I didn't found an API that will give the interface description either.
However, in the New Central API I'm able to get the requested info
API: https://developer.arubanetworks.com/new-central/reference/listinterfaces
API call: {{baseUrl}}/network-monitoring/v1alpha1/switch/{serial}/interfaces?site-id={siteid}&filter="name eq 1/1/2"
{
"items": [
{
"peerPort": null,
"peerMemberId": null,
"uplink": false,
"portError": [],
"neighbour": "AP3",
"neighbourPort": "eth0",
"status": "Connected",
"neighbourFamily": "Network Devices",
"neighbourFunction": "Access Point",
"description": "AP-PORT",
"neighbourRole": null,
"neighbourHealth": "Good",
.....
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Willem Bargeman
Systems Engineer Aruba
ACEX #125
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Original Message:
Sent: Jul 02, 2025 08:10 AM
From: LarsNijhuis
Subject: No desc in Aruba Central API request
Hello everyone,
I'm trying to pull interface data from Aruba Central, but I've noticed that the interface description (desc) doesn't seem to be included in the API response.
The API call I'm using: get /monitoring/v1/cx_switches/{serial}/ports
In this response, I don't see any desc or similar field for the port description.
I couldn't find any other API endpoint that provides this information either.
Does anyone know if there's a way to retrieve interface descriptions via the API? The description field is quite important for us.
Thanks in advance for your help!