Symptom
The customer wants to export all the objects present on an FMC used and unused to enforce internal naming and ip policies. In the moment there is no option to export a complete list in a readable format. To comply with the customer requirement we tried the following:
Currently, when utilising the workaround, the API request will return the list in JSON format, which is unreadable by the client. As a result, extra coding is required to convert the data into a readable format, such TXT or CSV. The list of items can now be retrieved using an API call, and then a Python script can parse the data into a usable manner. which implies that a button that collects and analyses this data for the customer—including name, type, description, and value—might be an option offered to them.
Conditions
FTD managed by FMC
Workaround
Steps:
1. Use RestAPI to retrieve the list of objects
2. Parse the list using python
Further Problem Description
The customer wants to export all the objects present on an FMC used and unused to enforce internal naming and ip policies. In the moment there is no option to export a complete list in a readable format. To comply with the customer requirement we tried the following:
Currently, when utilising the workaround, the API request will return the list in JSON format, which is unreadable by the client. As a result, extra coding is required to convert the data into a readable format, such TXT or CSV. The list of items can now be retrieved using an API call, and then a Python script can parse the data into a usable manner. which implies that a button that collects and analyses this data for the customer—including name, type, description, and value—might be an option offered to them.
