TL;DR¶
Instantiate the Api
. Use the methods available on Endpoint
to return Record
objects.
API¶
- class pynetbox.core.api.Api(url, token=None, private_key=None, private_key_file=None, threading=False)¶
The API object is the point of entry to pynetbox.
After instantiating the Api() with the appropriate named arguments you can specify which app and endpoint you wish to interact with.
- Valid attributes currently are:
dcim
ipam
circuits
secrets (on NetBox 2.11 and older)
tenancy
extras
virtualization
users (since NetBox 2.9)
wireless (since NetBox 3.1)
Calling any of these attributes will return
App
which exposes endpoints as attributes.- Additional Attributes:
- http_session(requests.Session):
Override the default session with your own. This is used to control a number of HTTP behaviors such as SSL verification, custom headers, retires, and timeouts. See custom sessions for more info.
- Parameters
url (str) – The base URL to the instance of NetBox you wish to connect to.
token (str) – Your NetBox token.
private_key_file (str,optional) – The path to your private key file. (Usable only on NetBox 2.11 and older)
private_key (str,optional) – Your private key. (Usable only on NetBox 2.11 and older)
threading (bool,optional) – Set to True to use threading in
.all()
and.filter()
requests.
- Raises
ValueError – If private_key and private_key_file are both specified.
AttributeError – If app doesn’t exist.
- Examples
>>> import pynetbox >>> nb = pynetbox.api( ... 'http://localhost:8000', ... token='d6f4e314a5b5fefd164995169f28ae32d987704f' ... ) >>> list(nb.dcim.devices.all()) [test1-leaf1, test1-leaf2, test1-leaf3]
- create_token(username, password)¶
Creates an API token using a valid NetBox username and password. Saves the created token automatically in the API object.
Requires NetBox 3.0.0 or newer.
- Returns
The token as a
Record
object.- Raises
RequestError
if the request is not successful.- Example
>>> import pynetbox >>> nb = pynetbox.api("https://netbox-server") >>> token = nb.create_token("admin", "netboxpassword") >>> nb.token '96d02e13e3f1fdcd8b4c089094c0191dcb045bef' >>> from pprint import pprint >>> pprint(dict(token)) {'created': '2021-11-27T11:26:49.360185+02:00', 'description': '', 'display': '045bef (admin)', 'expires': None, 'id': 2, 'key': '96d02e13e3f1fdcd8b4c089094c0191dcb045bef', 'url': 'https://netbox-server/api/users/tokens/2/', 'user': {'display': 'admin', 'id': 1, 'url': 'https://netbox-server/api/users/users/1/', 'username': 'admin'}, 'write_enabled': True} >>>
- openapi()¶
Returns the OpenAPI spec.
Quick helper function to pull down the entire OpenAPI spec.
- Returns
dict
- Example
>>> import pynetbox >>> nb = pynetbox.api( ... 'http://localhost:8000', ... token='d6f4e314a5b5fefd164995169f28ae32d987704f' ... ) >>> nb.openapi() {...} >>>
- status()¶
Gets the status information from NetBox.
Available in NetBox 2.10.0 or newer.
- Returns
Dictionary as returned by NetBox.
- Raises
RequestError
if the request is not successful.- Example
>>> pprint.pprint(nb.status()) {'django-version': '3.1.3', 'installed-apps': {'cacheops': '5.0.1', 'debug_toolbar': '3.1.1', 'django_filters': '2.4.0', 'django_prometheus': '2.1.0', 'django_rq': '2.4.0', 'django_tables2': '2.3.3', 'drf_yasg': '1.20.0', 'mptt': '0.11.0', 'rest_framework': '3.12.2', 'taggit': '1.3.0', 'timezone_field': '4.0'}, 'netbox-version': '2.10.2', 'plugins': {}, 'python-version': '3.7.3', 'rq-workers-running': 1} >>>
- property version¶
Gets the API version of NetBox.
Can be used to check the NetBox API version if there are version-dependent features or syntaxes in the API.
- Returns
Version number as a string.
- Example
>>> import pynetbox >>> nb = pynetbox.api( ... 'http://localhost:8000', ... token='d6f4e314a5b5fefd164995169f28ae32d987704f' ... ) >>> nb.version '3.1' >>>
App¶
- class pynetbox.core.app.App(api, name)¶
Represents apps in NetBox.
Calls to attributes are returned as Endpoint objects.
- Returns
Endpoint
matching requested attribute.- Raises
RequestError
if requested endpoint doesn’t exist.
- choices()¶
Returns _choices response from App
Note
This method is deprecated and only works with NetBox version 2.7.x or older. The
choices()
method inEndpoint
is compatible with all NetBox versions.- Returns
Raw response from NetBox’s _choices endpoint.
- config()¶
Returns config response from app
- Returns
Raw response from NetBox’s config endpoint.
- Raises
RequestError
if called for an invalid endpoint.- Example
>>> pprint.pprint(nb.users.config()) {'tables': {'DeviceTable': {'columns': ['name', 'status', 'tenant', 'device_role', 'site', 'primary_ip', 'tags']}}}
- custom_choices()¶
Returns _custom_field_choices response from app
Note
This method only works with NetBox version 2.9.x or older. NetBox 2.10.0 introduced the
/extras/custom-fields/
endpoint that can be used f.ex. likenb.extras.custom_fields.all()
.- Returns
Raw response from NetBox’s _custom_field_choices endpoint.
- Raises
RequestError
if called for an invalid endpoint.- Example
>>> nb.extras.custom_choices() {'Testfield1': {'Testvalue2': 2, 'Testvalue1': 1}, 'Testfield2': {'Othervalue2': 4, 'Othervalue1': 3}}