Sample Ruby Script for Accessing Restful Web Services - Documentation for Truesight Server Automation 21.3

###
# group_name:
#   name: Name of Group
# job_name:
#   name: Name of Job
###
# Flag the script for direct execution
require 'net/http'
require 'net/https'
require 'uri'
require 'rexml/document'
require 'io/console'
# Utility to read in password values without echoing to screen
if STDIN.respond_to?(:noecho)
    def get_password(prompt="Password: ")
        print prompt
        STDIN.noecho(&:gets).chomp
    end
else
    def get_password(prompt="Password: ")
        `read -s -p "#{prompt}" password; echo $password`.chomp
    end
end
# utility to prompt and read value from screen
def get_value(default, prompt)
    print "#{prompt} (#{default}) : "
    result = gets.chomp
    return result.empty? ? default: result
end
# Get values for app server, credentials and job name
host = get_value("bl-appserver", "BladeLogic app server")
username = get_value("BLAdmin", "Username")
password = get_password("Password: ")
role = get_value("BLAdmins", "Role")
authtype = get_value("SRP", "Authorization Type")
group_name = get_value("/Test", "Job Group Name")
job_name = get_value("brpmtest", "Job Name")
# construct authentication string used in URL
auth_string = "?username=#{username}&authType=#{authtype}&password=#{password}&role=#{role}"
# construct URL for execution of the job
url=""
uri = URI.parse(URI.encode(url))
# Read in certificate from blappserver.pem
cert_store = OpenSSL::X509::Store.new
cert_store.add_file 'blappserver.pem'
# create https connection, using the certificate store.
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.cert_store = cert_store
# POST request to BladeLogic
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
response = http.request(request)
# Create XML Document object with response body
doc = REXML::Document.new response.body
# Search for error in document.
cl = REXML::XPath.first(doc,'//Error')
if cl then
    # If error, show text
    puts cl.text
else
    # If no error, get Operation Result, which provides the value to interrogate the running job
    cl = REXML::XPath.first(doc,'//OperationResult')
    if cl then
        puts cl.attributes["value"]
        url=""value"]}#{auth_string}"
        uri = URI.parse(URI.encode(url))
        status = "unknown"
        # Loop checking Job status every 5 seconds
        until status == "COMPLETE"
            sleep(5)
            # GET request to BladeLogic to get job status
            request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
            response = http.request(request)
            statusd = REXML::Document.new response.body
            # Search for Status in document
            cl = REXML::XPath.first(statusd,'//Status')
            if cl then
                puts cl.attributes["status"]
                status = cl.attributes["status"]
            else
                puts "couldn't find status"
                puts statusd
            end
        end
        # Print results looking at attributes hadErrors and hadWarnings
        puts "The rumours that there were errors are totally " + cl.attributes["hadErrors"]
        puts "The rumours that there were warnings are totally " + cl.attributes["hadWarnings"]
    end
end