Multiple API calls using data from 1st call...

sambo
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Multiple API calls using data from 1st call...

Hi,

I'm using this API call using python:

import requests
import json

url = "https://api.meraki.com/api/v1/organizations"

payload={}
headers = {
'X-Cisco-Meraki-API-Key': 'xxxxxxxxxx

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

r = json.loads(response.text)


for organizations in r:
print(organizations['name'] + ' ' + organizations['id'])

 

The output is what I'm looking for.

What I need to do now is to be able to use the organization id to then call all the networks in each org:

eg.....

API CALL 1....url = "https://api.meraki.com/api/v1/organizations"

(THIS WILL PRINT OUT ALL ORGS I HAVE ACCESS TO)

Then use these ID's in the next calls until no ID's are left...

 
If anyone has any advise or a script they have used that would be great.
Thanks
Sam
 
 

 

6 REPLIES 6
PhilipDAth
Kind of a big deal
Kind of a big deal

If you use the Meraki Dashboard API library:

https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-v1/ 

 

Then you can use some code like this:

 

	# Search for the org
	orgs = dashboard.organizations.getOrganizations()
	for org in orgs:
		if org['name'] == orgName:
			orgId=org['id']
			break;

	if orgId == None:
		print("Invalid organization name supplied: "+orgName)			
		exit(-1)

 

If I run this after the 1st API call it fails:

 

orgs = dashboard.organizations.getOrganizations()
NameError: name 'dashboard' is not defined

 

I'm just not sure how to link the API query with this and then use it for the 2nd query.

 

Thanks

Sam

 

Edgar-VO
Building a reputation

Hi,
 
First create a session like :
 
dashboard       = meraki.DashboardAPI(api_key)
 
my_org = dashboard.organizations.getOrganizations()

 

for org in my_org:
        org_id = org['id']
        print(org['name'])
sambo
Getting noticed

If this is the script that calls the ORG names:

#SCRIPT THAT CALLS THE ORGS THEN ONLY PRINTS THE ORG NAME ONLY
import requests
import json

url = "https://api.meraki.com/api/v1/organizations"

payload={}
headers = {
'X-Cisco-Meraki-API-Key': 'xxxx'
}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, data=payload)


r = json.loads(response.text)

for organizations in r:
print(organizations['name'])

 

Where does the create session from below get inserted?

First create a session like :
 
dashboard       = meraki.DashboardAPI(api_key)
 
my_org = dashboard.organizations.getOrganizations()

 

for org in my_org:
        org_id = org['id']
        print(org['name'])

 

John-K
Meraki Employee
Meraki Employee

@sambo the suggestions above are correct and rely on installing and using the Python SDK.

 

Please read the Python SDK readme for instructions: https://github.com/meraki/dashboard-api-python

sambo
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I'm reading and learning now, Thanks!

Sam

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