Howto Get ipve4addr in assign_state when creating a host object record:host

[#1]

I'm using https://ipam.kpn.org/wapi/v2.9.5/request? to create an host object. In the same call I want to assign the ipv4addr retured by this POST to create a PTR record.

The issue is that I'm not able to assign the ipv4addr to a varaible so I can use it in the next POST.

Examples:

The request I fire is:

• I left the creation of a PTR record out of the example, because that is not my issue 

[
    {
        "method": "STATE:ASSIGN",
        "data": {
            "net": "10.0.2.0/24",
            "hostname": "myhostname"
        }
    },
    {
        "method": "POST",
        "object": "record:host",
        "data": {
            "name": "##STATE:hostname:##",
            "configure_for_dns": false,
            "ipv4addrs": [ 
            	{ 
            		"ipv4addr": "func:nextavailableip:##STATE:net:##",
            		"configure_for_dhcp": false
            	}
            ]
        },
        "args": {
            "_return_fields": "ipv4addrs"
        },
        "assign_state": {
            "created_ip_address": "ipv4addrs"
            
        },
        "enable_substitution": true,
        "discard": true
    },
    {
        "method": "STATE:DISPLAY"
    }
]

The result:

[
    {
        "created_ip_address": [
            {
                "_ref": "record:host_ipv4addr/ZG5zLmhvc3RfYWRkcmVzcyQubm9uX0ROU19ob3N0X3Jvb3QuMi4xNTg4MzIyNjYzMTY3LnNsZGNscjA5OTcuMTAuNDAuMjQzLjIwLg:10.40.243.20/sldclr0997/%20",
                "configure_for_dhcp": false,
                "host": "sldclr0997",
                "ipv4addr": "10.0.2.20"
            }
        ],
        "hostname": "myhostname",
        "net": "10.0.2.0/24"
    }
]

So, I can assign the array ipv4addrs to created_ip_address, but what I want is the assign the ipv4addr from the array to a variable. (assign_state).

I expected it to be something like ipv4addrs.ipv4addr or ipv4addrs[0].ipv4addr but that does not work.

I hope someone can help me with this.

[#2]

Hi,

You can use the next_available_ip function to first get the desired IP address, store it in a variable, and then use it while creating host record and PTR record like below:

curl -k -u admin:infoblox -H 'content-type:application/json' -X POST "https://grid-master/wapi/v2.10/request" -d'
[
   {
       "method":"STATE:ASSIGN",
       "data":{
            "net":"10.10.10.0/24",
            "hostname":"myhostname"
       }
   },
   {
       "method":"GET",
       "object":"network",
       "data":{
            "network":"##STATE:net:##"
        },
       "assign_state":{
            "net_ref":"_ref"
        },
       "enable_substitution":true,
       "discard":true
    },
    {
       "method":"POST",
       "object":"##STATE:net_ref:##",
       "args":{
            "_function":"next_available_ip"
        },
       "assign_state":{
            "ip_address":"ips[0]"
        },
       "enable_substitution":true,
       "discard":true
    },
    {
       "method":"STATE:DISPLAY"
    }
]'

Use ip_address in subsequent operations.

Hope this helps,

Krishna Vasudevan