topic Re: Web API issue in API / CLI Discussion

Web API issue

dj0Nz — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 15:45:21 GMT

Maybe silly question but I haven't found a solution (just a workaround):

Currently I am working on a script to populate a given network group with networks from an IPAM system (Infoblox). Everything working good except that I get an error ("Runtime error: an eclipse error has occurred enable logging on EclipseLinkExceptionHandler to see full error") if I issue a logout after the publish request.

Workaround is a "sleep 5" between the two requests. Itchy.

I assume the logout comes too fast after publish. Is there a way to get a "okay I'm finished now" from the server or to configure some kind of delay with the publish request? Anyone here having the same issue? Am I doing something seriously wrong?

Thanks in advance!

Michael

Re: Web API issue

StuartGreen — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 16:27:28 GMT

Hey Michael, some API functions are asynchronous and will return a task ID that you need to poll to check for completion. I've got an example of it working here https://github.com/chkp-stuartgreen/policy-automation-poc/blob/main/packages/simplecpapi.py . But once that task completes successfully (or fails, depending on what you need) you should be good to continue.

Re: Web API issue

dj0Nz — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 09:08:49 GMT

Hi Stuart, this is exactly what I've been missing. Thanks a lot!

Re: Web API issue

dj0Nz — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 10:25:56 GMT

Hi Stuart, I made it. Outcome at https://github.com/dj0nz/cptools/blob/main/import_from_infoblox.sh. Once again, thank you!

Re: Web API issue

_Val_ — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 11:14:10 GMT

@dj0Nz Hey there, do you want to add this as an item to our ToolBox collection? If yes, please send me a message at vloukine@checkpoint.com.