topic Re: updating switch port config in Network Platform API

updating switch port config

Adrian41 — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 10:04:54 GMT

Hello,

I am building an python app that backups and restores switch port configs and the backup part is done.

Doing the restore however, I just wanted to confirm - do I have to do a separate API call for each and every port?!?
Or can I nest the body dictionary for each port in one parent dictionary and do them all in one call?

https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-v1/update-device-switch-port/

Thanks!

Re: updating switch port config

xiaoyhu — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 11:41:38 GMT

@Adrian41 Yes, you can. Action batch is designed for this.

https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-v1/action-batches-overview/#action-batches

Re: updating switch port config

Adrian41 — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 11:44:50 GMT

cheers

Re: updating switch port config

Adrian41 — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 11:53:30 GMT

follow up question - would a batch request run faster than lots of individual requests? Im not sure if the time it takes to run lots of individual requests is mostly because of the request transit time or the actual processing time.

Re: updating switch port config

Philip D'Ath — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 21:34:33 GMT

Almost certainly, because of the API rate limit (10 requests/s).

Re: updating switch port config

Philip D'Ath — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 21:35:43 GMT

ps. Googles Bard (bard.google.com) is very good at writing code using Python and the Meraki API