Solarwinds API

[Nhardel]

I have been working on trying to develop some scripts to interface with the REST/JSON API from the Orion SDK.  This is where I will ask my questions and hopefully get some community responses that could help benefit others. 

https://github.com/solarwinds/OrionSDK

I am trying to create examples of how to interface with the API from autoit.  This should be a knowledge dump for this task. 

[JLogan3o13]

@nhardel do you have a specific question on how to complete a task, or are you looking to create a library of some sort with help from the community? If it is the latter then I will move this thread to the Projects and Collaboration forum.

[Nhardel]

Sorry JLogan3o13   I only have very basic things at this point so I did not think it was complete enough to be in that forum.  If that is where I should be then yes, please move post.

[JLogan3o13]

Moved, as there seems to be no single question.

[TheDcoder]

The API is a basic web server listening on localhost:17778, it uses REST API... which uses JSON to communicate back and fro'. A good starting point would be to check out the WinHTTP UDF to place requests to the server and a JSON UDF to interpret the responses.

I am personally not familiar working with JSON in AutoIt so I can't give you more advice on that part.

Some reference material: https://github.com/solarwinds/OrionSDK/wiki/REST

[Nhardel]

I have looked at the reference material already.  My hope is to find some others that have access to solarwinds products and come up with practical wrappers or a UDF.  I am using the winhttp udf and have had success with the query command.  The JSON part is where I am having some issues.

[Nhardel]

#include <log4a.au3>

Func _orionConnect($orion_host)
    $hOpen = _winhttpOpen()
    If @error Then
        _log4a_Fatal("Error intializing the usage of WinHTTP functions")
        Exit 1
    EndIf
    $hConnect = _winhttpConnect($hOpen, $orion_host,"17778")
    If @error Then 
        _log4a_Fatal("Error specifying the initial target server of an HTTP request.") 
        _orionDisconnect() 
        Exit 2 
    EndIf 
EndFunc

Func _orionDisconnect()
    _WinHttpCloseHandle($hRequest) 
    _WinHttpCloseHandle($hConnect) 
    _WinHttpCloseHandle($hOpen)
EndFunc

log4a.au3

[Nhardel]

Func _orionQuery($orion_query)
    Local $sHeader = 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46'
    Local $orion_QueryResponse = _WinHttpSimpleSSLRequest($hConnect,"GET","/SolarWinds/InformationService/v3/Json/Query?query="&$orion_query,Default,Default,$sHeader,True,Default,Default,Default,1)

    If @error Then 
        Switch @error
            Case 1
                _log4a_Fatal("could not open request.") 
            Case 2
                _log4a_Fatal("could not send request.") 
            Case 3
                _log4a_Fatal("could not receive response.") 
            Case 4
                _log4a_Fatal("$iMode is not valid.") 
        EndSwitch
    EndIf
    _log4a_trace(@crlf & $orion_QueryResponse[0])
    _log4a_trace($orion_QueryResponse[1])
    _log4a_trace($orion_QueryResponse[2])
    return $orion_QueryResponse
EndFunc

 

[TheDcoder]

This UDF looks old but it might work: