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Aruba Central > API - python example

 How to Access API Swagger documentation page?

https://developer.arubanetworks.com/aruba-central/docs/api-swagger-documentation





HPE GreenLake > Choose your Workspace > Aruba Central



in Aruba Central

- Global > Maintain > Organization > Platform Integration > API Gateway

>> hier you see:

>>> All Published APIs(1): https://apigw-eucentral3.central.arubanetworks.com/swagger/apps/nms/

>>> My Apps & Token / System Apps & Tokens: here you can create tokens to access the api 



A token looks like:

Name: token-2024-01-26

Client ID: 5ojXi9VA2M....

Client Secret: weADaFKs....

Redirect URI: https://arubanetworks.com



{"access_token":"naMvrERSNB....",

"appname":"nms",

"authenticated_userid":"...."

,"created_at":1706258335937,

"credential_id":"afb0cc34-ceef-....",

"expires_in":7200,

"id":"164017b7-04dc-49a5-.....3",

"refresh_token":"mPYTOxctckc2J.......TihBVIeKiv",

"scope":"all",

"token_type":"bearer"}



After you created a token let's go to the API page:

https://apigw-eucentral3.central.arubanetworks.com/swagger/apps/nms/





example 1: get list of all access points



Request URL:

https://apigw-eucentral3.central.arubanetworks.com/monitoring/v2/aps





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python mini script sample

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#!/usr/bin/python3

import requests



# Aruba Central API details

#access_token: don't use the token id with dashes like "02828cde-2f1f-.....",

#use the access_token (click on download on webpage!)

access_token = "EHhi6Y18W....."

api_endpoint = "https://apigw-eucentral3.central.arubanetworks.com/monitoring/v2/aps"





# Make request to Aruba Central API for access points

headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {access_token}"}

api_response = requests.get(api_endpoint, headers=headers)

api_response.raise_for_status()



# Parse and print the response

access_points_data = api_response.json()

print("Aruba Central Access Points Information:")

print(access_points_data)



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