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Python API to RouterBoard devices produced by MikroTik.
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Explanations about correct using of 'structure' paramter of RouterOsApi.get_resource() method #42

Open bobr-kun opened 5 years ago

bobr-kun commented 5 years ago

To some extent my question is related to this one: https://github.com/socialwifi/RouterOS-api/issues/40 But not so narrow. Basically I want to figure out how to use queries of RouterOS API print command(which is slightly differs from regular RouterOS CLI print command). I think that this RouterOS API implementation is quite able to do that. So, when forming a 'resource'(speaking in the terms of current RouterOS API implementation) with RouterOsApi.get_resource() method to be queried from RouterOS with RouterOsResource.get(), sometimes I want to make it as much narrow as possible to get as much less data as possible(ideal option - to get exactly that record I need and no others). So, when forming such a 'resource' object I want to add some conditional parameters and I think that 'structure' parameter is designed for this exactly(or am I wrong?). Finally, I'm asking the developers of this RouterOS API implementation: If you'd be so kind to shed some light on my question and give some more specific explanations to us about the use of that 'structure' parameter or how is it possible to make queries with this RouterOS API implementation?

fernandolcx commented 5 years ago

I spent my weekend trying to figure out how to do it exactly what you said.

With tikapy it's neat like pprint(api.talk(['/interface/pppoe-server/print', '=count-only', '?service=service4'])), but with this one I can't.

bobr-kun commented 5 years ago

Thanks for your answer @fernandolcx But may be the developers will shed some light? But seems they just disappeared...