Introduction

The WAE OPM Python API provides a powerful, programmatic interface to the WAE network model and its objects, enabling simple, easy to read and intuitively written scripts to be developed by users with only basic python scripting knowledge. With just a few lines of code, a user can access all of the network objects and functionality found in the WAE Design application. Tasks such as searching for a specific LSP in a network, listing the interfaces on a node, retrieving the simulated traffic on a circuit and even filtering to all demands or LSPs that route over an interface are easily accessible. The API enables developers to quickly build custom tools to assist with and automate a variety of network discovery, planning and optimization tasks.

The WAE OPM Python API is a wrapper around the existing Design RPC API which is a mature interface to the WAE Design functionality and libraries that has been available since WAE 6.0. The RPC API was developed to maximize application efficiency and flexibility and to support both python and java based application development. The WAE OPM Python API on the other hand, leveraging the RPC API, aims to provide most of the same functionality but with a more pythonic, easy to use and intuitive interface. The RPC API will continue to be available as before and may be the best choice for complex application development where efficiency and flexibility is paramount. However, for the vast majority of users, the OPM API will offer the required functionality in a much more user friendly interface. Applications can also be developed that leverage both APIs, applying the strengths of each where desired.