Entry "8,18" is not a valid port number when add ports alias by API

[adminexploit]

Hi,

I'm trying to add a ports list to an alias by API

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def add_client_dstport_alias(cn, cn_ports):
    payload = {
        "alias": {
            "type": "port",
            "enabled": "1",
            "name": cn + '_port',
            "description": cn,
            "content": "8,18",
            "proto": "",
            "updatefreq": "",
            "counters": "0",
            "categories": ""
        }
    }
    return api_post('/api/firewall/alias/addItem', payload)and I got en error:
Entry "8,18" is not a valid port number
I tried different ways to add ports, such like a port range: 8-18, and I got same error. But if I add just one port by API, it works. If I add the other ports on GUI by hand, evreything goes well.

Please help me

regards

[Monviech (Cedrik)]

Compare it in the web developer tools

https://docs.opnsense.org/development/how-tos/api.html#using-browser-console-to-inspect-api

[meyergru]

From what that shows, the listed ports are transmitted one per line, separated by a newline character, not by a comma. A range would probably be given by 1:18, not 1-18.

[adminexploit]

From what that shows, the listed ports are transmitted one per line, separated by a newline character, not by a comma. A range would probably be given by 1:18, not 1-18.

Yeah, you right. a port range is more like 1:18. but I don't understand what you mean by " separated by a newline character". "content": "8,18" is not supposed to put 8,18 in content ?

[meyergru]

When you try to enter that in the web UI, you will get an error, too. When you expand the text in the content box, you see that a correct list will be showing every port on its own line. In the JSON, you need to have a string like "8\n18".

[adminexploit]

When you try to enter that in the web UI, you will get an error, too. When you expand the text in the content box, you see that a correct list will be showing every port on its own line. In the JSON, you need to have a string like "8\n18".

That works well. Thanks for helps.