Is it possible to parse texts directly instead of "send_commands" to get output ?

[zhangineer2]

Hello

I'd like to just parse commands output, instead of SSH to a device, send a command and parse the output. Reason being that I don't always have direct access to these devices.

So maybe a way to "mock" the command outputs ? I would still provide the device/Driver information.

Thanks
Peter

[carlmontanari]

if you just mean parse via textfsm/genie/ttp, there are helper funcs here but this isn't really a scrapli question/problem since we are just using those other parsers/libraries anyway

[zhangineer2]

@carlmontanari thank you for the late reply and sorry that I opened this as "issue".

so I looked into the helper and tried the following, but the template was not found. Thoughts ?

from scrapli.helper import _textfsm_get_template, genie_parse, textfsm_parse, ttp_parse
from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, TextIO, Union, cast
from io import TextIOWrapper

template = _textfsm_get_template(
    platform='cisco_nxos', command='show run'
)

[carlmontanari]

No problem. There’s definitely no template for parsing show run. Go check out ntc templates and/or write your own (or check out ttp)

[zhangineer2]

duh..my bad. you are right, there wouldn't be a template for a show run command, it was a typo on my part. with show version it worked just fine.

• if I were to build my own template, I am assuming that I would create a new local directory, store my own template there, and pass in the template parameter specifically when calling the private function _textfsm_get_template , correct ?
• the alternative would be to contribute to the ntc-template repo (which may take longer to get approved)