Object Initiation

In order to make use of an API endpoint, you will need to initiate an object representing an instance of Discovery using an authentication token (generated in the GUI) and a hostname, fqdn or ip address.

Initiating an instance is done by creating an discovery or outpost object:

tideway.appliance(<IP/URL>,<api_token>) tideway.outpost(<IP/URL>,<api_token>)

Or you can specify one of the following top-level endpoints:

tideway.admin()
tideway.credential()
tideway.data()
tideway.discovery()
tideway.events()
tideway.kerberos()
tideway.knowledge()
tideway.models()
tideway.taxonomy()
tideway.topology()
tideway.vault()
  

Upon initiation the following parameters can be used:

Parameter	Use	Type	Default Value	Description
target	Required	String		The Hostname, FQDN or IP Address of the Discovery instance.
token	Required	String		The authentication token of the API user. It is not necessary to include the "bearer" pre-text.
api_version		String	"1.5"	This should be the supported version of the API. Discovery 22.2 supports API versions up to 1.5 (outpost 1.0).
ssl_verify		Boolean	False	Choose whether to query the API using a valid SSL certificate. If you are using self-signed HTTPS then you should leave this with the default value.