What works many times, is to retrieve an object (static hostlist in your case) via the API and get/use to format from there.
{
"id": 3003,
"name": "TestSHL",
"description": "Test",
"host_format": "list",
"host_type": "MACAddress",
"host_entries": [
{
"host_address": "00-00-11-11-22-22",
"host_address_desc": "Test1"
},
{
"host_address": "11-22-33-44-55-66",
"host_address_desc": "Test2"
}
],
}
That would be the format/structure to build in python. You can check the format with print(json.dumps(payload)), and make sure the {} and [] and "label": are all in the right place.
Note that Static Host lists are most times not the best way of achieving a result. Using the Endpoint Database or Guest Device database (with attributes) is the more mainable approach.
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Original Message:
Sent: Mar 25, 2024 04:28 AM
From: Kiame
Subject: ClearPass API Static Host List
Hi,
I need to update a static host List in Clearpass with API but I receive an error 400 : The request sent by the client was syntactically incorrect.
I don't find the correct value to send.
With Update some fields of a static host list by name (arubanetworks.com), the payload in pyhton is :
payload = {
"host_entries": {
"A0-B0-C0-D0-00-01": "device1",
"A0-B0-C0-D0-00-02": "device2",
"A0-B0-C0-D0-00-03": "device3"
},
"host_format": "list",
"host_type": "MACAddress"
}
But in the description : :[{"host_address": "10.21.11.117", "host_address_desc" : "My host address description."}, {..} ..]. I have try few thins without success. Someone know the correct format ?
Thanks.