F5 Python SDK: How to get virtual server availability?

Great to see more people opting to use the SDK!

You can work with the output normally, as with any dict-type, using

dict.get('something')

. Add in a set of square-brackets, if the extracted value is yet another key-value pair, and if you're looking for a very specific match:

dict.get('something')['something']

.

Note: In the for-loop, I'm using

virtual.name

- this extraction works without use of

.get('name')

because 'name' is a 1st-level extraction - no nesting is involved. For the same reason, I can do

state = stats.entries...

in my function, instead of

state = stats.get('entries')...

f5-sdk v2.2.0 ; py3.4.3 ; 11.5.4

from f5.bigip import ManagementRoot

def get_vs_state(vs_name):
    virtual_s = API_ROOT.tm.ltm.virtuals.virtual.load(name=vs_name)
    stats = virtual_s.stats.load()
    state = stats.entries.get('status.availabilityState')['description']
    return state

API_ROOT = ManagementRoot("bip-01", "admin", "admin")
VIRTUALS = API_ROOT.tm.ltm.virtuals.get_collection()

 EXAMPLE OF USE:
 Print AvailabilityState of all Virtual Servers
for virtual in VIRTUALS:
    print("Name: '%s' AvailabilityState: '%s'" % (virtual.name, get_vs_state(virtual.name)))