Libraries
When calling for library there is different way of doing this . import re Then you need to specify the re.search to be able to use the search function. from re import search Then no need to use the re.search…
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CiscoConfParse Methods
This is the methods available for CiscoConfParse : find_all_children(linespec, exactmatch=False, ignore_ws=False) Returns the parents matching the linespec, and all their children. This method is different than find_children(), because find_all_children() finds children of children. find_children() only finds immediate children. Parameters linespecstr Text regular expression for the line to…
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CiscoConfParse
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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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
Install : apt-get update apt install python3-virtualenv cd ~ cd VENV virtualenv virtualenv-3.6 -p /usr/bin/python36 “virtual env name” ll or ls -lart This is going to create a new sandbox source “virtual env name”/bin/activate <— this is to active it which…
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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”