RestPy: lookup by Href not working as expected.

[openixia]

RestPy: lookup by Href not working as expected.

[ajbalogh]

handles are not supported - the class properties should be used ie session.Ixnetwork.

[muthvar1]

So how else can I achieve this problem statement? I will describe the problem statement below. Can you please tell me how to achieve what I am looking for.

• I have already started a session and configured a partial configuration
• I exited the session or the script
• Now I want to get back the handle to that session and also be able to retrieve the many objects I would need to continue with my configuration. This includes the ixNetwork object, topology object, possibly vport etc that were already created as part of the initial partial config.
• What I have is the href for all these objects which I can retrieve from the api browser window, or id's in case of the session.

[muthvar1]

handles are not supported - the class properties should be used ie session.Ixnetwork.

I am not sure I understood this? If the lookup is by href, then it should accept the href as a string right? Else this function does not seem useful to me. Like I mentioned in my problem statement in Issue#40. The href handle I have is retrieved from the api browser window.

[ajbalogh]

Every object that is multi instance supports a .find() command with options for finding specific objects. For example Sessions allows finding by Id. Vports, topologies can be found by name. IxNetwork is a single instance object so there is no need to find it - you just access the class property on sessions and you have the object.

[muthvar1]

Just an update on this thread. Figured out one mistake I was doing here. The id in testPlatform.Sessions.find(Id='17') should be integer and not string. If string is provided it gives a random object and not the actual session you request.

[ajbalogh]

Thanks for that - i will coerce the id in the sessions class.

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