuthUser(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: Networks.createNetworkMerakiAuthUser() takes 4 positional arguments but 9 were given

[Amit_pal]

Try this :

authorizations = [{'ssidNumber': SSI_Num, 'authorizedByName': Host_Name, 'authorizedByEmail': Host_Email}]

try:
response = dashboard.networks.createNetworkMerakiAuthUser(
network_id, email, authorizations,
 name= Guest_Name,
 password= password,
 accountType='Guest',
 emailPasswordToUser=True,
 isAdmin=False
 )

[Amit_pal]

With this code Guest access will never expire , you can use "expiresAt' in authorizations list and define time & expiry date in ISO format

[rsage_voda]

Amit many thanks that works. I don't under the difference. You are still passing more than four items but hey thats coding

[Amit_pal]

How can we let meraki generate password for guest users, instead of defining it as a string ?

[DMNQ]

This would be good to know for sure. Transferring passwords as cleartext will be too insecure IMO.