devSandbox.py

import requests
import json
import pprint as pprint

"""
Modify these please
"""
#For NXAPI to authenticate the client using client certificate, set 'client_cert_auth' to True.
#For basic authentication using username & pwd, set 'client_cert_auth' to False.
client_cert_auth=False
switchuser='cisco'
switchpassword='cisco'
client_cert='PATH_TO_CLIENT_CERT_FILE'
client_private_key='PATH_TO_CLIENT_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE'
ca_cert='PATH_TO_CA_CERT_THAT_SIGNED_NXAPI_SERVER_CERT'

url='http://10.32.1.205/ins'
myheaders={'content-type':'application/json-rpc'}
payload=[
  {
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "cli",
    "params": {
      "cmd": "show ip int brief",
      "version": 1
    },
    "id": 1
  }
]

if client_cert_auth is False:
    response = requests.post(url,data=json.dumps(payload), headers=myheaders,auth=(switchuser,switchpassword)).json()
else:
    url='https://10.32.1.205/ins'
    response = requests.post(url,data=json.dumps(payload), headers=myheaders,auth=(switchuser,switchpassword),cert=(client_cert,client_private_key),verify=ca_cert)

pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter()
pp.pprint(response)