Forum Discussion
chrisb10_232790
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusF5 Rest API: PUT method is removing pool member properties
We are attempting to use the Rest API to update multiple pool members at a time. The way we are attempting to do that is by doing a PUT to a URL similar to this:
PUT
http:///mgmt/tm/ltm/p...
Mike_BiancanielNimbostratus
Nimbostratus1) An update does not perform a "deep" or recursive update on a resource. It is similar to a dict.update() in python. i.e. it replaces each attribute: e.g. old[LoadBalancingMode] = update[LoadBalancingMode], old[members] = new[members], &c.
This is standard for REST implementations. If you want to update the members, you need to send an update request to each member resource (
/pool//members//2) Notice I said "update" instead of PUT or PATCH. At least as of v11.5.4, PUT works as an update. Essentially, PUT and PATCH seem to be identical. This is bad. PUT is supposed to be "replace", not "update". That's what PATCH is for.
That being said, even PATCH is not typically going to be recursive, although that is up to how it is implemented.
