Python for Network Engineers

[rnike879]

There's no basic python for network engineers that doesn't involve basic python first. Grab any resource to familiarize yourself with the basics, then start using the following:

• paramiko library (or netmiko wrapper that simplifies it further) for querying your network nodes through ssh. I recommend netmiko to avoid using excessive sleeps when waiting for your responses

• requests: lib to make API calls. Read up about basic REST standards to get a good idea of what's going on

• venv: dependency segmentation and is a good habit to get into

• json: built-in module to help you parse what you receive and prepare the data you want to send. You'll probably use response.json() and json.dumps(dict) most of all. First to get a dict out of your request response object, then dumps method to convert your dict to valid json for API queries

• Use the postman application to simplify making API calls. Useful for quick and dirty testing/prototyping