API problems with update SSID

[Adrian41]

Hello,

I am trying to build a script that copies SSID info from one network and updates another network with that info.

PUT endpint

https://api.meraki.com/api/v1/networks/{destination_id}/wireless/ssids/{ssid['number']}

It seems to work ok with PSK SSIDS but on one which is Enterprise with Radius - it has problems.


The first error was "encryptionMode' must be one of: 'wep' or 'wpa"
I found this that advised just removing that key:
https://community.meraki.com/t5/Wireless-LAN/quot-Update-the-attributes-of-an-SSID-quot-AP-endpoint-broken/m-p/61491

Which I did, but then I got another error {'errors': ["'radiusFailoverPolicy' must be a string"]}

I don't understand why I am getting these errors, if the fields are correct for the network I copied from, why is the API saying they are wrong when I try to copy to a network?


API payload data:

{
    "number": 0,
    "name": "Redacted",
    "enabled": true,
    "splashPage": "None",
    "ssidAdminAccessible": false,
    "authMode": "8021x-radius",
    "dot11w": {
        "enabled": true,
        "required": true
    },
    "dot11r": {
        "enabled": false,
        "adaptive": false
    },
    "encryptionMode": "wpa-eap",
    "wpaEncryptionMode": "WPA2 only",
    "radiusServers": [
        {
            "host": "0.0.0.0",
            "port": 0000,
            "id": "000000000000000000",
            "openRoamingCertificateId": null,
            "caCertificate": null
        },
        {
            "host": "0.0.0.0",
            "port": 0000,
            "id": "000000000000000000",
            "openRoamingCertificateId": null,
            "caCertificate": null
        }
    ],
    "radiusAccountingEnabled": false,
    "radiusTestingEnabled": false,
    "radiusServerTimeout": 1,
    "radiusServerAttemptsLimit": 3,
    "radiusFallbackEnabled": false,
    "radiusProxyEnabled": false,
    "radiusCoaEnabled": false,
    "radiusCalledStationId": "$NODE_MAC$:$VAP_NAME$",
    "radiusAuthenticationNasId": "$NODE_MAC$:$VAP_NUM$",
    "radiusAttributeForGroupPolicies": "Filter-Id",
    "radiusFailoverPolicy": null,
    "radiusLoadBalancingPolicy": null,
    "ipAssignmentMode": "Bridge mode",
    "useVlanTagging": true,
    "defaultVlanId": 0000,
    "radiusOverride": false,
    "minBitrate": 11,
    "bandSelection": "Dual band operation",
    "perClientBandwidthLimitUp": 0,
    "perClientBandwidthLimitDown": 0,
    "perSsidBandwidthLimitUp": 0,
    "perSsidBandwidthLimitDown": 0,
    "mandatoryDhcpEnabled": false,
    "lanIsolationEnabled": false,
    "visible": true,
    "availableOnAllAps": true,
    "availabilityTags": [],
    "speedBurst": {
        "enabled": false
    }
}

[Philip D'Ath]

I think the "GET" method is returning additional non-configurable information, which you must remove if you want to do a PUT.

[Brash]

@Philip D'Ath is correct.
To further the answer, it's because when performing the GET request, you're getting all attributes of the SSID - some of which are NULL as they have not been configured or are not applicable/configurable.

When sending that configuration back into a PUT, you're sending NULL values for attributes which are NULL by default but require a valid value for configuring (or are not configurable) - hence "radiusFailoverPolicy' must be a string"

You'll need to parse out some values from the GET request (such as NULL's) and ignore them rather than trying to send them into the PUT request.