gns3api/README.md

gns3api - Simple python module to access the GNS3 API

This module provides an easy access to the GNS3 API, see https://gns3-server.readthedocs.io/ .

Warning: The module is not yet stable, it may change at any time.

Usage:

• create an API object
  api = gns3api.GNS3Api()
• access the API
  data = api.request(‘POST’, ‘/v2/version’, {“version”: “0.1”})

Restrictions:

• Notifications are not supported

Requirements:

• Python 2.7 or 3.x
• GNS3 2.x

Installation:

Either copy gns3api.py into the same folder as your program or install it with python setup.py install.

Examples:

test_api is a small program to test some basic API calls.

get_console is a simple application to get the console port of a node.

start_nodes starts the nodes of a project one by one.