exist

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BIGIQ.exist(path: str) bool

Verifies if the object exists on the device.

Sends an HTTP GET request to the iControl REST API.

Parameters:

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

Exceptions:

RESTAPIError: Raised when iControl REST API returns an error.

Example

path = (
    f"/mgmt/cm/adc-core/working-config/ltm/virtual"
    f"?$filter=name eq 'bigrest_vs'"
)
if device.exist(path):
    print(f"Virtual server exists.")
else:
    print(f"Virtual server does not exist.")

Explanation

Verifies if the object exists.
In this example, verifies if virtual server “bigrest_vs” exists on the device.