Creating multiple objects with one api call

[Doug Byrd]

Hello,

     I am trying to right a script to configure a pair of leaves that will be used as a vpc pair.  I would like to be able to create the switch profiles in a single API call (L105, L106, L105-L106).  However, I can't seem to get it to configure all three.  It will only configure the first one listed.

Is there a way to do this or do I just need to iterate over the nodes to create the profiles.

Thanks!

Below is the payload I'm using

{

  "imdata": [

  {

    "infraNodeP": {

      "attributes": {

        "descr": "",

        "dn": "uni/infra/nprof-L105",

        "name": "L105",

        "nameAlias": "",

        "ownerKey": "",

        "ownerTag": ""

      },

      "children": [{

        "infraRsAccPortP": {

          "attributes": {

            "tDn": "uni/infra/accportprof-IP-L105"

          }

        }

      },

      {

        "infraLeafS": {

          "attributes": {

            "descr": "",

            "name": "Leaf105",

            "nameAlias": "",

            "ownerKey": "",

            "ownerTag": "",

            "type": "range"

          },

          "children": [{

            "infraNodeBlk": {

              "attributes": {

                "descr": "",

                "from_": "105",

                "name": "Node105",

                "nameAlias": "",

                "to_": "105"

              }

            }

          }]

        }

      }]

    }

  },

  {

    "infraNodeP": {

      "attributes": {

        "descr": "",

        "dn": "uni/infra/nprof-L106",

        "name": "L106",

        "nameAlias": "",

        "ownerKey": "",

        "ownerTag": ""

      },

      "children": [{

        "infraRsAccPortP": {

          "attributes": {

            "tDn": "uni/infra/accportprof-IP-L106"

          }

        }

      },

      {

        "infraLeafS": {

          "attributes": {

            "descr": "",

            "name": "Leaf106",

            "nameAlias": "",

            "ownerKey": "",

            "ownerTag": "",

            "type": "range"

          },

          "children": [{

            "infraNodeBlk": {

              "attributes": {

                "descr": "",

                "from_": "106",

                "name": "Node106",

                "nameAlias": "",

                "to_": "106"

              }

            }

          }]

        }

      }]

    }

  },{ 

    "infraNodeP": {

      "attributes": {

        "descr": "",

        "dn": "uni/infra/nprof-L105-L106",

        "name": "L105-L106",

        "nameAlias": "",

        "ownerKey": "",

        "ownerTag": ""

      },

      "children": [{

        "infraRsAccPortP": {

          "attributes": {

            "tDn": "uni/infra/accportprof-IP-L105-L106"

          }

        }

      },

      {

        "infraLeafS": {

          "attributes": {

            "descr": "",

            "name": "Leaf105-Leaf106",

            "nameAlias": "",

            "ownerKey": "",

            "ownerTag": "",

            "type": "range"

          },

          "children": [{

            "infraNodeBlk": {

              "attributes": {

                "descr": "",

                "from_": "105",

                "name": "Node105-106",

                "nameAlias": "",

                "to_": "106"

              }

            }

          }]

        }

      }]

    }

  }]

}

[sebas.jacobs]

Hi Doug,

Not sure which url your posting to ? You can use "{{protocol}}://{{apic}}/api/node/mo/uni/infra.json" for this api call.

For the body you will need to iterate this one i think. Make three seperate api calls and fire them to the above api object.

Below a example of the call itself.

[{

  "infraNodeP": {

    "attributes": {

      "descr": "",

      "name": "{{Switch Policies}}"

    },

    "children": [{

      "infraLeafS": {

        "attributes": {

          "descr": "",

          "name": "{{Leaf Selector}}",

          "type": "range"

        },

        "children": [{

          "infraNodeBlk": {

            "attributes": {

              "descr": "",

              "from_": "{{from}}",

              "name": "{{Node-id}}",

              "to_": "{{to}}"

            }

          }

        }]

      }

    },

    {

      "infraRsAccPortP": {

        "attributes": {

          "tDn": "uni/infra/accportprof-{{Interface Policies}}"

        }

      }

    }]

  }

}]

It is advisable to strip all unused object from your calls to keep them readable. Also try using name formatting for the objects you create (suffix/prefix) since this will greatly help you in the future with troubleshooting and such.

Hope this helps

[Mark Nejedlo]

This can be done in a single call by (re)defining the parent object, then putting all the new or changed objects in the "children": [...] key of the parent.

Using your example playload, calling https://<APIC>/api/node/mo/uni/infra.json with:

{
  "infraInfra": {
    "attributes": {
      "dn": "uni/infra"
    },
    "children": [
      {
        "infraNodeP": {...}
      },
      {
        "infraNodeP": {...}
      },
      {
        "infraNodeP": {...}
      }
    ]
  }
}

Notes:

The "attributes" key is required by Cisco's schema, you can't skip it and just set the "children" key.

Similarly, you can't leave the "attributes" section empty.  I chose '"dn"" "uni/infra"' simply because it was the only configuration attribute of infraInfra with a value set on my APIC.  Quite likely, this is necessary anyway to uniquely identify the parent (even though in this specific case there is probably only one infraInfra object).