Reference Guide

12 RESTful Server Configuration with iDRAC RESTful API

Notice that Job ID is a value nested within a dictionary of a dictionary. We will now modify the script to access

the dictionary and then parse the value using regular expressions to obtain the Job ID. The added code for

this purpose is highlighted in the following script:

Script – redfish_SCP_export_cifs.v2.py version 2:

# Version 2 - Python iDRAC RESTful API script to export

# server configuration profile

import requests, json, re

url = 'https://192.168.0.120/redfish/v1/Managers/iDRAC.Embedded.1/Actions/Oem/EI

D_674_Manager.ExportSystemConfiguration'

payload = {"ExportFormat":"XML","ShareParameters":{"Target":"ALL","IPAddress":"1

92.168.0.130",

"ShareName":"cifs_share","ShareType":"CIFS","UserName":"user","Password":"passwo

rd","FileName": "R730_SCP.xml"}}

headers = {'content-type': 'application/json'}

response = requests.post(url, data=json.dumps(payload), headers=headers, verify=

False, auth=('username','password'))

print '- Response status code is: %s' % response.status_code

response_output=response.__dict__

job_id=response_output["headers"]["Location"]

job_id=re.search("JID_.+",job_id).group()

print "- Job ID is: %s" % job_id

Now, execute version 2 and view the returned status code and Job ID:

$ python ./redfish_SCP_export_cifs.v2.py

- Response status code is: 202

- Job ID is: JID_967983367454

After a successful export request operation, wait till the export job is complete. This is performed by querying

the RESTful API Task Service until the job completes successfully or indicates an error. We will create a

script to check the job status and then run the script with the Job ID as an input parameter:

Script: rest_SCP_get_job_status.py

import requests, sys

job_id=sys.argv[1]

req = requests.get('https://192.168.0.120/redfish/v1/TaskService/Tasks/%s' % (jo