Merge pull request #86 from akarneliuk/0.8.4

0.8.4

README.rst

@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ Tested Network Operating Systems (NOS)
 - Cisco IOS XR
 - Juniper JUNOS
 - Nokia SRLinux
+- Cisco NX-OS
 
 Network Operating Systems (NOS) in test
 ---------------------------------------
-- Cisco Nexus
 - Broadcom SONiC
 
 =======
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ Contributors
 Dev Log
 =======
 
+Release **0.8.4**:
+
+- Change logic of setting default values for some parameters to improve user experience.
+- Added ``token`` authentication to ``pygnmicli``.
+
 Release **0.8.3**:
 
 - Changed behaviour of ``subscribe2()`` to RPC to avoid adding the empty ``Extension`` field for no extensions presenting. Fix for `Issue 83 <https://github.com/akarneliuk/pygnmi/issues/83>`_.
@@ -385,7 +390,7 @@ Release **0.1.0**:
 
 (c)2020-2022, karneliuk.com
 
-.. |version| image:: https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=latest&message=v0.8.3&color=success
+.. |version| image:: https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=latest&message=v0.8.4&color=success
 .. _version: https://pypi.org/project/pygnmi/
 .. |tag| image:: https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=status&message=stable&color=success
 .. _tag: https://pypi.org/project/pygnmi/

pygnmi/arg_parser.py

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def parse_args(msg):
     parser.add_argument(
         "-u", "--user",
         type=str,
-        required=True,
+        required=False,
         help="Username to use when connecting",
         dest="username"
     )
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ def parse_args(msg):
         help="Password to use when connecting",
         dest="password"
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--token",
+        type=str,
+        required=False,
+        default="",
+        help="Specify the token for token-based authentication",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-c", "--path-cert",
         type=str,
@@ -169,7 +176,7 @@ def parse_args(msg):
         if len(args.gnmi_path) > 1:
             parser.error(f"Only one path supported when doing a {args.operation} operation")
 
-    if not args.password:
+    if not args.password and not args.token:
         args.password = getpass("Device password: ")
 
     return args

pygnmi/client.py

@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ def capabilities(self):
 
             return None
 
-    def get(self, prefix: str = "", path: list = [],
+    def get(self, prefix: str = "", path: list = None,
             target: str = None, datatype: str = 'all',
             encoding: str = 'json'):
         """
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ def get(self, prefix: str = "", path: list = [],
         type_dict = {'all', 'config', 'state', 'operational'}
         encoding_set = {'json', 'bytes', 'proto', 'ascii', 'json_ietf'}
 
+        # Set Protobuf value for information type
+        pb_datatype = 0
         if datatype in type_dict:
             if datatype == 'all':
                 pb_datatype = 0
@@ -344,9 +346,11 @@ def get(self, prefix: str = "", path: list = [],
                 pb_datatype = 2
             elif datatype == 'operational':
                 pb_datatype = 3
-            else:
-                logger.error('The GetRequst data type is not within the defined range')
+        else:
+            logger.error('The GetRequst data type is not within the defined range. Using default type \'all\'.')
 
+        # Set Protobuf value for encoding
+        pb_encoding = 4
         if encoding in encoding_set:
             if encoding.lower() == 'json':
                 pb_encoding = 0
@@ -358,6 +362,8 @@ def get(self, prefix: str = "", path: list = [],
                 pb_encoding = 3
             else:
                 pb_encoding = 4
+        else:
+            logger.error('The GetRequst encoding is not within the defined range. Using default type \'json_ietf\'.')
 
         # Gnmi PREFIX
         try:

scripts/pygnmicli

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def main():
 
     # gNMI operation
     with gNMIclient(
-        target=args.target, username=args.username, password=args.password,
+        target=args.target, username=args.username, password=args.password, token=args.token,
         path_cert=args.path_cert, path_key=args.path_key, path_root=args.path_root,
         override=args.override, insecure=args.insecure, debug=args.debug,
         show_diff=args.compare, skip_verify=args.skip_verify