{"id":5883,"date":"2021-01-20T08:28:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T16:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.infoblox.com\/?p=5883"},"modified":"2021-01-20T08:28:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T16:28:54","slug":"get-more-value-out-of-infoblox-nios-apis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/community\/get-more-value-out-of-infoblox-nios-apis\/","title":{"rendered":"Get more value out of Infoblox NIOS APIs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Now that you are ready to use these WAPIs,\u00a0 first-time users may be asking, \u201cAll this is great, but where do I get started?\u201d; and those of you who already use these WAPIs may be asking, \u201cI already use WAPIs, what am I going to learn from this blog?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, the answer to both is simple \u2013 WAPI Schema Fetching.<\/span><\/p>\n

This blog will cover the following parameters available with the APIs that allow you to get information regarding the schema of the WAPI that will get you going:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
PARAMETER<\/b><\/td>\nDESCRIPTION<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_schema<\/span><\/td>\nFetches the schema of WAPI<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_schema_version<\/span><\/td>\nYou can specify the schema version you wish to be returned.<\/span>
\n<\/span>By default it is set to 1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_get_doc<\/span><\/td>\nThe schema will include documentation.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Applicable only when _schema_version is 2.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
_schema_searchable<\/span><\/td>\nThe schema will include search-only fields.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Applicable only when _schema_version is 2.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

How do I know what version of WAPI is supported by my Infoblox appliance?<\/b><\/h3>\n

When you request a WAPI schema using the <\/span>_schema<\/i><\/b> option without specifying objtype, an object with the following fields will be returned:<\/span><\/p>\n