Python's Netmiko template

The following is a ready to go netlike template , you just need to choose your way of authentication and the device type , you can find the supported devices on both the documentation and the Git for the Netmiko library :

Netmiko Source Code : Netmiko Github
API reference (must check for more functionality) : Netmiko Doc

# netmiko_starter.py from netmiko import ConnectHandler device_dictionary = { 'device_type': 'DEVICE_TYPE', 'host': 'DEVICE_IP_ADDRESS', 'username': 'USERNAME', 'password' : 'PASSWORD', # 'verbose': False ,  # 'session_log': 'log.txt',  # 'global_delay_factor': 2,  } net_connect = ConnectHandler(**device_dictionary) output = net_connect.send_command("show version") net_connect.disconnect() 

Comments on the code :

• uncomment verbose if you want to disable Netmiko's Logs .
• uncomment session_log to debug the connection failures .
• uncomment _ global_delay_factor_ to add delay when waiting for commands output , very useful if the devices are slow , note that this is not in seconds but in multiple , so "2" mean multiply the default delay by 2 and so on

For more functionality , like the types of devices supported , please check the API docs .

Also check the textfsm templates part of the guide , this helps a lot with parsing the output instead of using the normal Regex way , it supports a lot of well known devices outputs .

good luck