topic Re: set-if-exists example in API / CLI Discussion

set-if-exists example

Alan_Dressner1 — Thu, 16 May 2019 21:42:33 GMT

Could I have an example on how to use "set-if-exists"? And what versions of the API is this command compatiable with?

PhoneBoy — Sat, 18 May 2019 01:12:07 GMT

It's a parameter of several API calls specifically creating hosts, networks, and similar types of objects.
I believe it goes back to 1.0 but you can review the API docs and confirm: https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/latest/APIs/index.html#~v1.5

Alan_Dressner1 — Mon, 20 May 2019 12:23:59 GMT

I was able to figure it it and it does work with version 1.0 and up.

Here's an example.

add host name "host_10.210.16.213" ip-address "10.210.16.213" set-if-exists "true" ignore-warnings "true"