topic Re: searching an object by ipv6 not working in API / CLI Discussion

searching an object by ipv6 not working

Felix_Hoffmann1 — Fri, 11 May 2018 14:45:30 GMT

Hey,

I am using web-services to search for objects by IP. That is working fine when I'm searching for an IPv4-address. But searching an IPv6-address does not work. Am I calling something wrong?

IPv4-call:

IPv6-call:

>>> result = api_call('show-objects', {'filter':'2001:and-so-on::38','ip-only':'true'}, sid, mgmtserv, mgmtport)

shows a total of 8988 results... Even when searching a string that definitely does not exist, it shows this amount of results.

any help would be appreciated

thanks in advance

Felix

Re: searching an object by ipv6 not working

Robert_Decker — Fri, 11 May 2018 15:39:16 GMT

Check this filter in SmartConsole to ensure the results. The filter in API should be identical to the filter in GUI.

Robert.

Re: searching an object by ipv6 not working

Felix_Hoffmann1 — Mon, 14 May 2018 07:08:32 GMT

Hi, thank you for your answer. When filtering in SmartConsole I find the object. When using SmartConsoleCLI the problem is the same

But:

when using the filter without "ip-only:true" the object is shown. Does ip-only just search ip4v-addresses?

If this is the case could you please add this as comment to the management API Reference?

Felix

Re: searching an object by ipv6 not working

Robert_Decker — Mon, 14 May 2018 08:53:17 GMT

Hi Felix,

For IPv6 address search do NOT use the "ip-only" flag. We will fix the API references.

Robert.