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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+'''
+# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+#                                                                             -
+# Example of how to operate a WCT instance using cli-socket                   -
+#                                                                             -
+# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+make sure pexpect is installed:
+$ sudo yum install python3-pexpect
+$ sudo yum install python3-xlsxwriter
+
+You might need to install pexpect-serial using pip:
+$ pip3 install pexpect-serial
+$ pip3 install XlsxWriter
+
+'''
+
+import sys
+if sys.version_info[0] != 3:
+    print("This script requires Python 3")
+    exit()
+import argparse
+import logging
+import time
+from time import sleep
+import pexpect
+import xlsxwriter
+import pprint
+import LANforge
+from LANforge import LFRequest
+from LANforge import LFUtils
+from LANforge.LFUtils import NA
+
+# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+def main():
+    host = "ct524-debbie.jbr.candelatech.com"
+    base_url = "http://%s:8080"%host
+    resource_id = 1     # typically you're using resource 1 in stand alone realm
+    radio = "wiphy0"
+    start_id = 200
+    end_id = 202
+    padding_number = 10000 # the first digit of this will be deleted
+    ssid = "jedway-wpa2-x64-3-1"
+    passphrase = "jedway-wpa2-x64-3-1"
+    clisock = 3990
+    cliprompt = 'lfgui# '
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="test creating a station")
+    parser.add_argument("-m", "--host", type=str, help="json host to connect to")
+    parser.add_argument("-r", "--radio", type=str, help="radio to create a station on")
+    parser.add_argument("-a", "--start_id", type=int, help="starting station id")
+    parser.add_argument("-b", "--end_id", type=int, help="ending station id")
+    parser.add_argument("-s", "--ssid", type=str, help="station ssid")
+    parser.add_argument("-p", "--passwd", type=str, help="password for ssid")
+
+    args = None
+    try:
+      args = parser.parse_args()
+      if (args.host is not None):
+         host = args.host,
+         baseurl = base_url = "http://%s:8080"%host
+      if (args.radio is not None):
+         radio = args.radio
+      if (args.start_id is not None):
+         start_id = args.start_id
+      if (args.end_id is not None):
+         end_id = args.end_id
+      if (args.ssid is not None):
+         ssid = args.ssid
+      if (args.passwd is not None):
+         passphrase = args.passwd
+    except Exception as e:
+      logging.exception(e)
+      usage()
+      exit(2)
+
+    # station numbers are heavily manipulated strings, often using manual padding
+    # sta200 is not sta0200 nor sta00200, and we can format these numbers by adding
+    # a 1000 or 10000 to the station id, and trimming the first digit off
+
+    j_printer = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=2)
+    json_post = ""
+    json_response = ""
+    found_stations = []
+    lf_r = LFRequest.LFRequest(base_url+"/port/1/1/wiphy2")
+    wiphy0_json = lf_r.getAsJson()
+    if (wiphy0_json is None) or (wiphy0_json['interface'] is None):
+        print("Unable to find radio. Are we connected?")
+        exit(1)
+
+    desired_stations = LFUtils.portNameSeries("sta", start_id, end_id, padding_number)
+    #LFUtils.debug_printer.pprint(desired_stations)
+    print("Example 1: will create stations %s"%(",".join(desired_stations)))
+    for sta_name in desired_stations:
+        url = base_url+"/port/1/%s/%s" % (resource_id, sta_name)
+        print("Ex 1: Checking for station : "+url)
+        lf_r = LFRequest.LFRequest(url)
+        json_response = lf_r.getAsJson(show_error=False)
+        if (json_response != None):
+            found_stations.append(sta_name)
+
+    for sta_name in found_stations:
+        print("Ex 1: Deleting station %s ...."%sta_name)
+        lf_r = LFRequest.LFRequest(base_url+"/cli-form/rm_vlan")
+        lf_r.addPostData( {
+            "shelf":1,
+            "resource": resource_id,
+            "port": sta_name
+        })
+        json_response = lf_r.formPost()
+        sleep(0.05) # best to give LANforge a few millis between rm_vlan commands
+
+    LFUtils.waitUntilPortsDisappear(resource_id, base_url, found_stations)
+
+    print("Ex 1: Next we create stations...")
+    #68727874560 was previous flags
+    for sta_name in desired_stations:
+        print("Ex 1: Next we create station %s"%sta_name)
+        lf_r = LFRequest.LFRequest(base_url+"/cli-form/add_sta")
+        lf_r.addPostData( LFUtils.staNewDownStaRequest(sta_name, resource_id=resource_id, radio=radio, ssid=ssid, passphrase=passphrase))
+        lf_r.formPost()
+        sleep(0.1)
+
+    LFUtils.waitUntilPortsAppear(resource_id, base_url, desired_stations)
+    for sta_name in desired_stations:
+        sleep(1)
+        print("doing portSetDhcpDownRequest on "+sta_name)
+        lf_r = LFRequest.LFRequest(base_url+"/cli-form/set_port")
+        data = LFUtils.portDhcpUpRequest(resource_id, sta_name)
+        lf_r.addPostData(data)
+        lf_r.jsonPost()
+
+    LFUtils.waitUntilPortsAppear(resource_id, base_url, desired_stations)
+
+    # Now lets do some cli-socket scripting
+    gui_telnet = pexpect.spawn('telnet %s %s'%(host, clisock))
+    if (gui_telnet == None):
+        print ("Unable to telnet to %s:%s"%(host,clisock));
+        exit(1)
+
+    gui_telnet.expect('lfgui# ')
+    gui_telnet.sendline("cv create 'WiFi Capacity' 'wct'")
+    gui_telnet.expect('OK')
+    gui_telnet.sendline("cv load wct wct-wpa2-x64-two-loops")
+    gui_telnet.expect('OK')
+    gui_telnet.sendline("cv click wct 'Auto Save Report'")
+    gui_telnet.expect('OK')
+    gui_telnet.sendline("cv click wct Start")
+
+
+# ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
+
+
+####
+####
+####
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