Here’s a sample POST request that downloads the system logs prepared in the previous example to your current directory in a zip file. The request downloads the Service logs for General Node 17. The log type and selected General Node are specified in an XML file named logDownload.xml. The request is made using a system-level user account that includes the administrator role.
Request body in XML
<?xml version=1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<logDownload>
<nodes>17</nodes>
<content>SERVICE</content>
</logDownload>
Request with cURL command line
curl -X POST -T @logDownload.xml -k -H "Content-type: application/xml" -H "Authorization: HCP YWxscm9sZXM=:04EC9F614D89FF5C7126D32ACB448382" https://admin.hcp.example.com:9090/mapi/logs/download -o logDownload.zip
Request in Python using PycURL
import pycurl
import os
filename = "logDownload.xml"
filehandle = open(filename, "rb")
filesize = os.path.getsize(filename)
output = open("downloadedLogs.zip", "wb")
curl = pycurl.Curl()
curl.setopt(pycurl.VERBOSE, True)
curl.setopt(pycurl.CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST")
curl.setopt(pycurl.READFUNCTION, filehandle.read)
curl.setopt(pycurl.HTTPHEADER, ["Content-Type: application/xml", \
"Authorization: HCP \
YWxscm9sZXM=:04EC9F614D89FF5C7126D32ACB448382"])
curl.setopt(pycurl.URL, "https://admin.hcp.example.com:9090/mapi/logs/download")
curl.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYPEER, False)
curl.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYHOST, False)
curl.setopt(pycurl.UPLOAD, 1)
curl.setopt(pycurl.INFILESIZE, filesize)
curl.setopt(pycurl.WRITEFUNCTION, output.write)
curl.perform()
print(curl.getinfo(pycurl.RESPONSE_CODE))
filehandle.close()
curl.close()
Request headers
POST /mapi/logs/download HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: curl/7.27.0
Host: admin.hcp.example.com:9090
Accept: */*
Authorization: HCP YWxscm9sZXM=:04EC9F614D89FF5C7126D32ACB448382
Response headers
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/zip
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=HCPLogs-admin.hcp.example.com-n17-sp20150821-1225.zip
Accept-Ranges: none
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
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