Update block list

[eddydc]

Hi,
Is there a way to auto update (via cron eg) the block lists installed (active or not) for adguard?
Cheers,
Eddy

[ameshkov]

You can use curl to call the API method for checking lists updates: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/blob/master/openapi/openapi.yaml

[eddydc]

Forgive me my stupidity, but I don't see what method I should use in order to achieve this?
Do you have an example of the URL that should update the blocklist?

[ameshkov]

You need to make a POST request to http://AGH/control/filtering/refresh
Supply HTTP headers for basic HTTP auth.

[eddydc]

I tried it out with examples like
curl -X POST http://AGH/control/filtering/refresh
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d "{"login":"my_login","password":"my_password"}"
--user "login:password"
off course filled in with the appropriate data.
I get always a forbidden.
Shorter forms like
curl -X POST http://AGH/control/filtering/refresh
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
--user "my_login:my_password"
or
curl -X POST http://AGH/control/filtering/refresh
--user "my_login:my_password"
give json decode: EOF
Any suggestions?

[ameshkov]

You need to send Authorization header with your credentials encoded as a base64 string: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication

You also need to send a JSON object like it's specified here: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/blob/master/openapi/openapi.yaml#L563

curl -X POST \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H 'Authorization: Basic XXXXXXXX' \
    -d '{ "whitelist": false }' \
    http://AGH/control/filtering/refresh

[eddydc]

That worked indeed. Many thanks for the help with that.
I get a {"updated":0} back. I guess the 0 will be replaced with the actual number if anything is actually updated, no?
Looking at the whitelist param: do I need to run it twice: once for the blacklist and once for the whitelist?