Question: Create Interface connection via API (curl / bash)

[b2c]

hi@all,

I'm trying to figure out how to create interface connections between devices via API calls from the shell via curl. I browsed the swagger API docs and tried to recreate the command it proposed, but I always get the error

{
  "detail": "Not found."
}

I try to create the interfaceconnection with this request:

curl -X PUT -H "Authorization: Token <token>" -H "Accept: application/json; indent=2" --data '{
   "interface_a": "1250",
   "interface_b": "2676",
   "connection_status": "Connected"
 }' \
'http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/dcim/interface-connections/212/?connection_status=Connected&device=40'

I also tried swapping the "device=" variable to the device name but no luck.


The interfaces with the IDs '1250' and '2767' exist, I can find them via an API call like this:

curl -X GET -H "Authorization: Token <token>" -H "Accept: application/json; indent=2" 'http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/dcim/interface-connections/1250/'
{
  "id": 1250,
  "device": {
    "id": 40,
    "url": "http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/dcim/devices/40/",
    "name": "serv64.ix",
    "display_name": "server1"
  },
  "name": "device1",
  "form_factor": {
    "label": "1000BASE-T (1GE)",
    "value": 1000
  },
  "enabled": true,
  "lag": null,
  "mtu": null,
  "mac_address": "02:4D:05:C1:F2:C9",
  "mgmt_only": true,
  "description": "",
  "is_connected": false,
  "interface_connection": null,
  "circuit_termination": null
}

What am I missing or doing wrong?

Thanks and regards,
david

[Max]

I think you need to un-quote the values of the interface_a and interface_b fields, like this:

curl -X PUT -H "Authorization: Token <token>" -H "Accept: application/json; indent=2" --data '{
   "interface_a": 1250,
   "interface_b": 2676,
   "connection_status": "Connected"
 }' \
'http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/dcim/interface-connections/212/?connection_status=Connected&device=40'

[Max]

Additionally, "connection_status" actually looks like this:

      "connection_status": {
        "label": "Connected",
        "value": true
      }

So something like

curl -X PUT -H "Authorization: Token <token>" -H "Accept: application/json; indent=2" --data

'{
   "interface_a": 1250,
   "interface_b": 2676,
   "connection_status": true
 }' \
'http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/dcim/interface-connections/212/?connection_status=Connected&device=40'

should work.

Am Mittwoch, 24. Januar 2018 11:45:57 UTC+1 schrieb b2c:

[b2c]

hi,

thank you for the quick replay, but sorry to say that it still doesn't work:

curl -X PUT -H "Authorization: Token <token>" -H "Accept: application/json; indent=2" --data '{ "interface_a": 1250, "interface_b": 2676, "connection_status": true }' 'http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/dcim/interface-connections/212/?device=40'

{
  "detail": "Not found."
}

If I try to POST, I receive "Method not allowed". Also tried to swap "device=40" to the servername but I always get the same error "detail: not found"
Perhaps it has something todo with the fact, that I'm creating an new connetion with the ID "212" which I just made up? It's the next free ID, IDs 1-211 are already taken.


[Max]

What's the "212" in the API address? I think that could be the cause of the error. Try POSTing to api/dcim/interface-connections/:

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Token <token>" -H "Accept: application/json; indent=2" --data '{ "interface_a": 1250, "interface_b": 2676, "connection_status": true }' 'http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/dcim/interface-connections/'


[David Gabriel]

hi,

the '212' would be the new connection ID which I 'invented' since 1-211 are already allocated for other connections. Anyway, if I try to POST

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Token <token>" -H "Accept: application/json; indent=2" --data '{ "interface_a": 1250, "interface_b": 2676, "connection_status": true }' 'http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/dcim/interface-connections/'

I get:

{
  "interface_a": [
    "This field is required."
  ],
  "interface_b": [
    "This field is required."
  ]
}


I tried with PUT too, but that method is "not allowed".

thanks for your patience and regards,
david

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[Max]

Sorry, forgot the Content-Type header. This command works for me, and if it doesn't for you, I have no clue why.

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Token <Token>" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"interface_a": 1, "interface_b": 3, "connection_status": true}' http://<HOST>:<PORT>/api/dcim/interface-connections/

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[b2c]

Thank you so much, this worked for me too now!

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Token <token>" -H "Accept: application/json; indent=2" --data '{ "interface_a": 1250, "interface_b": 2676, "connection_status": true }' 'http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/dcim/interface-connections/'

{
  "id": 213,