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Just "try" - iControl Exception Handling in Python

I've been working with the iControl REST interface on a few different things trying to get comfortable with the new kid on the block. One of the things I really like about the SOAP interface is the c...
Published Dec 16, 2014
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You also may be able to look into the "get()" method of dict objects. It allows you to specify a default value if the given key is missing. So you could have your code do this: x.get('allowService', 'none')