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Akash9920's avatar
Akash9920
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Nov 09, 2020

get virtual list based on vip/destination filter [request params]?

Hi folks and python developers, I am looking for a solution to a question. Currently I am using python sdk to get the list of the virtuals with filter option as partition and destination/vip? I have tried following things and unable to achieve that:

virtuals = mgmt.tm.ltm.virtuals.get_collection(requests_params={
    'params': 'expandSubcollections=true&$filter=partition+eq+partition&$destination+eq+vip')}

What I am trying to do is for a given device , partition, vip I want to get the list of the virtuals. s there a way to wild card for destination?

articles i referred are:

1) https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/getting-started-with-the-python-sdk-part-4-working-with-request-parameters-31420

2) https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/demystifying-icontrol-rest-part-3-how-to-pass-query-parameters-and-tmsh-options

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  • PeteWhite's avatar
    PeteWhite
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    Nov 18, 2020

    I'm confused why your filter ends with $destination+eq+vip

    Take a look at https://www.odata.org/documentation/odata-version-2-0/uri-conventions/#FilterSystemQueryOption for the odata syntax

    Your string handling is also not correct

    My thinking is that from a Python perspective you want:

    partition = "myPartition"
destination="1.2.3.4:443"
virtuals = mgmt.tm.ltm.virtuals.get_collection(requests_params={    'params': 'expandSubcollections=true&$filter=partition+eq+' + partition + 'and+destination+eq+' + vip)}

    A good way to test this is to create the filter string and then insert it into the command, so you can print it out first

    eg

    partition = "myPartition"
destination="1.2.3.4:443"
filterString = 'expandSubcollections=true&$filter=partition+eq+' + partition + 'and+destination+eq+' + vip
print("filterString:" + filterString) 
virtuals = mgmt.tm.ltm.virtuals.get_collection(requests_params={    'params': filterString)}

    You can also use my iCR python module for a simple script