I just completed this workshop.  I have previously earned my Cisco DevNET Associate in 2020, but I have not actually used hardly any of that training (use or lose is too true), and I found this workshop to be great.  It helped me develop a comfortable approach to utilizing these tools.  For people that may be more developer minded already, you could likely present questions and the leaders could accommodate that.  I have no way of knowing the level of others in the class, but from the comments I saw, it seemed that I was in a group of similar level people with myself.  There were quizzes to gauge understanding throughout that helped to feel that I was grasping the concepts. If you are new to Python and/or new to using Meraki API's, I feel this is a great place to start.  Great job to all that put it together. ... View more

Where can I register for this workshop?  Or was this a one time event that has already been held? ... View more

Thanks for the reply.  I do understand that it would be helpful to share the code that I am working with, but.... I am trying to get "permission" to share parts of the code from the team that we had develop it.  I was asked to "keep it private" unless I got approval.    In the code, as it was given to me, we have an external file containing our environmental variable, like username, password, and a variable for "portId" that is currently hard coded to a single port.  Then the main program just processes against that individual port.   I have found (since I initially opened this question) that the API returns a status of "isUplink" and that is apparently what I need to key on.  I am now attempting to build a function (possibly not the correct name, so forgive if I misspeak, newbie here) that will have an If/Then (your refernce material will be helpful in this) statement that will evaluate:   If port:9 AND "isUplink:"True" then set portId=9, Else portId=10   That is my crude, psuedo code if you will of what I THINK will give me the setting I need.  It is simplistic, but I would need to call that for each switch I process, as we typically deploy these roughly 100 at a time, and that is why I was thinking to place this is a function.  Then I could call that function on each repetition of the logic.   This project is my first time working with Meraki equipment, and first time attempting to program anything. ... View more

Thanks for the reply.  I have looked at it, and "played" with it using the Meraki add-on for Google Sheets that a buddy told me about.     My challenge/limitation is that I do not yet know/understand enough to parse the out put from that get request down to evaluate the status of portId:9, and then use that result to set my variable to 9 or 10 depending on the status returned.  I can run it and look at it cleanly on my screen, and that is basically what I am using as a working solution for the time being.  I search the switchports for port:9-10 and then sort for status disconnected, so that I see which switches are NOT connected on port 9, and skip those in my initial pass of the app.  Then I change the port I process on to 10, and run against the remaining switches.  This is a workable solution, but my goal is to "improve" my process, to avoid the multiple passes, and manual changes in the process. The switch will only be online (dashboard status) if port 9 OR 10 is connected (or both, the ideal condition), but my app will crash out without much grace if it attempts to process a switch that does not have port 9 connected.  I hope that makes sense. ... View more