iControl + Python + add_member / remove_member

So now I have pool_objects which I construct using pool_factory... but now i'm getting complaints about suds and a reference to address:

def pool_factory(b, members):
    '''
    '''

    pobj = []
    for x in members:
        ip,port = x.split(':')
        pmem = b.LocalLB.Pool.typefactory.create('Common.IPPortDefinition')
        pmem.address = ip
        pmem.port = int(port)
        pobj.append(pmem)
    return pobj

pool_objects = pool_factory(b,members)

def add_member(b, pool_objects):
    """
    """
    try:
       b.LocalLB.Pool.add_member(pool_names = [POOL],
               members = pool_objects)
    except Exception, e:
        print e
        raise
        sys.exit(1)

elif action == 'add':
     Add an IP:PORT member to a pool
    add_member(b, pool_objects)
     Confirm pool list
    res = b.LocalLB.PoolMember.get_session_enabled_state(pool_names = [POOL])
    print "States: %s" % res
    sys.exit(0)



runtime gives

No handlers could be found for logger "suds.client"
Server raised fault: 'Could not find element by name: address'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "modify_member.py", line 235, in 
    add_member(b, pool_objects)
  File "modify_member.py", line 185, in add_member
    members = [pool_objects])
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/suds/client.py", line 539, in __call__
    return client.invoke(args, kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/suds/client.py", line 598, in invoke
    result = self.send(msg)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/suds/client.py", line 633, in send
    result = self.failed(binding, e)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/suds/client.py", line 684, in failed
    r, p = binding.get_fault(reply)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/suds/bindings/binding.py", line 238, in get_fault
    raise WebFault(p, faultroot)
suds.WebFault: Server raised fault: 'Could not find element by name: address'
 

- Global variables, evil.

- remove_member is deprecated, use remove_member_v2 for V11 F5

- You pass global members into session_objects function parameter to delete_member... then you don't reference it. Why?

- You pass global 'members' to "remove_member" API call. It's the wrong type -- you are supposed to pass a sequence of IPPortDefinition.

I have a complete solution I've written for my current employer. Would love it if I could just post it but I don't have that freedom at this point. That being said, something like this works:

def f5_build_address_port_seq(b, addressport):
    addressportseq = b.LocalLB.Pool.typefactory.create('Common.AddressPortSequence')
    addressportseq.item = addressport
    return addressportseq

def f5_build_address_port(b, address, port):
    addressport = b.LocalLB.Pool.typefactory.create('Common.AddressPort')
    addressport.address = address
    addressport.port = port
    return addressport

def f5_remove_pool_member_v11(b, poolname, address, port):
    addressport = f5_build_address_port(b, address, port)
    addressportseq = f5_build_address_port_seq(b, addressport)
    b.LocalLB.Pool.remove_member_v2(pool_names=[poolname], members=[addressportseq])

Then you just run:

f5_remove_pool_member_v11(b, poolname, address, port)

As an aside, if I were doing this from scratch, I'd be using bigsuds and not pycontrol.