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Problem:<\/strong><\/p>\n

You have to make a few API calls to gather this information.\u00a0 First, you have to make an API call to return the container to get the \u201c_ref\u201d and then a 2nd to query \u201cget the network\u201d.<\/p>\n

Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are going to use Infoblox WAPI\u2019s \u201c\/request\u201d, this object allows you to make more than one API calls and pass data between HTTP methods (GET, PUT, DELETE and POST).<\/p>\n

Docs Note:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/[gm]\/wapidoc\/objects\/request.html<\/p>\n

First API call:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are looking for a \u201cNetwork Container\u201d with an \u201cExtensible Attribute<\/a>\u201d equal to \u201cRED\u201d (hopefully there is just one).<\/p>\n

curl -X GET \\\u00a0 ‘https:\/\/[gm]\/wapi\/v2.7\/networkcontainer?_return_fields+=extattrs<\/strong>&*Country:=RED<\/strong>‘ \\<\/p>\n

First Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[<\/p>\n

{<\/p>\n

“_ref”: “networkcontainer\/ZG5zLm5ldHdvcmtfY29udGFpbmVyJDEwLjAuMC4wLzE2LzQ1<\/strong>:10.0.0.0\/16\/Dell”,<\/p>\n

“extattrs”: {<\/p>\n

“Country”: {<\/p>\n

“value”: “RED<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

},<\/p>\n

“Paul EA”: {<\/p>\n

“value”: “A”<\/p>\n

}<\/p>\n

},<\/p>\n

“network”: “10.0.0.0\/16<\/strong>“,<\/p>\n

“network_view”: “Dell<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

}<\/p>\n

]<\/p>\n

Second API call:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now that we have some useful information we can use that to form the 2nd API call<\/p>\n

Going to get the next available network \/24 passing the \u201cnetwork\u201d and \u201cnetwork view\u201d from the previous call and update the comment with Used<\/p>\n

curl -X POST \\<\/p>\n

‘https:\/\/[gm]\/wapi\/v2.7\/network?_return_fields+=network,comment&_return_as_object=1&_return_fields%2B=network,comment’ \\<\/p>\n

-H ‘content-type: application\/json’ \\<\/p>\n

-d ‘{<\/p>\n

“network”: “func:nextavailablenetwork:172.16.0.0\/16<\/strong>,Dell<\/strong>,24″,<\/p>\n

“network_view”: “Dell”,<\/p>\n

“comment”: “Used<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

}’<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Second Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n

{<\/p>\n

“result”: {<\/p>\n

“_ref”: “network\/ZG5zLm5ldHdvcmskMTcyLjE2LjUuMC8yNC80NQ:172.16.5.0\/24\/Dell”,<\/p>\n

“comment”: “Used<\/strong>“,<\/p>\n

“network”: “172.16.5.0\/24<\/strong>“,<\/p>\n

“network_view”: “Dell”<\/p>\n

}<\/p>\n

}<\/p>\n

Request Call:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s look at using Request to create our own Automation process<\/p>\n

First call in the request is a \u201cGET\u201d for the object \u201cnetworkcontainer\u201d, passing in the data points \u201cnetwork_view\u201d is \u201cDell\u201d and EA \u201c*Country\u201d equals to \u201cRED\u201d asking to return \u201cExtensible Attributes\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Request<\/p>\n

\"First<\/p>\n

curl -X POST \\\r\n  https:\/\/[gm]\/wapi\/v2.7\/request \\\r\n  -d '[\r\n    {\r\n        \"method\": \"GET\",\r\n        \"object\": \"networkcontainer\",\r\n        \"data\": {\r\n            \"network_view\": \"Dell\",\r\n            \"*Country\": \"RED\"\r\n        },\r\n        \"args\": {\r\n            \"_return_fields+\": \"extattrs\"\r\n        },\r\n        \"assign_state\": {\r\n            \"net_ref\": \"network\",\r\n            \"net_view\": \"network_view\"\r\n        }\r\n    },\r\n        \"discard\": true\r\n    },\r\n    {\r\n        \"method\": \"POST\",\r\n        \"object\": \"network\",\r\n        \"enable_substitution\": true,\r\n        \"data\": {\r\n            \"network\": \"func:nextavailablenetwork:##STATE:net_ref:##,##STATE:sif_view:##,24\",\r\n            \"network_view\": \"##STATE:sif_view:##\",\r\n            \"comment\": \"Used\"\r\n        }\r\n    }\r\n]<\/pre>\n
Request Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n
[<\/p>\n
“network\/ZG5zLm5ldHdvcmskMTAuMC4zMC4wLzI0LzQ1:10.0.30.0\/24\/Dell”<\/p>\n
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