API call to retrieve Backup DB

[#1]

Hi all and thanks in advance for any replies.

First time poster, long time subscriber.

Anyway, I am trying to retrieve the Backup DB .csv via api but keep getting the below error

C:\Users\e157716\PycharmProjects\SunchProdAndDev\venv\lib\site-packages\urllib3\connectionpool.py:1100: InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made to host 'sdcscadnsgmavip.swacorp.com'. Adding certificate verification is strongly advised. See: https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced-usage.html#tls-warnings
warnings.warn(
Error creating a database backup: 400

Process finished with exit code 0

My code is as follows:

import requests

# Infoblox API information
infoblox_url = 'xxx'  # Adjust the URL and version as needed
infoblox_user = 'yyy'
infoblox_password = 'zzz'

# Function to create an Infoblox database backup
def create_database_backup():
    endpoint = '/grm/backup'
    url = infoblox_url + endpoint

    # Prepare a request to create a database backup
    data = {
        "comment": "Database backup created via API"  # Optional comment
    }

    response = requests.post(url, auth=(infoblox_user, infoblox_password), json=data, verify=False)  # Disable SSL verification; use it with caution

    if response.status_code == 200:
        response_data = response.json()
        backup_url = response_data['url']

        # You can download the backup file if needed
        # backup_response = requests.get(backup_url, auth=(infoblox_user, infoblox_password), verify=False)
        # Handle the downloaded backup file as required
        print("Database backup created successfully.")
    else:
        print(f"Error creating a database backup: {response.status_code}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    create_database_backup()

We are running: 8.6.3-51135-1241097029df

[#2]

Looks like your grid is using self-signed certificates. That's not a problem but you will need to set up a requests session, and supply some parameters to bypass SSL certificate validation.

Here's a quick example of setting up a session, and getting the current WAPI version

global SESSION
SESSION = requests.session()
get_version = f'https://{gm}/wapi/v1.0/?_schema'
json_headers = {'content-type': 'application/json'}


resp = SESSION.get(get_version, headers=json_headers,
	auth=authentication,
	verify=False,
	timeout=600)

json_data = json.loads(resp.text)

# Save the authentication cookie for use in subsequent requests.
ibapauth_cookie = resp.cookies['ibapauth']

# Use the ibapauth cookie to authenticate instead of userid/password.
global COOKIE
COOKIE = {'ibapauth': ibapauth_cookie}

# Get supported versions
versions = json_data["supported_versions"]
versions.sort(key=lambda s: list(map(int, s.split('.'))))  # Sort Versions

# Get the latest version
global WAPI
WAPI = versions[-1]
log.info("Using wapi version %s", WAPI)
log.info("Capturing supported objects for version %s", WAPI)

You will need to generate the backup file first, using the fileop function.

Here's an example with curl. 

# Download Grid Backup


# Request grid backup generation

curl -k -u admin:infoblox -X POST 'https://192.168.1.2/wapi/v2.12/fileop?_function=getgriddata&type=BACKUP'

{
    "token": "eJytjj0LwjAURf9KyWyTvrSExq1SBUFaEMExpE2swX6ZRlDE/24z6Ori+M7lnnefSN9HYx/CmU6j\nZQCMp8CiNKaYA0toxBcButl2jtDZuXFaEgKcYmApBkyJZ0IZq2snTqbVwgzE6qswKszLY7ErszyE\niCYwq2LKIWFRTJR0spKTxpW8oNnvb6H7elCmb/yn1bb48m5QfhjKs0Mm9uvNJ/CMTG6wstHEdeN/\nphjlvb9q6PUGzdpb/w==\n", 
    "url": "https://192.168.1.2/http_direct_file_io/req_id-DOWNLOAD-1024142032914603/database.bak"
}

# Download file from URL

curl -k -u admin:infoblox -H "Content-type:application/force-download" -O 'https://192.168.1.2/http_direct_file_io/req_id-DOWNLOAD-1024142032914603/database.bak'
 
# And then close the file using the token
 
curl -k1 -u admin:infoblox -X POST 'https://192.168.1.2/wapi/v2.12/fileop?_function=downloadcomplete' \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" -d \
'{
  "token": "eJytjj0LwjAURf9KyWyTvrSExq1SBUFaEMExpE2swX6ZRlDE/24z6Ori+M7lnnefSN9HYx/CmU6j\nZQCMp8CiNKaYA0toxBcButl2jtDZuXFaEgKcYmApBkyJZ0IZq2snTqbVwgzE6qswKszLY7ErszyE\niCYwq2LKIWFRTJR0spKTxpW8oNnvb6H7elCmb/yn1bb48m5QfhjKs0Mm9uvNJ/CMTG6wstHEdeN/\nphjlvb9q6PUGzdpb/w==\n"
}'

[#3]

Wow, thanks for the quick reply.

Could I have an example with Pythin?

Nuno
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[#4]

This works - could add session stuff:

"""

This script downloads an Infoblox database backup and saves it to the local file system.

It connects to an Infoblox Grid Manager using the RESTful API and authenticates using

the provided credentials. The backup file is downloaded using the URL received from

the response of initiating the backup session. The file is then saved locally with a

timestamped filename. Finally, a POST request is sent to trigger the download complete

using the received token.

"""

import requests

import json

import time

# Disable SSL warnings

requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()

# Infoblox Grid variables

gm_hostname = "gridmaster.domain.org"

gm_url = f"https://{gm_hostname}/wapi/v2.11"

gm_user = "admin"

gm_password = "your-pwd"

now = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")

outputfile = f"infoblox_backup_{now}.bak"

headers = {"content-type": "application/json"}

# Function to create an Infoblox database backup

def create_infoblox_backup():

"""Function to download Infoblox database backup"""

# Prepare a request to create a database backup

# print('\n' + gm_url + '/fileop?_function=getgriddata' + '\n')

payload = {"type": "BACKUP"}

data = {"comment": "Database backup created via API"} # Optional comment

print("Initiating the backup on server ...\n")

response = requests.post(

f"{gm_url}/fileop?_function=getgriddata",

auth=(gm_user, gm_password),

data=json.dumps(payload),

headers=headers,

verify=False,

)

if response.status_code == 200:

print("Creation of the backup file was successful ...\n")

response_dict = response.json()

backup_url = response_dict["url"]

backup_token = response_dict["token"]

print("backup URL: ", backup_url + "\n")

print(backup_token + "\n")

# Step 2: You can download the backup file if needed using the url

print( "Initiating download of backup file from URL provided in API response ...\n" )

download_headers = {"content-type": "application/force-download"}

download_response = requests.get(

backup_url,

auth=(gm_user, gm_password),

stream=True,

headers=download_headers,

verify=False,

)

open(outputfile, "wb").write(download_response.content)

print("Telling Infoblox download is complete, start cleanup ...\n")

close_response = requests.post(

f"https://{gm_hostname}/fileop?_function=downloadcomplete",

auth=(gm_user, gm_password),

data=json.dumps(backup_token),

headers=headers,

verify=False

)

print("Database backup created and downloaded successfully.\n")

else:

print(f"Error creating a database backup: {response.status_code}")

if __name__ == "__main__":

create_infoblox_backup()