DCNM

The following services are supported by the REST connector for DCNM.

get

API to send GET command to the device.

Argument	Description	Default
`api_url`	Unique distinguished name describes the place in the tree	Mandatory
`headers`	Headers to send with the GET command	None
`timeout`	Maximum time it can take to disconnect to the device.	30 seconds
`expected_return_code`	Return code that is expected.	None (Any good result)

# Assuming the device is already connected, and the fabric name is single_leaf_demo
url = '/rest/top-down/fabrics/single_leaf_demo/vrfs'
output = device.rest.get(url)

post

API to send POST command to the device.

Argument	Description	Default
`api_url`	Unique distinguished name describes the place in the tree	Mandatory
`payload`	Payload to send to the device	Mandatory
`headers`	Headers to send with the GET command	None
`timeout`	Maximum time it can take to disconnect to the device.	30 seconds
`expected_return_code`	Return code that is expected.	None (Any good result)

# Assuming the device is already connected
payload = """
{
   "fabric": "single_leaf_demo",
   "networkName": "MyNetwork_10000",
   "serialNumber": "FDO22230J8W",
   "vlan": "1000",
   "dot1QVlan": 1,
   "untagged": False,
   "detachSwitchPorts": "Ethernet1/5",
   "switchPorts": "",
   "deployment": False
}
"""
# Assuming single_leaf_demo fabric is already created
url = '/rest/top-down/fabrics/single_leaf_demo/networks/MyNetwork_10000/attachments/'
device.rest.post(url, payload)

delete

API to send DELETE command to the device.

Argument	Description	Default
`api_url`	Unique distinguished name describes the place in the tree	Mandatory
`headers`	Headers to send with the GET command	None
`timeout`	Maximum time it can take to disconnect to the device.	30 seconds
`expected_return_code`	Return code that is expected.	None (Any good result)

# Assuming the device is already connected
url = '/rest/top-down/fabrics/single_leaf_demo/networks/MyNetwork_10000'
output = device.rest.delete(url)

patch

API to send PATCH command to the device.

Argument	Description	Default
`api_url`	Unique distinguished name describes the place in the tree	Mandatory
`payload`	Payload to send to the device	Mandatory
`headers`	Headers to send with the GET command	None
`timeout`	Maximum time it can take to disconnect to the device.	30 seconds
`expected_return_code`	Return code that is expected.	None (Any good result)

# Assuming the device is already connected
payload = """
{
   "fabric": "single_leaf_demo",
   "networkName": "MyNetwork_10000",
   "serialNumber": "FDO22230J8W",
   "vlan": "1000",
   "dot1QVlan": 1,
   "untagged": False,
   "detachSwitchPorts": "Ethernet1/6",
   "switchPorts": "",
   "deployment": False
}
"""
# Assuming single_leaf_demo fabric is already created
url = '/rest/top-down/fabrics/single_leaf_demo/networks/MyNetwork_10000'
output = device.rest.patch(url)

put

API to send PUT command to the device.

Argument	Description	Default
`api_url`	Unique distinguished name describes the place in the tree	Mandatory
`payload`	Payload to send to the device	Mandatory
`headers`	Headers to send with the GET command	None
`timeout`	Maximum time it can take to disconnect to the device.	30 seconds
`expected_return_code`	Return code that is expected.	None (Any good result)

 # Assuming the device is already connected
payload = """
 {
    "fabric": "single_leaf_demo",
    "networkName": "MyNetwork_10000",
    "serialNumber": "FDO22230J8W",
    "vlan": "1000",
    "dot1QVlan": 1,
    "untagged": False,
    "detachSwitchPorts": "Ethernet1/7",
    "switchPorts": "",
    "deployment": False
 }
 """
 # Assuming single_leaf_demo fabric is already created
 url = '/rest/top-down/fabrics/single_leaf_demo/networks/MyNetwork_10000'
 output = device.rest.put(url)

Section author: Sukanya Kalluri <sukkallu@cisco.com>