Example: Checking the advanced DNS configuration
Here’s a sample GET request that lists whether the advanced DNS configuration mode is enabled or disabled. The request is made using a system-level user account that has the administrator role.
Request with cURL command line
curl -k -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -H "Authorization: HCP YWRtaW4=:e00cf25ad42683b3df678c61f42c6bda" "https://admin.hcp.example.com:9090/mapi/network”
Request in Python using PycURL
import pycurl import os filehandle = open("network.xml", 'rb') curl = pycurl.Curl() curl.setopt(pycurl.HTTPHEADER, ["Content-Type: application/xml", / "Authorization: HCP YWRtaW4=:e00cf25ad42683b3df678c61f42c6bda"]) curl.setopt(pycurl.URL, "https://admin.hcp.example.com:9090/mapi/network" curl.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0) curl.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0) curl.setopt(pycurl.CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET") curl.setopt(pycurl.UPLOAD, 1) curl.setopt(pycurl.INFILESIZE, os.path.getsize("network.xml")) curl.setopt(pycurl.READFUNCTION, filehandle.read) curl.perform() print curl.getinfo(pycurl.RESPONSE_CODE) curl.close() filehandle.close()
Request headers
GET /mapi/network HTTP/1.1 Host: admin.hcp.example.com:9090 Authorization: HCP YWRtaW4=:e00cf25ad42683b3df678c61f42c6bda Content-Type: application/xml Content-Length: 152
Response headers
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: application/xml X-HCP-SoftwareVersion: 9.0.0.2 Content-Length: 0
Response body in XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <networkSettings> <downstreamDNSMode>BASIC</downstreamDNSMode> </networkSettings>