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Adding a node to a container using rest api

Hi Thwack,

I need to add a node to a container. The examples from both solarwinds and some other blogs reflect using XML. Is it possible to form it into a rest call, using powershell?

forexample

$nodeSetting =

containerId=$containerId

MemberDefinitionInfo=???;

}

$nodeSettingjson = ConvertTo-Json $nodeSetting

$url = "https://$($hostname):17778/SolarWinds/InformationService/v3/Json/Invoke/Orion.Container/AddDefinition"

$result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -Credential $solarcreds -Method Post -Body $nodeSettingjson -ContentType application/json

Thanks

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tdanner

Have you looked at this sample? It's in Python, but it does should what a MemberDefinitionInfo object looks like in JSON: https://github.com/solarwinds/orionsdk-python/blob/master/samples/groups.py

Also, I am curious - if you are working in PowerShell, what is your reason for choosing the REST endpoint instead of just using Connect-Swis/Invoke-SwisVerb?

jvaranini

I wanted to work with the rest api for 2 reasons. One to not be dependent on the Connect-swis/invoke-swisverb. The other was to get more experience with powershell and rest.