Python script to proxy iControl REST calls

Problem this snippet solves:

I have a customer who has an automation platform written in Perl. This tool has a web front end that serves as a self-service portal for operations folks to perform some tasks on back end systems in a controlled, automated manner. The customer wanted a way to make iControl REST calls without a tremendous amount of effort, so we came up with the idea of having him call a Python script, along with command line arguments, that would be passed to the BIG-IP and responses handed back. This is the script I gave him to do so.

How to use this snippet:

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Code :

#!/usr/bin/env python3  
  
import argparse,json,requests  
from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning  
  
requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(InsecureRequestWarning)  
  
def icontrol_get(host,username,password,path):  
    apiCall = requests.session()  
    apiCall.headers.update({'Content-type':'application/json'})  
    apiCall.auth = (username,password)  
    apiUri = 'https://' + host + path  
    try:  
        apiResponse = apiCall.get(apiUri,verify=False)  
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:  
        print('{"responseStatus":"error","action":"get","host":"' + host + '","username":"' + username + '","path":"' + path + '","errorMsg":"' + str(e) + '"}')  
    return(apiResponse.text)  
  
def icontrol_post(host,username,password,path,api_payload):  
    apiCall = requests.session()  
    apiCall.headers.update({'Content-type':'application/json'})  
    apiCall.auth = (username,password)  
    apiUri = 'https://' + host + path  
    try:  
        apiResponse = apiCall.post(apiUri,verify=False,data=json.dumps(api_payload))  
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:  
        print('{"responseStatus":"error","action":"post","host":"' + host + '","username":"' + username + '","path":"' + path + '"},"payload":"' + api_payload + '","errorMsg":"' + str(e) + '"}')  
    return(apiResponse.text)  
  
def icontrol_put(host,username,password,path,api_payload):  
    apiCall = requests.session()  
    apiCall.headers.update({'Content-type':'application/json'})  
    apiCall.auth = (username,password)  
    apiUri = 'https://' + host + path  
    try:  
        apiResponse = apiCall.put(apiUri,verify=False,data=json.dumps(api_payload))  
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:  
        print('{"responseStatus":"error","action":"put","host":"' + host + '","username":"' + username + '","path":"' + path + '"},"payload":"' + api_payload + '","errorMsg":"' + str(e) + '"}')  
    return(apiResponse.text)  
  
def icontrol_patch(host,username,password,path,api_payload):  
    apiCall = requests.session()  
    apiCall.headers.update({'Content-type':'application/json'})  
    apiCall.auth = (username,password)  
    apiUri = 'https://' + host + path  
    try:  
        apiResponse = apiCall.patch(apiUri,verify=False,data=json.dumps(api_payload))  
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:  
        print('{"responseStatus":"error","action":"patch","host":"' + host + '","username":"' + username + '","path":"' + path + '"},"payload":"' + api_payload + '","errorMsg":"' + str(e) + '"}')  
    return(apiResponse.text)  
  
def icontrol_delete(host,username,password,path):  
    apiCall = requests.session()  
    apiCall.headers.update({'Content-type':'application/json'})  
    apiCall.auth = (username,password)  
    apiUri = 'https://' + host + path  
    try:  
        apiResponse = apiCall.delete(apiUri,verify=False)  
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:  
        print('{"responseStatus":"error","action":"delete","host":"' + host + '","username":"' + username + '","path":"' + path + '"},"errorMsg":"' + str(e) + '"}')  
    return(apiResponse.text)  
  
#  
# Parse the command line arguments  
#  
  
cmdargs = argparse.ArgumentParser()  
cmdargs.add_argument('--host',action='store',required=True,type=str,help='ip of BIG-IP REST interface, typically the mgmt ip')  
cmdargs.add_argument('--username',action='store',required=True,type=str,help='username for REST authentication')  
cmdargs.add_argument('--password',action='store',required=True,type=str,help='password for REST authentication')  
cmdargs.add_argument('--uri',action='store',required=True,type=str,help='the uri of the resource')  
cmdargs.add_argument('--action',action='store',required=True,type=str,help='the HTTP action (GET, PUT, POST, PATCH, DELETE)')  
cmdargs.add_argument('--payload',action='store',required=False,type=json.loads,help='the payload for PUT, POST and PATCH operations')  
  
parsed_args = cmdargs.parse_args()  
  
host = parsed_args.host  
username = parsed_args.username  
password = parsed_args.password  
uri = parsed_args.uri  
action = str(parsed_args.action).lower()  
payload = parsed_args.payload  
  
#  
# Proxy the REST call  
#  
  
if action == 'get':  
    response = icontrol_get(host,username,password,uri)  
if action == 'put':  
    response = icontrol_put(host,username,password,uri,payload)  
if action == 'post':  
    response = icontrol_post(host,username,password,uri,payload)  
if action == 'delete':  
    response = icontrol_delete(host,username,password,uri)  
if action == 'patch':  
    response = icontrol_patch(host,username,password,uri,payload)  
  
print(response)

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