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rvdvelpe_80134
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Feb 01, 2017

AFM - How to add an element to an addresslist with iControlREST

Hi,   I do not find any way to add an element to an existing addresslist with iControlREST.   POST = CREATE   PATCH = MODIFY   Is there a method to ADD an element?   What I have tried...
AFM
iControlREST
security
Tikka_Nagi_1315's avatar
Tikka_Nagi_1315
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Mar 22, 2017

As David confirmed above in the comments, this isn't possible without a full replace. There is an enhancement request (ID587457) with product development to make firewall address lists to be subcollections like firewall policies so that full replace is not required. Until then, using a high level language you can accomplish this by:

 

  1. GET the object (maybe use $select to fetch only the addresses array).
  2. Using the JSON representation- it is a simple array- add, subtract, etc. entries as required.
  3. PATCH the object with the changed payload.
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JWhitesPro_1928
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Aug 15, 2017

I've ran into a strange issue where if I do a GET request as described above first it fails....if I do the POST first and the exact same get request after it works. Is there something with rest and having to do a post first? When i do the get statement first I just get

 

Invoke-RestMethod : The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send.

 

The GET request works when it comes after the POST in the script but the moment I comment out the post request I start getting this error...Obviously none of this helps me because I need to do the get request first to get the list before I post a new list to it.