Python version and library support
Python version
The Aruba Network Analytics Engine supports scripts written in Python 3.5.X.
Python modules available
In addition to the standard Python libraries, the following Python modules are provided with the Aruba Network Analytics Engine:
- python3-misc
Usage example:
import os
For more information, see:
https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/os.html#miscellaneous-system-information
- python3-pkgutil
Usage example:
from pkgutil import extend_path ... __path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__) ...
For more information, see:
- python3-importlib
Usage example:
import importlib
For more information, see:
- python3-datetime
Usage example:
import datetime
For more information, see:
- python3-enum
Usage example:
from enum import Enum ... class Color(Enum): ... red = 1 ... green = 2 ... blue = 3 ...
For more information, see:
- python3-compression
Usage examples:
import zlib import gzip import bz2 import lzma import zipfile import tarfile
For more information, see:
- python3-numbers
Usage example:
import numbers
For more information, see:
- python3-selectors
Usage example:
import selectors
For more information, see:
- python3-signal
Usage example:
import signal ... # Set the signal handler and a 5-second alarm signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, handler) signal.alarm(5) ...
For more information, see:
- tar
Usage example:
import tarfile ... tar = tarfile.open("sample.tar.gz") tar.extractall() tar.close() ...
For more information, see:
Third-party Python libraries available
The following third-party Python libraries are provided with the Aruba Network Analytics Engine framework. To use the library in a script, import the library.
- requests
The
requests
library is an HTTP library for Python.Usage example:
import requests ... r = requests.get('https://api.github.com/events') r.json() ...
In a Python NAE script, when you specify the URI of a local switch resource, do not specify the external IP address or host name. Instead, use the HTTP_ADDRESS global constant.
For example, instead of the following:
LOCAL_SYSTEM = '127.0.0.1:5577' uri = 'http://' + LOCAL_SYSTEM + '/rest/v1/system/ports/1%2F1%2F5?attributes=link_state'
Specify the following:
uri = HTTP_ADDRESS + '/rest/v1/system/ports/1%2F1%2F5?attributes=link_state'
For more information about the requests library, see:
- jsondiff
The
jsondiff
library is an MIT-licensed Python library used for comparing and patching JSON and JSON-like structures in Python.Usage example:
import jsondiff ... diff({'a': 1, 'b': 2}, {'b': 3, 'c': 4})
For more information, see: