{"id":1267,"date":"2019-04-26T20:38:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T20:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=1267"},"modified":"2020-05-06T10:26:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T17:26:59","slug":"getting-started-with-wapis-using-insomnia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/community\/getting-started-with-wapis-using-insomnia\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting started with WAPIs using Insomnia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Infoblox offers a rich set of Web-based Application Programming Interfaces, also called WAPIs, that allow you to easily integrate NIOS into your automation environment.\u00a0This<\/a>\u00a0blog gives you an insight on why to use these WAPIs.<\/p>\n

To get you started quickly, we have created an Insomnia collection of the RESTful Infoblox APIs.<\/p>\n

Insomnia is a free cross-platform desktop application that takes the pain out of interacting with HTTP-based APIs. Insomnia combines an easy-to-use interface with advanced functionality like authentication helpers, code generation, and environment variables.<\/p>\n

Insomnia is available for Mac, Windows, and popular Linux distributions. Visit the\u00a0Downloads<\/a>\u00a0page to download the installer for your operating system.<\/p>\n

Below is a screenshot of Insomnia for Windows.<\/p>\n

\"Insomnia<\/p>\n

There is one file zipped into an attachment included with the blog.<\/p>\n

This file is a collection of a sample set of WAPI calls, and the environment variables (see the table below) that are used within the collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Variable<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
grid_master<\/td>\nThis is the IP address of your grid master.
\n(Example: 172.26.1.2)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Base64_encoding<\/td>\nThe HTTP Authorization request header contains the credentials to authenticate a user agent with a server. Here, we use the “Basic” authentication scheme. The credentials are constructed like this:<\/p>\n
wapi_version<\/td>\nThis is the WAPI version supported by your grid.<\/p>\n

(Example: v2.10)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

object_reference<\/td>\nEvery WAPI Object is referenced by a unique Object Reference that is used to identify the object for all the operations. Substitute this variable with the reference of the object you want to work with.<\/p>\n

(Example:- record:host\/ZG5zLmhvc3QkLl9kZWZhdWx0LmNvbS5pbmZvLnByaW50ZXI: printer.info.com\/default)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

To try out the WAPI calls, download, unzip and import the file into your application.<\/p>\n

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  1. To import the file into your environment, either\n