profiles/import

POST

Imports a Profile that was exported via profiles/{{ID}}/export

Note

On import of the Profile Parameters if a Parameter already exists with the same Name, Config File and Value it will link that to the Profile instead of creating it.

Auth. Required:

Yes

Roles Required:

“admin” or “operations”

Permissions Required:

PROFILE:CREATE, PARAMETER:CREATE, PROFILE:READ, PARAMETER:READ

Response Type:

Object

Request Structure

profile:

The exported Profile

cdn:

The name of the CDN to which this Profile belongs

description:

The Profile’s Description

name:

The Profile’s Name

type:

The Profile’s Type

parameters:

An array of Parameters in use by this Profile

config_file:

The Parameter’s Config File

name:

Name of the Parameter

value:

The Parameter’s Value

#1402 Request Example

POST /api/5.0/profiles/import HTTP/1.1
Host: trafficops.infra.ciab.test
User-Agent: curl/7.62.0
Accept: */*
Cookie: mojolicious=...
Content-Type: application/json

{ "profile": {
    "name": "GLOBAL",
    "description": "Global Traffic Ops profile",
    "cdn": "ALL",
    "type": "UNK_PROFILE"
},
"parameters": [
    {
        "config_file": "global",
        "name": "tm.instance_name",
        "value": "Traffic Ops CDN"
    },
    {
        "config_file": "global",
        "name": "tm.toolname",
        "value": "Traffic Ops"
    }
]}

Response Structure

cdn:

The name of the CDN to which this Profile belongs

description:

The Profile’s Description

name:

The Profile’s Name

type:

The Profile’s Type

id:

The Profile’s ID

#1403 Response Example

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Set-Cookie, Cookie
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: POST,GET,OPTIONS,PUT,DELETE
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Content-Type: application/json
Set-Cookie: mojolicious=...; Path=/; Expires=Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:40:54 GMT; Max-Age=3600; HttpOnly
Whole-Content-Sha512: mzP7DVxFAGhICxqagwDyBDRea7oBZPMAx7NCDeOBVCRqlcCFFe7XL3JP58b80aaVOW/2ZGfg/jpYF70cdDfzQA==
X-Server-Name: traffic_ops_golang/
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 20:14:42 GMT
Transfer-Encoding: gzip


{ "alerts": [
    {
        "level": "success",
        "text": "Profile imported [ Global ] with 2 new and 0 existing parameters"
    }
],
"response": {
    "cdn": "ALL",
    "name": "Global",
    "id": 18,
    "type": "UNK_PROFILE",
    "description": "Global Traffic Ops profile"
}}