gistfile1.py

# Create a network monitor

# So we can talk to the SoftLayer API:
import SoftLayer.API

# For nice debug output:
import pprint
pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)

# Your SoftLayer API username and key.
#
# Generate an API key at the SoftLayer Customer Portal:
# https://manage.softlayer.com/Administrative/apiKeychain
apiUsername = 'SET ME'
apiKey = 'SET ME'

# The ID of the server you wish to mointor
serverId = 0

# ID of the query type which can be found with SoftLayer_Network_Monitor_Version1_Query_Host_Stratum/getAllQueryTypes.
# This exmaple uses SERVICE PING: Test ping to address, will not fail on slow server response due to high latency or
# high server load
queryTypeId = 1

# IP address on the previsously defined server to monitor
ipAddress = '127.0.0.1'

# Create an instance of the SoftLayer_Network_Monitor_Version1_Query_Host service
client = SoftLayer.API.Client('SoftLayer_Network_Monitor_Version1_Query_Host', None, apiUsername, apiKey)

# Define the SoftLayer_Network_Monitor_Version1_Query_Host templateObject.
newMonitor = {
    'hardwareId': serverId,
    'queryTypeId': queryTypeId,
    'ipAddress': ipAddress
}

# Send the request for object creation and display the return value
result = client.createObject(newMonitor)
pp.pprint(result)

Will hardwareId work if you want to create a monitor for a virtual guest? Or do you have to use guestId instead?

I can't get the line:
client = SoftLayer.API.Client('SoftLayer_Network_Monitor_Version1_Query_Host', None, apiUsername, apiKey)
to work I get an error about apiKey being a literal instead of a float. I also tried it wit a url at the end:
client = SoftLayer.API.Client('SoftLayer_Network_Monitor_Version1_Query_Host', None, apiUsername, apiKey, url)
can anyone help?