ciscolib cdp output list printing support

[anna]

Hi There,

trying ciscolib module to discover network topology. small script as below

import ciscolib
switch = ciscolib.Device("172.21.160.3", "test123", "anna")
switch.connect()
print(switch.get_neighbors())

Output:
[{'ip': '172.21.162.164', 'hostname': 'PUN-DIG-DIG-01-ONN-BR-BS-GL-01', 'remote_port': 'FastEthernet0/24', 'local_port': 'FastEthernet0/18'}, {'ip': '172.21.162.157', 'hostname': 'PUN-DIG-DIG-02-ONN-BR-BS-01', 'remote_port': 'FastEthernet0/24', 'local_port': 'FastEthernet0/15'}, {'ip': '172.21.162.71', 'hostname': 'PUN-DIG-DIG-01-ONN-BR-BS-70', 'remote_port': 'FastEthernet0/24', 'local_port': 'FastEthernet0/19'}, {'ip': '172.21.160.2', 'hostname': 'pu-dig-dig-r1-as01', 'remote_port': 'GigabitEthernet1/0/9', 'local_port': 'GigabitEthernet0/1'}]

need to print output as below

ip:172.21.162.164 hostname:PUN-DIG-DIG-01-ONN-BR-BS-GL-01 remote_port:FastEthernet0/24 local_port:FastEthernet0/18
ip:172.21.162.157 hostname:PUN-DIG-DIG-02-ONN-BR-BS-01 remote_port:FastEthernet0/24 local_port:FastEthernet0/15
ip:172.21.160.2 hostname:pu-dig-dig-r1-as01 remote_port:GigabitEthernet1/0/9 local_port:GigabitEthernet0/1

[buran]

you get list of dicts. Iterate over it and print elements whatever you like.
Frankly, it becomes boring to answer virtually same questions over and over again...

[anna]

thanks, Buran, sorry for such boring question... I am not full time coder and weak at list and dict.

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Hi Buran,

is this ok? please suggest

import ciscolib
ip = "172.21.160.3"
switch = ciscolib.Device(ip, "test123", "anna")
switch.connect()
ne= switch.get_neighbors()
for item in ne:
    print ip+"\t"+item['ip']+"\t"+item['hostname']+"\t"+item['remote_port']+"\t"+item['local_port']

Output:
172.21.160.3    172.21.162.164  PUN-DIG-DIG-01-ONN-BR-BS-GL-01  FastEthernet0/24        FastEthernet0/18
172.21.160.3    172.21.162.157  PUN-DIG-DIG-02-ONN-BR-BS-01     FastEthernet0/24        FastEthernet0/15
172.21.160.3    172.21.162.71   PUN-DIG-DIG-01-ONN-BR-BS-70     FastEthernet0/24        FastEthernet0/19
172.21.160.3    172.21.160.2    pu-dig-dig-r1-as01      GigabitEthernet1/0/9    GigabitEthernet0/1

[buran]

use string

is this ok?

well, that is a question only you can answer. Does it look like YOU want it?
for print you may use something like this, more pythonic

neighbours = [{'ip': '172.21.162.164', 'hostname': 'PUN-DIG-DIG-01-ONN-BR-BS-GL-01', 'remote_port': 'FastEthernet0/24', 'local_port': 'FastEthernet0/18'}, {'ip': '172.21.162.157', 'hostname': 'PUN-DIG-DIG-02-ONN-BR-BS-01', 'remote_port': 'FastEthernet0/24', 'local_port': 'FastEthernet0/15'}, {'ip': '172.21.162.71', 'hostname': 'PUN-DIG-DIG-01-ONN-BR-BS-70', 'remote_port': 'FastEthernet0/24', 'local_port': 'FastEthernet0/19'}, {'ip': '172.21.160.2', 'hostname': 'pu-dig-dig-r1-as01', 'remote_port': 'GigabitEthernet1/0/9', 'local_port': 'GigabitEthernet0/1'}]
my_ip = "172.21.160.3"
for item in neighbours:
    print('{my_ip}\t{ip}\t{hostname: <30}\t{remote_port}\t{local_port}'.format(my_ip=my_ip, **item))

or use some of the avalable packages for print tabular data:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/26937531/4046632