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Rich_W__77692
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Nov 24, 2013

Python/BigSuds using local WSDLs?

Can BigSuds use a local copy of the WSDLs? I ask because sometimes I have to loop through literally 600+ devices and if I only had to parse the WSDLs once, that would speed things up a lot.   Than...
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Just had a quick look at the bigsuds source and it appears this is already possible!

 

just initialize your api as here:

 

api = bigsuds.BIGIP(hostname=bigip, username=user, password=password, cachedir=/tmp/)

 

(cachedir defaults to None; you can also enable debug=True)

 

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Nov 25, 2013
I saw that ... I think it only caches it for the device you're accessing and will read from the cache if it exists. I want to be able to load the WSDLs once and plow through 600+ devices, I access devices running v9 and up. The WSDLs are backwords compatible with all version, so if I have the latest set of all the WSDLs, I'm all set. All I have to do is get the device's version and make the righrt calls ...