Now Citrix has a ton of documentation for Perl/C/C# and Java ( None for Python ). SOAP client support has not been the best for Python, in my opinion.
I know you have soappy/ZSI, which I have had issues with consuming Broken WSDL files ( Having to fix the Broken WSDL file manually, SUCKS!).
Just 2 weeks ago, I encounterd SUDS. This module is by far, the best SOAP client for Python.
There documentation is simple and straight to the point, with a bunch of nice samples to get you on your way.
Install SUDS before proceeding further. You can get suds from here. https://fedorahosted.org/suds/
Connection to my netscaler was as simple as this…
Python 2.4.3 (#1, Sep 3 2009, 15:37:37)[GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-46)]
on linux2Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from suds.client import Client
>>> url = "http://nsip/api/NSConfig.wsdl"
>>> from suds.xsd.doctor import *
>>> imp = Import('http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/')
>>> imp.filter.add("urn:NSConfig")
>>> d = ImportDoctor(imp)
>>> client = Client(url, doctor=d, location="http://nsip/soap/")
>>> client.service.login(username="login", password="pass")(simpleResult){ rc = 0 message = "Done" }
>>>
As you can see above, I used the xsd doctor to import Soap encoding URL and added a filter for the Netscaler URN.
If you do not import the SOAP encoding schema, this is the error you will receive..
suds.TypeNotFound: Type not found: ‘(Array, http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/, )
Once you type the above, you can now run commands in the python shell. for instance…
- client.service.getlbvserver()
- client.service.getservice()
- client.service.getservicegroup()
I am attaching a script that I have written, to get Load Balanced Virtual Servers and its Services and ServiceGroups.
This script can also just list all the Virtual Servers, Services, or Service Groups. Examples below..
queryns.py == Download
python queryns.py -c “ZenossTest2_svc” -n “nsip” -u “login” -p “pass” Service Name Server Name Status IPAddress Port Protocol ZenossTest2_svc zenossTest OUT OF SERVICE 192.168.101.221 9090 HTTP python queryns.py -s foobar_test -n “nsip” -u “login” -p “pass” Virtual Server State IPAddress Port Protocol foobar_test UP 192.168.101.19 55555 HTTP ServiceGroup Name SG State Server Name Status IPAddress Port Protocol “Foo Bar” ENABLED billyboy UP 192.168.101.31 8080 HTTP “Foo Bar” ENABLED zenossTest UP 192.168.101.221 8080 HTTP Service Name Server Name Status IPAddress Port Protocol ZenossTest2_svc zenossTest OUT OF SERVICE 192.168.101.221 9090 HTTP ————————————————————————————————————————
All the options are here..
python queryns.py -husage: queryns.py [options] arg --username=username --password=password --netscaler=netscalerip
options: -h, --help
show this help message and exitÂ
-n NETSCALER, --netscaler=NETSCALER
Here you will put the netscaler IPAddress or the netscaler hostname-u USERNAME, --username=USERNAME
Your username -p PASSWORD, --password=PASSWORD Your password -l LIST, --list=LIST
List all the names of the Virtual Servers, Services,
ServiceGroups. Example --list=lbvserver, --list=service, --list=servicegroup -s SERVER, ---vserver=SERVER
Virtual Server that you want to query. You can choose
a Virtual Server or you can pass all, so you get all
the Virtual Servers and its associated
ServiceGroups or Services. Example....
--vserver="foobar_test" or --vserver="all"
-g SGROUP, --sgroup=SGROUP
ServiceGroup that you want the info from -c SERVICE,
--service=SERVICE Service that you want the info from
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