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  """
  Created on Aug 16, 2016
  
  @author: Gaurav Rastogi (grastogi@avinetworks.com)
  
  Prints the vital vs information using inventory. It also pull metrics useful
  for use cases like dashboard building.
  Usage: python inventory_example.py -c 10.10.25.42 -u admin -p <paswd>
  
  """
  import argparse
  from avi.sdk.avi_api import ApiSession
  from avi.sdk.utils.api_utils import ApiUtils
  from requests.packages import urllib3
  from collections import namedtuple
  
  urllib3.disable_warnings()
  
  VSData = namedtuple('VSData',
                      ['name', 'uuid', 'domain_name',
                       'pool_names', 'pool_refs', 'vh_parent_vs_name',
                       'metrics'])
  
  
  def fetch_data(api_ssn, cloud, tenant, metric_ids):
      """
      :param api_ssn:
      :param cloud:
      :param tenant:
      :param metric_ids:
      :return:
      """
  
      api_utils = ApiUtils(api_ssn)
      api_params = {'cloud_ref.name': cloud, 'include_name': '',
                    'metric_id': metric_ids}
      vs_results = api_ssn.get(
          'virtualservice-inventory', params=api_params, tenant=tenant).json()
  
      results = []
      for vs in vs_results['results']:
          config = vs['config']
          pool_names = [pool.split('#')[1] for pool in vs.get('pools', [])]
          pool_refs = vs.get('pools', [])
          domain_name = config.get('vh_domain_name')
          vh_parent_vs_ref = config.get('vh_parent_vs_ref', '')
          vh_parent_vs_name = (
              vh_parent_vs_ref.split('#')[1] if vh_parent_vs_ref else '')
          metrics = vs['metrics']
          vs_data = VSData(
              name=config['name'], uuid=config['uuid'], domain_name=domain_name,
              pool_names=pool_names, pool_refs=pool_refs,
              vh_parent_vs_name=vh_parent_vs_name, metrics=metrics)
          results.append(vs_data)
      return results
  
  
  HELP_STR = '''
  Example of fetching vs metrics for a given se
      python se_vs_metrics.py -c 10.10.25.42 -p xxxx --limit 1 --se_uuid 'se-005056b01755'
  '''
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
          formatter_class=argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter,
          description=(HELP_STR))
      parser.add_argument('-t', '--tenant', help='tenant name',
                          default=None)
      parser.add_argument('--cloud', help='cloud name',
                          default='Default-Cloud')
      parser.add_argument('--metric_ids', help='Comma separated list of metrics',
                          default='l7_client.sum_total_responses')
      parser.add_argument('--step',
                          help='Granularity of metrics. Eg. 5, 300, 3600',
                          type=int, default=300)
      parser.add_argument('--limit',
                          help='number of values',
                          type=int, default=2)
      parser.add_argument('-c', '--controller',
                          help='controller ip', default='127.0.0.1')
      parser.add_argument('--api_version',
                          help='API version to use for Avi APIs',
                          default='17.2.4')
      parser.add_argument('-u', '--username',
                          help='user name', default='admin')
      parser.add_argument('-p', '--password',
                          help='password', default='abc')
  
      args = parser.parse_args()
      print('parsed args', args)
  
      api_ssn = ApiSession(args.controller, args.username, args.password,
                           tenant=args.tenant, api_version=args.api_version)
      ret = fetch_data(api_ssn, args.cloud, args.tenant, args.metric_ids)
  
      for vs_data in ret:
          print ('Data for Virtualservice ', vs_data.name)
          print ('  ', vs_data)