NSO with FMC and restconf API: how to get id ?

[Michal Garcarz]

Hello Team,

NSO 6.4.2 with FMC working fine. I use restconf API to get whole device config:

Now i need to:

- get list of ACP policies

- get a list of rules in each policy

Looking at CLI (show device results, scrolled down):

We can see all those objects are referenced via ID (like via direct FMC API). Now - how can i use those NSO restconf API ?

How can i request via restconf "Balanced Security and Connectivity" policy and it's details using id ?

I have tried:

http://{{host}}:8080/restconf/data/devices/device=FMC01/config/name/$id

http://{{host}}:8080/restconf/data/devices/device=FMC01/config/name

http://{{host}}:8080/restconf/data/devices/device=FMC01/config/$id

and always failing. What is the construct / approach to do that ?

Thanks,

Michal

[Jan Lindblad · Accepted solution]

To understand how to encode keys etc in RESTCONF, have a look at 

examples.ncs/getting-started/developing-with-ncs/13-restconf

To understand the structure and names of whatever data is on the device, have a look at the YANG model in the NED. Or run the show commands you had there, and pipe the output through   | display xpath | display prefixes   . That will give you the paths to use.