PYTHON

CiscoConfParse is a library for Cisco device. : pip install ciscoconfparse Example : from ciscoconfparse import ciscoconfparse Cisco_obj = CiscoConfParse(“show_run.txt”) print(Cisco_obj) <—- this will return all the information about that object If using Netmiko to pull information from any device into a…
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Cisco, PYTHON

Serialization Protocols

JSON is usually use when doing computer to computer communication and network devices API’s. YAML is usually most easier to read for humans , common use in Ansible.

Changing Data Structure Format

This is going to be a example how to create a new dictionary out of an output : 1st the dictionary that we are going to change with only specific items with different key names : from pprint import pprint…
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Handling Complex Data Structures

To work with data structure you can drill down to which information you need using these commands to peel it layer by layer : 1st determine what kind of data : List : output.keys() type(output) len(output) Then to see the…
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Importing Libraries

To import a library in python you need to specify it in the beginning of the script file : import “library” example pprint is a library for an easy reading output. to see where that library is install : “library”.__file__…
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Virtual Environment

Hey Ben ! : See below the install Linux and Windows for me details how to : —— LINUX —– Install : apt-get update apt install python3-virtualenv cd ~ cd VENV virtualenv virtualenv-3.6 -p /usr/bin/python36 “virtual env name” ll or…
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Linux, PYTHON

Python Path

import sys sys.path Every time you are importing a package “netmiko” this is where it is going to look for it. to remove the default path for python : env | grep PYTH unset PYTHONPATH env | grep PYTH cat…
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PIP

how to use pip : pip install “package” pip install –upgrade “package” pip install “package”==”version” pip list pip uninstall “package”

Linux, PYTHON

Complex Data Structure

When dealing with very large output data structure , and need to extract data from it : Example : Devices = { ‘sw1’: { ‘ip_addr’: ‘10.10.10.1’, ‘username’: ‘admin’, ‘password’: ‘cisco’, ‘bgp_peer’: ‘10.10.20.1’, ‘10.10.30.1’, ‘10.10.40.1’}, ‘sw2’: { ‘ip_addr’: ‘10.10.10.2’, ‘username’: ‘admin’,…
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JSON Basics

You can use JSON to output a dictionary so it is easier to read, personally i prefer the pprint output but as today i didn’t got a chance to see why i would use that. so to be updated soon…
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