How to add description to ACI Fabric > Inventory through API

[Count2infinity]

Hello,

For a Postman Runner collection that I am working on I need to create a request that will update the description under the Fabric > Inventory > Interfaces side of the fabric. I usually do most of my scripting through just doing the config in the GUI and taking the API inspector POST payload and making that the body of my request. I do that with this item using this payload:

"{\"infraHPathS\":{\"attributes\":{\"rn\":\"hpaths-101_eth1_14\",\"dn\":\"uni/infra/hpaths-101_eth1_14\",\"descr\":\"TEST\",\"name\":\"101_eth1_14\"},\"children\":[{\"infraRsHPathAtt\":{\"attributes\":{\"dn\":\"uni/infra/hpaths-101_eth1_14/rsHPathAtt-[topology/pod-1/paths-101/pathep-[eth1/14]]\",\"tDn\":\"topology/pod-1/paths-101/pathep-[eth1/14]\"}}}]}}"

I get a 

                    "code": "400",

                    "text": "incomplete node at line '1'"

return from the send request. What payload JSON or XML should I be using for this task? 

Any assistance is greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance! 

[Robert Burns]

See if this helps.  https://community.cisco.com/t5/data-center-documents/technote-how-to-configure-an-interface-description-for-a-switch/ta-p/3166551

Robert

[Count2infinity]

Hello and thank you for your reply!

I have actually come across this one as well and the issue that I found for it is that is looks like it is for the Fabric > Access Policies side of things for the interface selector and not for the Inventory side for the physical port.

[Sergiu.Daniluk · Accepted solution]

Hi @Count2infinity 

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I usually do most of my scripting through just doing the config in the GUI and taking the API inspector POST payload and making that the body of my request.

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That's exactly what I do as well. I have tested what you are trying to do, simply copying the url+payload from the API Inspector, changed the description and for me works just fine:

Stay safe,

Sergiu

[Count2infinity]

This was beyond helpful! For some strange reason possibly the code that I am on 4.2 (6h) the API inspector added characters like " and \ that once I got rid of those in the body of my request it worked like a champ! 

Thank you so much for your help! 

[Sergiu.Daniluk]

Ah that was present for me as well (5.2), but I deleted it, to have a proper JSON body.

Stay safe,

Sergiu

[Count2infinity]

Oh ok maybe its just something it does for that POST payload and I was just not use to that because the other ones that I have copied have not added those characters and pretty much just work right away.

Thank you again!