Arista Class

arista_class.py

import socket
import jsonrpclib

import ssl
ssl._create_default_https_context = ssl._create_unverified_context

class AristaSwitch(object):
    def __init__(self, switch, username, password):
        self.switch = switch
        self.username = username
        self.password = password
        self.remote_connect = None

    def switch_connect(self):
        switch = socket.gethostbyname(self.switch)
        switch_url = 'https://{}:{}@{}'.format(self.username, self.password, switch)
        switch_url = switch_url+'/command-api'
        print(switch_url)
        remote_connect = jsonrpclib.Server(switch_url)
        self.remote_connect = remote_connect
        return remote_connect

    def run_commands(self, cmd):
        response = self.remote_connect.runCmds(1, [cmd])
        return response



if __name__ == "__main__":

    my_device = AristaSwitch(switch="10.10.10.72", username="pyclass",
                             password="whatever")

    my_device.switch_connect()
    my_device.run_commands(cmd="show version")