I am seeing some strange behavior with the fauxapi. Since I am using the Python interface, I thought I would start by posting here.

Versions:
I am using the latest from master: https://github.com/ndejong/pfsense_fauxapi_client_python
I followed the installation procedure for pfSense fauxAPI: https://github.com/ndejong/pfsense_fauxapi
pfSense version is:

2.4.5-RELEASE (amd64)
built on Tue Mar 24 15:25:50 EDT 2020
FreeBSD 11.3-STABLE

My python client authenticates with pfSense and seems to be functional. I am setting the configuration with the function call:

result = self.FauxapiLib.config_set(self.system_config)

If I am not manually logged into my pfSense web portal via a web browser the fauxapi reports the following after making the call above:

PfsenseFauxapi.PfsenseFauxapi.PfsenseFauxapiException: ('Unable to complete config_set() request', {'callid': '5f51134ea4d8f', 'action': 'config_set', 'message': 'failed to set new config', 'logs': [{'INFO': '20200903Z100118 :: fauxapi\\v1\\fauxApi::__call', 'DATA': {'user_action': 'config_set', 'callid': '5f51134ea4d8f', 'client_ip': '192.168.1.77'}}, {'ERROR': '20200903Z100222 :: unable confirm config reload before timeout', 'DATA': {'config_cache_filename': '/tmp/config.cache', 'timeout': 60}}, {'WARN': '20200903Z100222 :: attempting to revert config to last known backup', 'DATA': {'last_backup_file': '/cf/conf/backup/config-1599148878.xml'}}, {'INFO': '20200903Z100222 :: config file reverted to last known backup', 'DATA': {'config_file': '/cf/conf/backup/config-1599148878.xml'}}]})

If I am logged into the pfSense web portal via my web browser and make the call to:

result = self.FauxapiLib.config_set(self.system_config)

and then click on any page, for example System->Advanced, then the call goes through perfectly:

{'callid': '5f5115d828cce', 'action': 'send_event', 'message': 'ok'}

It appears as though pfSense needs this 'trigger' to process the fauxapi commands. I thought this was super strange and figured I was missing something entirely that maybe you or someone else would know how to fix.

I have created a video of the issue as it happens, but it contains a lot of identifying information. I can PM you a link if necessary.

I'm trying to enable/disable a firewall rule with this library. I've gotten the actual rule toggling working, but I'm not finding a way to tell pfSense to reload the firewall rules so that the change actually takes effect (unfortunately, a config reload isn't sufficient for this I think).

Does this functionality exist? If not, do you have any idea of how it might be implemented? I'm happy to put together a patch for this.

This issue has been copied over from - ndejong/pfsense_fauxapi#76

Hello!

Are you able to set a timeout somewhere if the request is failing?
Let's say if the pfSense-machine is down.

fapi = PfsenseFauxapi(
    ip,
    faux_apikey,
    faux_apisecret
)
try:
    config = fapi.config_get()
except:
    config = None

The request is running for approx 30-40 seconds before moving on (I'm looping this code).

As suggested here -
ndejong/pfsense_fauxapi#73

A Python client example that provided some worked examples working with pfSense firewall rules would be helpful

Looking for a way to automatically enable/disable/modify users using the fauxapi command line utility.
Does not seem like this is one of the supported options.

Am I missing something, or if this s athing that is not supported maybe it can be added? guessing this is something more people are also interested in.

While I'm eventually planning to interact with a pfsense box directly I'm currently exploring mixing cobbler and this toolset to help automate some work in my compute cluster backend. While I'm working on that being able to simply output a config.xml instead of having to have a pfsense machine to talk to would be very helpful.