Example gRPC client for IOS-XR which loads a json plain text file and sends it over gRPC, using certificate authentication.

grpc_cfg.py

# Code from https://github.com/cisco-grpc-connection-libs/ios-xr-grpc-python/blob/master/examples/grpc_cfg.py

from grpc.framework.interfaces.face.face import AbortionError
import json
from time import sleep
import sys
sys.path.insert(0, '../')
from lib.cisco_grpc_client import CiscoGRPCClient


class Example(object):
    def __init__(self):
        creds = open('/home/bensley/Python/pyb_oc/IOS-XRv621-grpc.pem').read()
        options = 'ems.cisco.com'
        self.client = CiscoGRPCClient('127.0.0.1', 57777, 10, 'vagrant', 'vagrant', creds, options)

    def get(self):
        path = '{"Cisco-IOS-XR-ipv4-bgp-cfg:bgp": [null]}'
        result = self.client.getconfig(path)
        try:
            err, result = self.client.getconfig(path)
            if err:
                print err
            print json.dumps(json.loads(result), indent=4)
        except AbortionError:
            print(
                'Unable to connect to local box, check your gRPC destination.'
                )

    def merge(self):
        path = open('snips/broken_restart_timer.json').read()
        try:
            response = self.client.mergeconfig(path)
            if response.errors:
                err = json.loads(response.errors)
                print err
        except AbortionError:
            print(
                'Unable to connect to local box, check your gRPC destination.'
                )

def main():
    example = Example()
    print "Config before merge:\n"
    example.get()
    example.merge()
    print "Config after merge:\n"
    example.get()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()