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ashk
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Feb 12, 2024
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iControl REST API Pool Member disable

Hello Everyone,    Iam working on an script to disable the pool members but seems we are getting issues, I tried multiple types but still its not working. Could someone review the below and quote m...
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  • JRahm's avatar
    JRahm
    Feb 12, 2024

    also FYI...if you get a working postman sample, you can click the </> icon and find samples in a lot of tools/languages of that specific query.

     

    And the python sample they shared from my working postman PATCH is:

    import requests
import json

url = "https://ltm15/mgmt/tm/ltm/pool/~Common~nginx-pool/members/~Common~172.16.102.5:80"

payload = json.dumps({
  "session": "user-disabled",
  "state": "user-down"
})
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Basic notsofastmyfriends',
  'Cookie': 'BIGIPAuthCookie=supersecretpassphrasehere; BIGIPAuthUsernameCookie=admin'
}

response = requests.request("PATCH", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)

     

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ashk
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Feb 12, 2024

Thank You for the response, 

 

I tried the same and got Method Not Allowed, something similar.  also, fixed the quotes and pairs. 

Not sure, If I put the same via PostMan its accepting but  not via Py. :( 

  • JRahm's avatar
    JRahm
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    Feb 12, 2024

    you need to format your python dictionary as json...

    json.dumps({"session": "user-disabled"})
    • JRahm's avatar
      JRahm
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      Feb 12, 2024

      also FYI...if you get a working postman sample, you can click the </> icon and find samples in a lot of tools/languages of that specific query.

       

      And the python sample they shared from my working postman PATCH is:

      import requests
import json

url = "https://ltm15/mgmt/tm/ltm/pool/~Common~nginx-pool/members/~Common~172.16.102.5:80"

payload = json.dumps({
  "session": "user-disabled",
  "state": "user-down"
})
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Basic notsofastmyfriends',
  'Cookie': 'BIGIPAuthCookie=supersecretpassphrasehere; BIGIPAuthUsernameCookie=admin'
}

response = requests.request("PATCH", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)

       

      • whisperer's avatar
        whisperer
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        Feb 13, 2024

        Make sure you set those headers as mentioned. It gets pissy if you dont give it content-type!