GET for Device and InventoryDetails

rriveraa — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 19:14:11 GMT

Hello,

I am using the get query for Device object to get some specific information for the device like: Hostname, Ipaddress, collectionTime, location, and deviceType, howerver I am requiring to get an extra information that is located in InventoryDetails Object: udiSerialNr, Could I mix informationfrom Device and InventoryDetails?

a) Get Device: Getting all the parameters from Device:

https://szier-m8-106.cisco.com/webacs/api/v1/data/Devices

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

<collectionDetail>String value</collectionDetail>

<deviceName>String value</deviceName>

<deviceType>String value</deviceType>

<ipAddress>String value</ipAddress>

<location>String value</location>

<managementStatus>UNKNOWN</managementStatus>

<manufacturerPartNr>String value</manufacturerPartNr>

</manufacturerPartNrs>

<productFamily>String value</productFamily>

<reachability>UNKNOWN</reachability>

<softwareType>String value</softwareType>

<softwareVersion>String value</softwareVersion>

</devicesDTO>

</entity>

</queryResponse>

b) Get InventoryDetails: I just showing the udiDetails for the device I am performing the query on Device in order to get the udiSerdialNr_:

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

<description>String value</description>

<modelNr>String value</modelNr>

<name>String value</name>

<productId>String value</productId>

<udiSerialNr>String value</udiSerialNr>

<versionId>String value</versionId>

</udiDetail>

</entity>

</queryResponse>

I find both objects have same parameter: deviceId, how could I use it in order to include this information in the Device query? or if you have any advice please let me know.

Thank you.

Rose

Re: GET for Device and InventoryDetails

Spencer Zier — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 21:02:16 GMT

There is no way to combine the two queries into one.

However, they are both enumerated with the same IDs; that is, api/v1/data/Devices/12345 is the same device as api/v1/data/InventoryDetails/12345. So you could query both API resources and correlate the data client-side.

Re: GET for Device and InventoryDetails

rriveraa — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 21:16:05 GMT

Hello Spencer,

Thank you for your answer, they are using the same ID, I could use it to correlate the data, could you please let me know how could do it? I am newbie in API and I am trying to do it.

Thanks a lot.

Re: GET for Device and InventoryDetails

Spencer Zier — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 21:34:01 GMT

The correlation is something you'd have to do client-side; you'd have to program your client to do it or configure your off-the-shelf solution.

The specifics all depend on the client that's interacting with the API, and whatever you're using to persist the data. For example, if I were in your spot and using a document store to persist the data, I'd probably concurrently fetch from both API resources, merge each entity together, and then shove that merged document into the store.

Re: GET for Device and InventoryDetails

rriveraa — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 22:04:39 GMT

Thanks a lot Spencer!!! Your answers provided me a lot of useful tips and guidance in API.

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