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how to unwrap strings

newscriptkiddie

Hello,

I am trying to search config files to see which files have a particular string (access-list 199) in my case,

In Postman application i have the below URL for POST action:

"https://x.x.x.x:17778/SolarWinds/InformationService/v3/Json/Invoke/Cirrus.ConfigArchive/ConfigSearch"

This is giving a list of ID's but wrapped in some strings for example:

"'01c4935d-2f65-40dc-81e5-9d28ced1b281'",

"'110d2f66-b925-4bdc-ad33-e6ac64a06cb4'",

How can I unwrap this and get the information of which devices have the specified string?

I'm also trying to achieve the same goal through SWQL Studio and when go into Invoke Cirrus.ConfigArchive.ConfigSearch and enter the details it gives the following error:

"Error while parsing argument startTime, invocation won't happen:

Data at the root level is invalid. Line1, position 1."

See attached screenshot.

I'm new so any help appreciated.

Thanks

SWQL Error.PNG

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tdanner

Like this? Search for config files in the web console - SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. Help and Support

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tdanner

SWQL Studio seems to be having trouble with that verb. Stick with Postman.

Removing leading/trailing characters is a straightforward task in my programming languages. What language are you writing this tool/script in? Do you have some code you can share?

newscriptkiddie

I'm not actually writting any code, my company upgraded their solawinds and wanted to utilise it for more tasks. So all I wanted to do is to search for a string and see which configs have that string in them. And then I will look at other tasks.

For now I can't figure out why it's giving me the output of the results in that format and how to just simply see the configs which have the string I'm looking for.

I was able to achieve the same through a python script but the team want to get accustomed to solarwinds more so that's what I'm focusing on right now.

tdanner

If you are not writing code, why not just do the search in the NCM web console?

newscriptkiddie

There's no option, I tried to go to the directory of the configs and search but get no result.