Best Practices

Fortinet recommends the following best practices for using the FortiLAN Cloud REST APIs.

• Use the following query parameters to break large data into chunks for a swift API response.

  • FortiAP - Use the page and size query parameters.

  • FortiSwitch - Use the limit and offset query parameters.

• The following APIs require the use of query parameters for improved response time and to fetch data using certain filers.

  • /fap/stats/wireless/usage

  • /fap/stats/wireless/usage/top_clients

  • /fap/stats/wireless/usage/top_usernames

  • /fap/stats/wireless/usage/top_usergroups

  • /fap/stats/wireless/usage/top_auths

  • /fap/stats/wireless/usage/top_aps

  • /fap/stats/wireless/usage/top

The following are some example to use query/filter parameters (past_hours, past_days, start_datetime, end_datetime).

• /fap/stats/wireless/usage/?ap=FP221E5555000558

• /fap/stats/wireless/usage/?ssid=test

• /fap/stats/wireless/usage/?auth=wpa2-only-personal

• /fap/stats/wireless/usage/?client=16:7f:3d:58:b0:43

For more information see the FortiLAN Cloud REST APIs.