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nick_scott

Would anyone be able to point me to an article or reference material where some very basic and easy tasks are completed using the API ?

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tdanner

Have you read through https://github.com/solarwinds/OrionSDK/wiki?

Let us know what your goals are and we can point you to something more specific.

nick_scott

Thanks for the quick response, just a little bit of background so you can see where I'm coming from. I've been using the SLW application for about 4 years, I've been through every portion of the GUI several times over and use database manager for a number of things, custom SQL reporting, views ect.. I have a strong networking background, although my scripting/programming skills are novice.

I have come to a point with this application where I am no longer learning other than coming across the random issue from "left field". We are in the process of building out a QA/DEV environment and I wanted to use that opportunity to start getting very familiar with the API. I have read github and watched your SolarWinds lab video.

I am looking to start small with some basic tasks to help get myself more comfortable with the API and then build and grow upon those lessons/experiences. We are a large organization with about 8 pollers, some of which are in STZ areas. In your opinion what are some of the places the API can help with most ? If I understood the capabilities a little better I could more easily provide some use cases.

tdanner

Two of the most common simple tasks I hear about people using are:

* to tie alerts into some other system - e.g., when X happens, then acknowledge a certain alert in NPM

* to tie node unmanage into some other system - e.g., when X happens, then unmanage a certain node in NPM for two hours

nick_scott

Are there any books, websites, blogs, online tutorials where I could read about API's to get a better understanding? I checked out codeacademy but wasn't sure what flavor of API best compared to SLW API.

tdanner

It sounds like you have already gone through the material we have. Learning to work with some other REST API would help you. Have you chosen a language to work in?

nick_scott

Im thinking powershell/python.

tdanner

We have sample code in both of those languages, but much more in PowerShell: OrionSDK/Samples/PowerShell at master · solarwinds/OrionSDK · GitHub