REST Query on GET Interface

[ian robathan]

We are trying to get a list of interfaces for a device from REST and obviously can do it via left associations.

However I have seen GET_INTERFACES listed but no idea of how to use this in a better way than the associations and nothing on the forum to help me.

 

Has anyone used it and can provide an example of how it can work ?

 

Cheers,

[Baltasar_Infante]

Hi Ian,

 

This is Balta.

 

I'm not sure I've understood what exactly is what you are trying to achieve. Do you want to use the webservices_rest probe to get a list of a device's interfaces?

 

Thanks.

 

Best regards,

 

Balta.

[Justin_Kulikowski]

To return all interfaces of a device, you would issue a POST with this XML to the REST API endpoint '/spectrum/restful/models'.  This is essentially a copy of the "Ports -> By Device IP" Locater search.

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<rs:model-request

    xmlns:rs="http://www.ca.com/spectrum/restful/schema/request"

    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.ca.com/spectrum/restful/schema/request ../../../xsd/Request.xsd ">

 

    <rs:target-models>

        <rs:models-search>

            <rs:search-criteria xmlns="http://www.ca.com/spectrum/restful/schema/filter">

                <action-models>

                    <action-models>

                        <filtered-models>

                            <equals>

                                <model-type>SearchManager</model-type>

                            </equals>

                        </filtered-models>

                        <action>FIND_DEV_MODELS_BY_IP</action>

                        <attribute id="AttributeID.NETWORK_ADDRESS">

                            <value>x.x.x.x</value>   <!-- Enter Device IP here -->

                        </attribute>

                    </action-models>

                    <action>GET_INTERFACES</action>

                </action-models>

            </rs:search-criteria>

        </rs:models-search>

    </rs:target-models>

 

    <rs:requested-attribute id="0x1006e" />

     <!-- Enter more attributes here -->

</rs:model-request>

 

 

Another nice easy endpoint to return only the interfaces with discovered connections, is to issue a GET to the REST API endpoint '/spectrum/restful/connectivity/<ip_address>'.

[Baltasar_Infante]

Thanks Ian.

 

One quick question, if you are aiming towards Spectrum, shouldn't this thread be open in the Spectrum Community?

 

Bestt regards,

 

Balta.

[Baltasar_Infante]

My bad. I forgot that different products are discussed within this same thread. As we speak I don't have an answer to your question but since it is fairly new, I'm sure some other engineers/customers will step in .

 

Best regards,

 

Balta.