Access H3C switch via NETCONF with python script

netconf_h3c.py

#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
import code
from lxml import etree
from lxml.builder import E
from ncclient import manager

_, ip, user, passwd = sys.argv

netconf = manager.connect(host=ip, port=830, username=user, password=passwd,
                          hostkey_verify=False, allow_agent=False,
                          look_for_keys=False)
IETF_XMLNS_BASE = 'urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0'
H3C_NSMAP = {'xmlns': 'http://www.h3c.com/netconf/data:1.0'}

def vlan_filter(vid):
    return E.VLAN(E.VLANs())

def ifmgr_filter():
    return E.Ifmgr(E.Interfaces(E.Interface(E.IfIndex(), E.Name())))

def device_filter():
    return E.Device(E.Base(E.HostName(), E.LocalTime(), E.Uptime()))

def netconf_get(tree):
    xml = etree.tostring(E.top(tree, H3C_NSMAP))
    print xml
    return netconf.get(('subtree', xml)).xml

def netconf_edit(*elements):
    xml_config = etree.tostring(E.config(*elements, xmlns=IETF_XMLNS_BASE))
    print xml_config
    return netconf.edit_config(target='running', config=xml_config)

code.interact(local=locals())