Get Managed Devices via XML API for CSPC

[ekman]

Hello

I am trying to find if it is possible to fetch managed devices and their properties such as SNMP version through the XML API in the CSPC platform. I have gone through the User Guide but cannot seem to find any guides how to establish a connection to the CSPC plattform through scripts, or which XML call to perform to get a complete list of devices.

Is this possible with the CSPC platform?

BR

Rasmus

[iportuga · Accepted solution]

Hi Rasmus,

It is possible. The CSPC XML API is available in this URL endpoint: https://{{CSPC-host}}:8001/cspc/xml

Request samples:

<!-- Get device list -->
<Request xmlns="http://www.parinetworks.com/api/schemas/1.1" requestId="">
  <Manage>
    <Get operationId="1">
      <DeviceList all="true" />
    </Get>
  </Manage>
</Request>

<!-- Get all credentials profile list -->
<Request xmlns="http://www.parinetworks.com/api/schemas/1.1" requestId="">
	<Manage>
		<Get operationId="1">
			<DeviceCredentialList all="true" />
		</Get>
	</Manage>
</Request>

<!-- Get one or multiple credential profiles details -->
<Request xmlns="http://www.parinetworks.com/api/schemas/1.1" requestId="">
	<Manage>
		<Get operationId="1">
			<DeviceCredentialList>
				<DeviceCredential identifier="SNMPv3_credential" />
				<DeviceCredential identifier="SNMPv2c_credential" />
				<DeviceCredential identifier="SSH_credential" />
			</DeviceCredentialList>
		</Get>
	</Manage>
</Request>

Regards,
Igor

[ekman]

Hello Igor!

Thanks a lot for the help, it does solve my needs at this point completely. Follow up question, when I try to browse to the URL you provided in the start, I get a 405 error back. Do I need to CURL the URL from the CLI in order to get the available APIs?

Do you have any documentation in terms of what is required in the header/cookies to perform API calls. If you do not have any available documentation I will just have to do some digging to see which fields are sent to and from the CSPC when I perform the API calls manually through the GUI.

HTTP Status 405 – Method Not Allowed

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Type Status Report

Message Method Not Allowed

Description The method received in the request-line is known by the origin server but not supported by the target resource.

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Apache Tomcat/8.5.51

[iportuga]

For the sample requests, the supported HTTP method is POST