How to get the model handle of a device using the Spectrum REST API

Products

• CA Spectrum
• DX NetOps

Issue/Introduction

We are running on spectrum 21.2.10. We are having some issues using Spectrum REST API to get the model handle of any one device. When we run the GET on below query, the output lists all the devices instead of just a single device which has the IP address of 10.10.10.10

https://spectrumurl.com/spectrum/restful/devices?attr=0x1006e&attr=0x12d7f&value=10.10.10.10

Environment

Release : 21.2

Component :

Resolution

You can use the following URL, HTTP Method and xml body to return a device model based on an IP address. 

 

http://ocserver:port/spectrum/restful/models

 

HTTP Method: POST

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!--

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<rs:model-request throttlesize="5"

  xmlns:rs="http://www.ca.com/spectrum/restful/schema/request"

  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.ca.com/spectrum/restful/schema/request ../../../xsd/Request.xsd ">

 

    <rs:target-models>

      <rs:models-search>

        <rs:search-criteria

        

             xmlns="http://www.ca.com/spectrum/restful/schema/filter">

          <devices-only-search/>   

          <filtered-models>

            <equals>

              <attribute id="0x12d7f">

                <value>10.10.10.10</value>

              </attribute>

            </equals>

          </filtered-models>

        </rs:search-criteria>

      </rs:models-search>

    </rs:target-models>

 

    <rs:requested-attribute id="0x1006e" />

    <rs:requested-attribute id="0x12e56" />

 

</rs:model-request>