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Mel_339767
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8 years ago

What kind of account do I need to access the REST API?

I'm having issues in accessing the API, I think. I got Error 401 whenever I use my credentials that I believe has admin privileges already. Is there a way to access the API without using the "admin" ...
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Cory_Blankenshi
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8 years ago

After your credentials are adjusted so that you can access the API, I would take a look at either the f5-sdk or iCR APIs. Both have the REST API under the hood, but making requests to the f5 and getting back data is pretty easy.

 

Here's some sample code using the iCR API:

 

!/usr/bin/env python
from iCR import iCR
import json

f5 = iCR.iCR('my.f5.com', 'userID', 'password')
result = f5.get('your/endpoint')
print json.dumps(result, indent=4, sort_keys=True)   pretty print the json output