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raZorTT's avatar
raZorTT
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Jun 05, 2019
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REST API add records to data group (v14.1.)

Hi,

 

I'm trying to update the records in a data group via the REST API, but when I use the following BODY in the PUT

 

{
    "records": [
        {
            "name": "test",
            "data": "data"
        }
    ]
}

 

I get the following error

 

{
    "code": 400,
    "message": "0107074b:3: Unable to change data group (/Common/testdg) type.  Must remove existing entries first.",
    "errorStack": [],
    "apiError": 3
}

Any thoughts appreciated.

 

Cheers,

Simon

4 Replies

  • raZorTT's avatar
    raZorTT
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    Jun 06, 2019

    Thanks, Dario

    That was very useful

    I managed to get the records to add using the PATCH method described in the article

    To add a string record I had to use the following querystring, where test is the name of the record and stuff being the value

    /mgmt/tm/ltm/data-group/internal/~Common~testdg?options=records add { test { data stuff } }

    That returned the expected result

    {
    "kind": "tm:ltm:data-group:internal:internalstate",
    "name": "testdg",
    "partition": "Common",
    "fullPath": "/Common/testdg",
    "generation": 184,
    "selfLink": "https://localhost/mgmt/tm/ltm/data-group/internal/~Common~testdg?options=records+add+%7B+test+%7B+data+stuff+%7D+%7D&ver=14.1.0.3",
    "type": "string",
    "records": [
        {
            "name": "test",
            "data": "stuff"
        }
    ]
}

    Would still be interested to hear if using the PUT method is a known issue??

    Cheers,

    Simon

    • Dario_Garrido's avatar
      Dario_Garrido
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      Jun 06, 2019

      The behavior of PUT/PATCH was changed lastly (new releases).

       

      The relation between tmsh and icontrol is similar to this:

      GET - list/show

      POST - create

      PUT - update

      PATCH - modify

      DELETE - delete

       

  • raZorTT's avatar
    raZorTT
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    Jun 06, 2019

    Looks like I should have paid more attention to the error.

    I noticed it was complaining about trying to change the type, so adding the type:string to the JSON body resolved my issue. 

    {
    "type":"string",
    "records": [
        {
            "name": "test",
            "data": "stuff"
        },
        {
            "name": "testing",
            "data": "more stuff"
        }
    ]
}