simple-catalyst-center 0.2.1

Simple REST-client for Cisco Catalyst Center

simple_catalyst_center is a simplified REST Client for the Cisco Catalyst Center (formerly known as DNA Center).

Features

simple_catalyst_center has following features:

• manage login

• download files

• wait for task results

• CRUD interface for all possible API URLs

Installation

Install simple_catalyst_center by running:

pip3 install simple_catalyst_center

Examples

get backup zip file for all devices

from simple_catalyst_center import CiscoCatalystCenterClient
import logging
from getpass import getpass
import secrets
import string

logger = logging.getLogger()
logging.basicConfig(encoding="utf-8", level=logging.INFO)


IP=input("Please Enter Catalyst Center IP: ") or "100.75.2.2"
username=input("Please Enter Catalyst username: ") or "admin"
password=getpass("Please Enter Catalyst password: ") or "not set"
zip_password=input("Please Enter ZIP password: ")
if not zip_password:
    zip_password=''.join((secrets.choice(string.ascii_letters + string.digits + string.punctuation) for i in range(12)))
    print(f"generated zip password is: {zip_password}")


cc = CiscoCatalystCenterClient(f"https://{IP}/", ssl_verify=False)
cc.login(username, password)
api=cc.api
ids=[]

# collect all device ids
for result in api.dna.intent.api.v1("network-device").get(params={"managementIpAddress": ["100.75.1.11"]}):
    ids.append(result["id"])


res=api.dna.intent.api.v1("network-device-archive").cleartext.post(body={
    "deviceId": ids,
    "password": zip_password
})

# download task result, needs task URL and target filename

cc.download(res.get("url"), res.get("taskId") + ".zip")

Contribute

• Issue Tracker: https://github.com/jinjamator/simple_catalyst_center/issues

• Source Code: https://github.com/jinjamator/simple_catalyst_center

Roadmap

Selected Roadmap items:

• add more documentation

• add some more examples

For documentation please refer to https://simple_catalyst_center.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0