command

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BIGIP.command(path: str, data: dict) → str

Executes a command on the device.

Sends an HTTP POST request to the iControl REST API.

Parameters:

• path – HTTP path used in the HTTP request sent to the device.

• data – Payload that will be sent to the device.

Exceptions:

RESTAPIError: Raised when iControl REST API returns an error.

Example

data = {}
data["command"] = "run"
data["utilCmdArgs"] = "-c 'cat /VERSION'"
result = device.command("/mgmt/tm/util/bash", data)
print(result)

Explanation

This runs a command on the device, and provides the result of the command if any is provided.

You create a dictionary with the options you want and pass that to the command method.

In this example, we are running the cat command via Bash.

The result is saved to the variable “result”, and we print that variable.