Rick Donato

Redis Basics – A Hands-On Introduction is live in the Packet Coders Tech Session Library.

June Tech Session Announced: Network Lab Orchestration with ContainerLab.

NetBox Query Tip! If you need to search for a cable by its ID, use GraphQL by visiting: https://your_nb_instance/graphql/ Then run the following query, replacing YOUR_CABLE_ID with the actual cable ID: query { cable(id: YOUR_CABLE_ID) { id label type status color length length_

🐍 Python Tip! Easily add query parameters to your API calls when using Python by using the params argument in requests.get(). Here`s an example 👇 import requests # Define API endpoint url = "http://suzieq-server/api/v2/devices" # Query parameters to filter the API request params = { "namespace": "

Our Netmiko course is now deeper, longer, and fully refreshed for Netmiko 4.x.

In the world of Python development, there are a ton of tools out there. But there are three that I believe should be part of every modern developer’s toolbox: Uv, Ruff, and Taskfile. Uv – Fast Python Package Manager Uv is a modern, drop-in replacement for pip, venv, and pip-tools.

Introduction Recently someone asked: Is there a way to fetch CVE (vulnerability) data for platforms like Cisco, Palo Alto, and Fortinet in a programmatic way, so we can integrate it into a solution we’re building? The short answer: yes—and one of the best ways to do this is

🐍 Python Tip: When working with large numbers, Python lets you use underscores (_) to enhance readability. Here is an example: 👇 ❌ # Difficult to read: gigabit = 1000000000 ten_gigabit = 10000000000 ✅ # Easier to read with underscores (_): gigabit = 1_000_000_000 ten_gigabit = 10_000_000_000 print(f"{gigabit=}\n{ten_gigabit=

🐍 Python DX Tip: Save time when running scripts by using `uv run` to automatically activate your virtual environment. Example below 👇 ❌ Manually activating the virtual environment source .venv/bin/activate ./nr_backup_configs.py ✅ Automatically activate the virtual environment before running the script uv run nr_backup_configs.py Until next