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

#921 Request Example
POST /api/4.0/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

#922 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"
}}