Here’s a sample POST request that sets the downstream DNS mode to advanced. The DNS mode is specified in an XML file named network.xml. The request is made using a system-level user account that has the administrator role.
Request body in XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<networkSettings>
<downstreamDNSMode>ADVANCED</downstreamDNSMode>
</networkSettings>
Request with cURL command line
curl -k -i -d @network.xml -H "Content-Type: application/xml"
-H "Authorization: HCP YWRtaW4=:e00cf25ad42683b3df678c61f42c6bda"
"https://admin.hcp.example.com:9090/mapi/network"
Request in Python using PycURL
import pycurl
import os
filehandle = open("network.xml", 'rb')
curl = pycurl.Curl()
curl.setopt(pycurl.HTTPHEADER, ["Content-Type: application/xml", / "Authorization: HCP YWRtaW4=:e00cf25ad42683b3df678c61f42c6bda"])
curl.setopt(pycurl.URL,
"https://admin.hcp.example.com:9090/mapi/network"
curl.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0)
curl.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0)
curl.setopt(pycurl.CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST")
curl.setopt(pycurl.UPLOAD, 1)
curl.setopt(pycurl.INFILESIZE, os.path.getsize("network.xml")) curl.setopt(pycurl.READFUNCTION, filehandle.read)
curl.perform()
print curl.getinfo(pycurl.RESPONSE_CODE)
curl.close()
filehandle.close()
Request headers
POST /mapi/network?downstreamDNSMode=ADVANCED HTTP/1.1
Host: admin.hcp.example.com:9090
Authorization: HCP YWRtaW4=:e00cf25ad42683b3df678c61f42c6bda
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: 141
Response headers
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
X-HCP-SoftwareVersion: 7.0.1.105
Content-Length: 0
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