ncclient:NETCONF Python client

#! /usr/bin/env python2.6 

#

# Retrieve the running config from the NETCONF server passed on the

# command line using get-config and write the XML configs to files.

#

# $ ./nc02.py broccoli

import sys, os, warnings

warnings.simplefilter("ignore", DeprecationWarning)

from ncclient import manager

def demo(host, user):

    with manager.connect(host=host, port=22, username=user) as m:

        c = m.get_config(source='running').data_xml

        with open("%s.xml" % host, 'w') as f:

            f.write(c)

if __name__ == '__main__':

    demo(sys.argv[1], os.getenv("USER"))