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Remove IPAM Custom Property Value/Set To Null

I have created some custom properties for IPAM objects. Once the IPAM object is no longer used, I want to remove the values that may have been populated in these values. For example, I created a custom property called IPAM_City. If the location closes, I want to clear the current value in IPAM_City. I can't seem to find a way to do this. I'm using Python and have tried the following:

swis.update(uri, IPAM_City = '')

swis.update(uri, IPAM_City = None)

swis.update(uri, IPAM_City = str())

They all give the following error,

"400 Client Error: The given key was not present in the dictionary. for url: ">solarwinds.ckr.com:17778/.../CustomProperties"

If I use swis.update(uri, IPAM_City = 'Any Town'), it works fine so I know the key is in the dictionary and everything else it setup correctly. For some reason it does not like it when there is not some sort of string present.

I don't want to completely remove IPAM_City as a custom property, I just want to clear/set to null the value for this specific node/subnet.

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Pyhton_Noob

any update on this? I'm having the same issues as well.Now I'm going to having a problem if I need to reset changes I've made.

christopher.t.jones123

@Python_Noob, if you're doing it in the same fashion as OP, then then I would recommend not using "...swis.update..." typically for deletion there is a separate callout something along the lines of swis.remove

I don't really use python that much so I'm not certain of the exact syntaxt

KMSigma.SWI

Do you have an example of one of the URI's you are calling? I have a feeling you might be using the wrong one for custom properties.

Pyhton_Noob

I'm using the following:

update_custom_repsonse = connect_to_solarwinds.swis.update(node_uri + "/CustomProperties", Imported_Host=host, Imported_Desc = description)

But setting any of the augments are empty, it will fail to update. I think it's a bug. It seems anything placed in quotes in passed literally. So Null doesn't work.

I don't really want to delete the entire record, just clean it.

https://thwack.solarwinds.com/product-forums/the-orion-platform/f/orion-sdk/42617/sw-api-with-python-none-value-is-not-null

KMSigma.SWI

Is IPAM_City a Node-based custom property or an IP Node-based custom property?

That post is from a while ago. What version of the SolarWinds Platform are you running?

KMSigma.SWI

Just found Can't set IP Node Custom Property to a blank string · Issue #252 · solarwinds/OrionSDK (github.com). It's not currently resolved, so I think it's still an outstanding issue.

The fastest way to get notified when the status changes would be to follow that issue.