Creating a Network

Creating a network in Python is straightforward. The JSON object expected by the API consists of the network name, and optionally a description. The following code builds on our previous examples:

...
data = {
        'name':'MyNetwork',
        'description': 'A test network using the REST API',
    }
uri='{base}/Network'.format(base=baseUri)
r=s.post(uri,data=json.dumps(data))
job=r.json()
# wait for the job to complete
net_id=wait_for_job(job['id']['uri'],s)

Creating a Local Network for a Server

To create a local network for a specific server, we can use the get_id_from_name function that we defined in Obtaining the Server Pool ID Value to obtain an ID object for a specific server. We can then construct the JSON body to send in the POST requests and construct the URI to create a local network for the server:

...
svr_id=get_id_from_name(s,baseUri,'Server','1.example.com')
data = {
        'name': 'MyLocalNetwork',
        'description': 'Test network for 1.example.com',
        }
uri='{base}/Server/{sid}/Network'.format(base=baseUri,sid=svr_id['value'])
r=s.post(uri,data=json.dumps(data))
job=r.json()
# wait for the job to complete
localnet_id=wait_for_job(job['id']['uri'],s)