REST API

This is an example of using REST API to interact with APIC. This script is written in Python. However, you can also use Postman to send the http request.

import requests
requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()

if __name__ == '__main__':
# variables
    apic_ip = '192.168.1.1' # OOB mgmt
    apic_user = 'admin'
    apic_pw = 'xyz'
    apic_apic_url = 'https://' + apic_ip + '/api/'

    # login data
    login_data = '''<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
                        <imdata totalCount="1">
                            <aaaUser name="''' + apic_user + '''" pwd="''' + apic_pw + '''"/>
                    </imdata>'''

    # create requests session
    session = requests.session()

# login to apic (store cookie in requests session)
    result = session.post(apic_apic_url + 'aaaLogin.xml', data=login_data, verify=False)