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This README contains details about the cgminer RPC API
It also includes some detailed information at the end,
about using miner.php
If you start cgminer with the "--api-listen" option, it will listen on a
simple TCP/IP socket for single string API requests from the same machine
running cgminer and reply with a string and then close the socket each time
If you add the "--api-network" option, it will accept API requests from any
network attached computer.
You can only access the comands that reply with data in this mode.
By default, you cannot access any privileged command that affects the miner -
you will receive an access denied status message see --api-allow below.
You can specify IP addresses/prefixes that are only allowed to access the API
with the "--api-allow" option e.g. --api-allow W:192.168.0.1,10.0.0/24
will allow 192.168.0.1 or any address matching 10.0.0.*, but nothing else
IP addresses are automatically padded with extra '.0's as needed
Without a /prefix is the same as specifying /32
0/0 means all IP addresses.
The 'W:' on the front gives that address/subnet privileged access to commands
that modify cgminer (thus all API commands)
Without it those commands return an access denied status.
See --api-groups below to define other groups like W:
Privileged access is checked in the order the IP addresses were supplied to
"--api-allow"
The first match determines the privilege level.
Using the "--api-allow" option overides the "--api-network" option if they
are both specified
With "--api-allow", 127.0.0.1 is not by default given access unless specified
If you start cgminer also with the "--api-mcast" option, it will listen for
a multicast message and reply to it with a message containing it's API port
number, but only if the IP address of the sender is allowed API access
More groups (like the privileged group W:) can be defined using the
--api-groups command
Valid groups are only the letters A-Z (except R & W are predefined) and are
not case sensitive
The R: group is the same as not privileged access
The W: group is (as stated) privileged access (thus all API commands)
To give an IP address/subnet access to a group you use the group letter
in front of the IP address instead of W: e.g. P:192.168.0/32
An IP address/subnet can only be a member of one group
A sample API group would be:
--api-groups
P:switchpool:enablepool:addpool:disablepool:removepool:poolpriority:*
This would create a group 'P' that can do all current pool commands and all
non-priviliged commands - the '*' means all non-priviledged commands
Without the '*' the group would only have access to the pool commands
Defining multiple groups example:
--api-groups Q:quit:restart:*,S:save
This would define 2 groups:
Q: that can 'quit' and 'restart' as well as all non-priviledged commands
S: that can only 'save' and no other commands
The RPC API request can be either simple text or JSON.
If the request is JSON (starts with '{'), it will reply with a JSON formatted
response, otherwise it replies with text formatted as described further below.
The JSON request format required is '{"command":"CMD","parameter":"PARAM"}'
(though of course parameter is not required for all requests)
where "CMD" is from the "Request" column below and "PARAM" would be e.g.
the ASC/PGA number if required.
An example request in both formats to disable Hotplug:
hotplug|0
{"command":"hotplug","parameter":"0"}
The format of each reply (unless stated otherwise) is a STATUS section
followed by an optional detail section
From API version 1.7 onwards, reply strings in JSON and Text have the
necessary escaping as required to avoid ambiguity - they didn't before 1.7
For JSON the 2 characters '"' and '\' are escaped with a '\' before them
For Text the 4 characters '|' ',' '=' and '\' are escaped the same way
Only user entered information will contain characters that require being
escaped, such as Pool URL, User and Password or the Config save filename,
when they are returned in messages or as their values by the API
For API version 1.4 and later:
The STATUS section is:
STATUS=X,When=NNN,Code=N,Msg=string,Description=string|
STATUS=X Where X is one of:
W - Warning
I - Informational
S - Success
E - Error
F - Fatal (code bug)
When=NNN
Standard long time of request in seconds
Code=N
Each unique reply has a unigue Code (See api.c - #define MSG_NNNNNN)
Msg=string
Message matching the Code value N
Description=string
This defaults to the cgminer version but is the value of --api-description
if it was specified at runtime.
For API version 1.10 and later:
The list of requests - a (*) means it requires privileged access - and replies:
Request Reply Section Details
------- ------------- -------
version VERSION CGMiner=cgminer, version
API=API| version
config CONFIG Some miner configuration information:
ASC Count=N, <- the number of ASCs
PGA Count=N, <- the number of PGAs
Pool Count=N, <- the number of Pools
Strategy=Name, <- the current pool strategy
Log Interval=N, <- log interval (--log N)
Device Code=ICA , <- spaced list of compiled
device drivers
OS=Linux/Apple/..., <- operating System
Failover-Only=true/false, <- failover-only setting
ScanTime=N, <- --scan-time setting
Queue=N, <- --queue setting
Expiry=N| <- --expiry setting
summary SUMMARY The status summary of the miner
e.g. Elapsed=NNN,Found Blocks=N,Getworks=N,...|
pools POOLS The status of each pool e.g.
Pool=0,URL=http://pool.com:6311,Status=Alive,...|
devs DEVS Each available PGA and ASC with their details
e.g. ASC=0,Accepted=NN,MHS av=NNN,...,Intensity=D|
Last Share Time=NNN, <- standand long time in sec
(or 0 if none) of last accepted share
Last Share Pool=N, <- pool number (or -1 if none)
Last Valid Work=NNN, <- standand long time in sec
of last work returned that wasn't an HW:
Will not report PGAs if PGA mining is disabled
Will not report ASCs if ASC mining is disabled
pga|N PGA The details of a single PGA number N in the same
format and details as for DEVS
This is only available if PGA mining is enabled
Use 'pgacount' or 'config' first to see if there
are any
pgacount PGAS Count=N| <- the number of PGAs
Always returns 0 if PGA mining is disabled
switchpool|N (*)
none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating the results of switching pool N to the
highest priority (the pool is also enabled)
The Msg includes the pool URL
enablepool|N (*)
none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating the results of enabling pool N
The Msg includes the pool URL
addpool|URL,USR,PASS (*)
none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating the results of attempting to add pool N
The Msg includes the pool URL
Use '\\' to get a '\' and '\,' to include a comma
inside URL, USR or PASS
poolpriority|N,... (*)
none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating the results of changing pool priorities
See usage below
poolquota|N,Q (*)
none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating the results of changing pool quota to Q
disablepool|N (*)
none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating the results of disabling pool N
The Msg includes the pool URL
removepool|N (*)
none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating the results of removing pool N
The Msg includes the pool URL
N.B. all details for the pool will be lost
save|filename (*)
none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating success or failure saving the cgminer
config to filename
The filename is optional and will use the cgminer
default if not specified
quit (*) none There is no status section but just a single "BYE"
reply before cgminer quits
notify NOTIFY The last status and history count of each devices
problem
This lists all devices including those not
supported by the 'devs' command e.g.
NOTIFY=0,Name=ASC,ID=0,Last Well=1332432290,...|
privileged (*)
none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating an error if you do not have privileged
access to the API and success if you do have
privilege
The command doesn't change anything in cgminer
pgaenable|N (*)
none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating the results of the enable request
You cannot enable a PGA if it's status is not WELL
This is only available if PGA mining is enabled
pgadisable|N (*)
none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating the results of the disable request
This is only available if PGA mining is enabled
pgaidentify|N (*)
none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating the results of the identify request
This is only available if PGA mining is enabled
and currently only BFL singles and Cairnsmore1's
with the appropriate firmware support this command
On a BFL single it will flash the led on the front
of the device for appoximately 4s
All other non BFL,ICA PGA devices will return a
warning status message stating that they dont
support it. Non-CMR ICAs will ignore the command.
This adds a 4s delay to the BFL share being
processed so you may get a message stating that
procssing took longer than 7000ms if the request
was sent towards the end of the timing of any work
being worked on
e.g.: BFL0: took 8438ms - longer than 7000ms
You should ignore this
devdetails DEVDETAILS Each device with a list of their static details
This lists all devices including those not
supported by the 'devs' command
e.g. DEVDETAILS=0,Name=ASC,ID=0,Driver=yuu,...|
restart (*) none There is no status section but just a single
"RESTART" reply before cgminer restarts
stats STATS Each device or pool that has 1 or more getworks
with a list of stats regarding getwork times
The values returned by stats may change in future
versions thus would not normally be displayed
Device drivers are also able to add stats to the
end of the details returned
check|cmd COMMAND Exists=Y/N, <- 'cmd' exists in this version
Access=Y/N| <- you have access to use 'cmd'
failover-only|true/false (*)
none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating what failover-only was set to
coin COIN Coin mining information:
Hash Method=sha256/scrypt,
Current Block Time=N.N, <- 0 means none
Current Block Hash=XXXX..., <- blank if none
LP=true/false, <- LP is in use on at least 1 pool
Network Difficulty=NN.NN|
debug|setting (*)
DEBUG Debug settings
The optional commands for 'setting' are the same
as the screen curses debug settings
You can only specify one setting
Only the first character is checked - case
insensitive:
Silent, Quiet, Verbose, Debug, RPCProto,
PerDevice, WorkTime, Normal
The output fields are (as above):
Silent=true/false,
Quiet=true/false,
Verbose=true/false,
Debug=true/false,
RPCProto=true/false,
PerDevice=true/false,
WorkTime=true/false|
setconfig|name,N (*)
none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating the results of setting 'name' to N
The valid values for name are currently:
queue, scantime, expiry
N is an integer in the range 0 to 9999
usbstats USBSTATS Stats of all LIBUSB mining devices except ztex
e.g. Name=MMQ,ID=0,Stat=SendWork,Count=99,...|
pgaset|N,opt[,val] (*)
none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating the results of setting PGA N with
opt[,val]
This is only available if PGA mining is enabled
If the PGA does not support any set options, it
will always return a WARN stating pgaset isn't
supported
If opt=help it will return an INFO status with a
help message about the options available
The current options are:
MMQ opt=clock val=160 to 230 (a multiple of 2)
CMR opt=clock val=100 to 220
zero|Which,true/false (*)
none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating that the zero, and optional summary, was
done
If Which='all', all normal cgminer and API
statistics will be zeroed other than the numbers
displayed by the usbstats and stats commands
If Which='bestshare', only the 'Best Share' values
are zeroed for each pool and the global
'Best Share'
The true/false option determines if a full summary
is shown on the cgminer display like is normally
displayed on exit.
hotplug|N (*) none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating that the hotplug setting succeeded
If the code is not compiled with hotplug in it,
the the warning reply will be
'Hotplug is not available'
If N=0 then hotplug will be disabled
If N>0 && <=9999, then hotplug will check for new
devices every N seconds
asc|N ASC The details of a single ASC number N in the same
format and details as for DEVS
This is only available if ASC mining is enabled
Use 'asccount' or 'config' first to see if there
are any
ascenable|N (*)
none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating the results of the enable request
You cannot enable a ASC if it's status is not WELL
This is only available if ASC mining is enabled
ascdisable|N (*)
none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating the results of the disable request
This is only available if ASC mining is enabled
ascidentify|N (*)
none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating the results of the identify request
This is only available if ASC mining is enabled
and currently only BFL ASICs support this command
On a BFL single it will flash the led on the front
of the device for appoximately 4s
All other non BFL ASIC devices will return a
warning status message stating that they dont
support it
asccount ASCS Count=N| <- the number of ASCs
Always returns 0 if ASC mining is disabled
ascset|N,opt[,val] (*)
none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating the results of setting ASC N with
opt[,val]
This is only available if ASC mining is enabled
If the ASC does not support any set options, it
will always return a WARN stating ascset isn't
supported
If opt=help it will return an INFO status with a
help message about the options available
The current options are:
AVA+BTB opt=freq val=256 to 1024 - chip frequency
BTB opt=millivolts val=1000 to 1400 - corevoltage
lockstats (*) none There is no reply section just the STATUS section
stating the results of the request
A warning reply means lock stats are not compiled
into cgminer
The API writes all the lock stats to stderr
When you enable, disable or restart a PGA or ASC, you will also get
Thread messages in the cgminer status window
The 'poolpriority' command can be used to reset the priority order of multiple
pools with a single command - 'switchpool' only sets a single pool to first
priority
Each pool should be listed by id number in order of preference (first = most
preferred)
Any pools not listed will be prioritised after the ones that are listed, in the
priority order they were originally
If the priority change affects the miner's preference for mining, it may switch
immediately
When you switch to a different pool to the current one (including by priority
change), you will get a 'Switching to URL' message in the cgminer status
windows
Obviously, the JSON format is simply just the names as given before the '='
with the values after the '='
If you enable cgminer debug (-D or --debug) or, when cgminer debug is off,
turn on debug with the API command 'debug|debug' you will also get messages
showing some details of the requests received and the replies
There are included 4 program examples for accessing the API:
api-example.php - a php script to access the API
usAge: php api-example.php command
by default it sends a 'summary' request to the miner at 127.0.0.1:4028
If you specify a command it will send that request instead
You must modify the line "$socket = getsock('127.0.0.1', 4028);" at the
beginning of "function request($cmd)" to change where it looks for cgminer
API.java/API.class
a java program to access the API (with source code)
usAge is: java API command address port
Any missing or blank parameters are replaced as if you entered:
java API summary 127.0.0.1 4028
api-example.c - a 'C' program to access the API (with source code)
usAge: api-example [command [ip/host [port]]]
again, as above, missing or blank parameters are replaced as if you entered:
api-example summary 127.0.0.1 4028
miner.php - an example web page to access the API
This includes buttons and inputs to attempt access to the privileged commands
See the end of this API-README for details of how to tune the display
and also to use the option to display a multi-rig summary
----------
Feature Changelog for external applications using the API:
API V2.0 (cgminer v3.8.0)
Removed all GPU related commands and information from the replies
---------
API V1.32 (cgminer v3.6.5)
Modified API commands:
'devs' 'gpu' 'pga' and 'asc' - add 'Device Elapsed'
---------
API V1.31 (cgminer v3.6.3)
Added API command:
'lockstats' - display cgminer dev lock stats if compiled in
Modified API command:
'summary' - add 'MHS %ds' (where %d is the log interval)
---------
API V1.30 (cgminer v3.4.3)
Added API command:
'poolquota' - Set pool quota for load-balance strategy.
Modified API command:
'pools' - add 'Quota'
---------
API V1.29 (cgminer v3.4.1)
Muticast identification added to the API
----------
API V1.28 (cgminer v3.3.4)
Modified API commands:
'devs', 'pga', 'asc', 'gpu' - add 'Device Hardware%' and 'Device Rejected%'
'pools' - add 'Pool Rejected%' and 'Pool Stale%'
'summary' - add 'Device Hardware%', 'Device Rejected%', 'Pool Rejected%',
'Pool Stale%'
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API V1.27 (cgminer v3.3.2)
Added API commands:
'ascset' - with: BTB opt=millivolts val=1000 to 1310 - core voltage
AVA+BTB opt=freq val=256 to 450 - chip frequency
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API V1.26 (cgminer v3.2.3)
Remove all CPU support (cgminer v3.0.0)
Added API commands:
'asc'
'ascenable'
'ascdisable'
'ascidentify|N' (only works for BFL ASICs so far)
'asccount'
Various additions to the debug 'stats' command
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API V1.25
Added API commands:
'hotplug'
Modified API commands:
'devs' 'gpu' and 'pga' - add 'Last Valid Work'
'devs' - list ASIC devices
'config' - add 'Hotplug', 'ASC Count'
'coin' - add 'Network Difficulty'
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API V1.24 (cgminer v2.11.0)
Added API commands:
'zero'
Modified API commands:
'pools' - add 'Best Share'
'devs' and 'pga' - add 'No Device' for PGAs if MMQ or BFL compiled
'stats' - add pool: 'Net Bytes Sent', 'Net Bytes Recv'
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API V1.23 (cgminer v2.10.2)
Added API commands:
'pgaset' - with: MMQ opt=clock val=160 to 230 (and a multiple of 2)
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API V1.22 (cgminer v2.10.1)
Enforced output limitation:
all extra records beyond the output limit of the API (~64k) are ignored
and chopped off at the record boundary before the limit is reached
however, JSON brackets will be correctly closed and the JSON id will be
set to 0 (instead of 1) if any data was truncated
Modified API commands:
'stats' - add 'Times Sent', 'Bytes Sent', 'Times Recv', 'Bytes Recv'
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API V1.21 (cgminer v2.10.0)
Added API commands:
'usbstats'
Modified API commands:
'summary' - add 'Best Share'
Modified output:
each MMQ shows up as 4 devices, each with it's own stats
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API V1.20 (cgminer v2.8.5)
Modified API commands:
'pools' - add 'Has Stratum', 'Stratum Active', 'Stratum URL'
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API V1.19 (cgminer v2.7.6)
Added API commands:
'debug'
'pgaidentify|N' (only works for BFL Singles so far)
'setconfig|name,N'
Modified API commands:
'devs' - add 'Diff1 Work', 'Difficulty Accepted', 'Difficulty Rejected',
'Last Share Difficulty' to all devices
'gpu|N' - add 'Diff1 Work', 'Difficulty Accepted',
'Difficulty Rejected', 'Last Share Difficulty'
'pga|N' - add 'Diff1 Work', 'Difficulty Accepted',
'Difficulty Rejected', 'Last Share Difficulty'
'notify' - add '*Dev Throttle' (for BFL Singles)
'pools' - add 'Proxy Type', 'Proxy', 'Difficulty Accepted',
'Difficulty Rejected', 'Difficulty Stale',
'Last Share Difficulty'
'config' - add 'Queue', 'Expiry'
'stats' - add 'Work Diff', 'Min Diff', 'Max Diff', 'Min Diff Count',
'Max Diff Count' to the pool stats
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API V1.18 (cgminer v2.7.4)
Modified API commands:
'stats' - add 'Work Had Roll Time', 'Work Can Roll', 'Work Had Expire',
'Work Roll Time' to the pool stats
'config' - include 'ScanTime'
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API V1.17 (cgminer v2.7.1)
Added API commands:
'coin'
Modified API commands:
'summary' - add 'Work Utility'
'pools' - add 'Diff1 Shares'
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API V1.16 (cgminer v2.6.5)
Added API commands:
'failover-only'
Modified API commands:
'config' - include failover-only state
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API V1.15 (cgminer v2.6.1)
Added API commands:
'poolpriority'
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API V1.14 (cgminer v2.5.0)
Modified API commands:
'stats' - more icarus timing stats added
'notify' - include new device comms error counter
The internal code for handling data was rewritten (~25% of the code)
Completely backward compatible
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API V1.13 (cgminer v2.4.4)
Added API commands:
'check'
Support was added to cgminer for API access groups with the --api-groups option
It's 100% backward compatible with previous --api-access commands
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API V1.12 (cgminer v2.4.3)
Modified API commands:
'stats' - more pool stats added
Support for the ModMinerQuad FPGA was added
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API V1.11 (cgminer v2.4.2)
Modified API commands:
'save' no longer requires a filename (use default if not specified)
'save' incorrectly returned status E (error) on success before.
It now correctly returns S (success)
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API V1.10 (cgminer v2.4.1)
Added API commands:
'stats'
N.B. the 'stats' command can change at any time so any specific content
present should not be relied upon.
The data content is mainly used for debugging purposes or hidden options
in cgminer and can change as development work requires
Modified API commands:
'pools' added "Last Share Time"
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API V1.9 (cgminer v2.4.0)
Added API commands:
'restart'
Modified API commands:
'notify' corrected invalid JSON
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API V1.8 (cgminer v2.3.5)
Added API commands:
'devdetails'
Support for the ZTex FPGA was added
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API V1.7 (cgminer v2.3.4)
Added API commands:
'removepool'
Modified API commands:
'pools' added "User"
From API version 1.7 onwards, reply strings in JSON and Text have the
necessary escaping as required to avoid ambiguity
For JSON the 2 characters '"' and '\' are escaped with a '\' before them
For Text the 4 characters '|' ',' '=' and '\' are escaped the same way
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API V1.6 (cgminer v2.3.2)
Added API commands:
'pga'
'pgaenable'
'pgadisable'
'pgacount'
Modified API commands:
'devs' now includes Icarus and Bitforce FPGA devices
'notify' added "*" to the front of the name of all numeric error fields
'config' correct "Log Interval" to use numeric (not text) type for JSON
Support for Icarus and Bitforce FPGAs was added
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API V1.5 was not released
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API V1.4 (Kano's interim release of cgminer v2.3.1)
Added API commands:
'notify'
Modified API commands:
'config' added "Device Code" and "OS"
Added "When" to the STATUS reply section of all commands
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API V1.3 (cgminer v2.3.1-2)
Added API commands:
'addpool'
Modified API commands:
'devs'/'gpu' added "Total MH" for each device
'summary' added "Total MH"
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API V1.2 (cgminer v2.3.0)
Added API commands:
'enablepool'
'disablepool'
'privileged'
Modified API commands:
'config' added "Log Interval"
Starting with API V1.2, any attempt to access a command that requires
privileged security, from an IP address that does not have privileged
security, will return an "Access denied" Error Status
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API V1.1 (cgminer v2.2.4)
There were no changes to the API commands in cgminer v2.2.4,
however support was added to cgminer for IP address restrictions
with the --api-allow option
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API V1.1 (cgminer v2.2.2)
Prior to V1.1, devs/gpu incorrectly reported GPU0 Intensity for all GPUs
Modified API commands:
'devs'/'gpu' added "Last Share Pool" and "Last Share Time" for each device
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API V1.0 (cgminer v2.2.0)
Remove default CPU support
Added API commands:
'config'
'gpucount'
'cpucount'
'switchpool'
'gpuintensity'
'gpumem'
'gpuengine'
'gpufan'
'gpuvddc'
'save'
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API V0.7 (cgminer v2.1.0)
Initial release of the API in the main cgminer git
Commands:
'version'
'devs'
'pools'
'summary'
'gpuenable'
'gpudisable'
'gpurestart'
'gpu'
'cpu'
'gpucount'
'cpucount'
'quit'
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miner.php
=========
miner.php is a PHP based interface to the cgminer RPC API
(referred to simply as the API below)
It can show rig details, summaries and input fields to allow you to change
cgminer
You can also create custom summary pages with it
It has two levels to the security:
1) cgminer can be configured to allow or disallow API access and access level
security for miner.php
2) miner.php can be configured to allow or disallow privileged cgminer
access, if cgminer is configured to allow privileged access for miner.php
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To use miner.php requires a web server with PHP
Basics: On xubuntu 11.04, to install apache2 and php, the commands are:
sudo apt-get install apache2
sudo apt-get install php5
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
On Fedora 17:
yum install httpd php
systemctl restart httpd.service
systemctl enable httpd.service --system
On windows there are a few options.
Try one of these (apparently the first one is easiest - thanks jborkl)
http://www.easyphp.org/
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
http://www.wampserver.com/en/
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The basic cgminer option to enable the API is:
--api-listen
or in your cgminer.conf
"api-listen" : true,
(without the ',' on the end if it is the last item)
If the web server is running on the cgminer computer, the above
is the only change required to give miner.php basic access to
the cgminer API
-
If the web server runs on a different computer to cgminer,
you will also need to tell cgminer to allow the web server
to access cgminer's API and tell miner.php where cgminer is
Assuming a.b.c.d is the IP address of the web server, you
would add the following to cgminer:
--api-listen --api-allow a.b.c.d
or in your cgminer.conf
"api-listen" : true,
"api-allow" : "a.b.c.d",
to tell cgminer to give the web server read access to the API
You also need to tell miner.php where cgminer is.
Assuming cgminer is at IP address e.f.g.h, then you would
edit miner.php and change the line
$rigs = array('127.0.0.1:4028');
to
$rigs = array('e.f.g.h:4028');
See --api-network or --api-allow for more access details
and how to give write access
You can however, also tell miner.php to find your cgminer rigs automatically
on the local subnet
Add the following to each cgminer:
--api-mcast
or in your cgminer.conf
"api-mcast" : true,
And in miner.php set $mcast = true;
This will ignore the value of $rigs and overwrite it with the list of zero or
more rigs found on the network in the timeout specified
A rig will not reply if the API settings would mean it would also ignore an
API request from the web server running miner.php
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Once you have a web server with PHP running
copy your miner.php to the main web folder
On Xubuntu 11.04
/var/www/
On Fedora 17
/var/www/html/
On Windows
see your windows Web/PHP documentation
Assuming the IP address of the web server is a.b.c.d
Then in your web browser go to:
http://a.b.c.d/miner.php
Done :)
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The rest of this documentation deals with the more complex
functions of miner.php, using myminer.php, creaing custom
summaries and displaying multiple cgminer rigs
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If you create a file called myminer.php in the same web folder
where you put miner.php, miner.php will load it when it runs
This is useful, to put any changes you need to make to miner.php
instead of changing miner.php
Thus if you update/get a new miner.php, you won't lose the changes
you have made if you put all your changes in myminer.php
(and don't change miner.php at all)
A simple example myminer.php that defines 2 rigs
(that I will keep referring to further below) is: