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Key value field extraction from Cisco devices

marcluescher
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Hi there,

digging deeper into the REST API and XML parsing. When running an XML status command on our Ironport I get the following XML result displayed.

"<status build="phoebe 13.5.1-277" hostname="mv15int.xxxx.com" timestamp="20200818100104">
<birth_time timestamp="20200706100631 (42d 23h 54m 33s)"/>
<last_counter_reset timestamp=""/>
<system status="online"/>
<oldest_message secs="3" mid="42741174"/>
<features>
<feature name="External Threat Feeds" time_remaining="11008734"/>
<feature name="Sophos" time_remaining="11008734"/>
<feature name="File Analysis" time_remaining="11008734"/>
<feature name="Bounce Verification" time_remaining="9712734"/>
<feature name="IronPort Anti-Spam" time_remaining="11008734"/>
<feature name="IronPort Email Encryption" time_remaining="11008734"/>
<feature name="Data Loss Prevention" time_remaining="11008734"/>
<feature name="File Reputation" time_remaining="11008734"/>
<feature name="Incoming Mail Handling" time_remaining="11077663"/>
<feature name="Outbreak Filters" time_remaining="11008734"/>
</features>
<counters>
<counter name="inj_msgs" reset="3890935" uptime="2294122" lifetime="3890935"/>
<counter name="inj_recips" reset="4939054" uptime="2698122" lifetime="4939054"/>
<counter name="gen_bounce_recips" reset="87501" uptime="71162" lifetime="87501"/>
<counter name="rejected_recips" reset="3418" uptime="1075" lifetime="3418"/>
<counter name="dropped_msgs" reset="0" uptime="0" lifetime="0"/>
<counter name="soft_bounced_evts" reset="1631" uptime="1451" lifetime="1631"/>
<counter name="completed_recips" reset="9789961" uptime="5324578" lifetime="9789961"/>
<counter name="hard_bounced_recips" reset="157862" uptime="134939" lifetime="157862"/>
<counter name="dns_hard_bounced_recips" reset="10635" uptime="5733" lifetime="10635"/>
<counter name="5xx_hard_bounced_recips" reset="147227" uptime="129206" lifetime="147227"/>
<counter name="filter_hard_bounced_recips" reset="0" uptime="0" lifetime="0"/>
<counter name="expired_hard_bounced_recips" reset="0" uptime="0" lifetime="0"/>
<counter name="other_hard_bounced_recips" reset="0" uptime="0" lifetime="0"/>
<counter name="delivered_recips" reset="9568380" uptime="5147976" lifetime="9568380"/>
<counter name="deleted_recips" reset="63719" uptime="41663" lifetime="63719"/>
<counter name="global_unsub_hits" reset="0" uptime="0" lifetime="0"/>
</counters>
<current_ids message_id="42741194" injection_conn_id="3948223" delivery_conn_id="1609988"/>
<rates>
<rate name="inj_msgs" last_1_min="3121" last_5_min="5078" last_15_min="6575"/>
<rate name="inj_recips" last_1_min="4795" last_5_min="7475" last_15_min="9384"/>
<rate name="soft_bounced_evts" last_1_min="0" last_5_min="12" last_15_min="4"/>
<rate name="completed_recips" last_1_min="9487" last_5_min="14846" last_15_min="18795"/>
<rate name="hard_bounced_recips" last_1_min="180" last_5_min="48" last_15_min="34"/>
<rate name="delivered_recips" last_1_min="9007" last_5_min="12997" last_15_min="16389"/>
</rates>
<gauges>
<gauge name="ram_utilization" current="12"/>
<gauge name="total_utilization" current="7"/>
<gauge name="cpu_utilization" current="3"/>
<gauge name="av_utilization" current="0"/>
<gauge name="case_utilization" current="0"/>
<gauge name="bm_utilization" current="0"/>
<gauge name="disk_utilization" current="0"/>
<gauge name="resource_conservation" current="0"/>
<gauge name="log_used" current="10"/>
<gauge name="log_available" current="333G"/>
<gauge name="conn_in" current="4"/>
<gauge name="conn_out" current="6"/>
<gauge name="active_recips" current="6"/>
<gauge name="unattempted_recips" current="6"/>
<gauge name="attempted_recips" current="0"/>
<gauge name="msgs_in_work_queue" current="0"/>
<gauge name="dests_in_memory" current="97"/>
<gauge name="kbytes_used" current="94"/>
<gauge name="kbytes_free" current="71303074"/>
<gauge name="msgs_in_policy_virus_outbreak_quarantine" current="0"/>
<gauge name="kbytes_in_policy_virus_outbreak_quarantine" current="0"/>
<gauge name="reporting_utilization" current="1"/>
<gauge name="quarantine_utilization" current="1"/>
</gauges>
</status>"

I tried using some examples posted here adding the xmldata into a XMLData field and then use spath to extract the data in question but it tells me the XMLdata content is not properly formatted.

 

What am i missing here ?

 

-marc

 

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marcluescher
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next attempt:

| makeresults
| eval xmlData="<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="yes"?>
<status build="phoebe 13.5.1-277" hostname="mv11.xxxxxx.com" timestamp="20200818110039">
<birth_time timestamp="20200814174037 (3d 17h 20m 2s)"/>
<last_counter_reset timestamp=""/>
<system status="online" />
<oldest_message secs="245375" mid="209460215" />
<features>
<feature name="External Threat Feeds" time_remaining="59907559" />
<feature name="Sophos" time_remaining="11005159" />
<feature name="File Analysis" time_remaining="11005159" />
<feature name="Bounce Verification" time_remaining="58611559" />
<feature name="IronPort Anti-Spam" time_remaining="11005159" />
<feature name="IronPort Email Encryption" time_remaining="11005159" />
<feature name="Data Loss Prevention" time_remaining="11005159" />
<feature name="Intelligent Multi-Scan" time_remaining="59907559" />
<feature name="File Reputation" time_remaining="11005159" />
<feature name="Incoming Mail Handling" time_remaining="59951579" />
<feature name="Outbreak Filters" time_remaining="11005159" />
</features>
<counters>
<counter name="inj_msgs"
reset="44604624"
uptime="175356"
lifetime="44604624" />
<counter name="inj_recips"
reset="48330545"
uptime="192130"
lifetime="48330545" />
<counter name="gen_bounce_recips"
reset="1558902"
uptime="0"
lifetime="1558902" />
<counter name="rejected_recips"
reset="40744987"
uptime="47166"
lifetime="40744987" />
<counter name="dropped_msgs"
reset="2826803"
uptime="25"
lifetime="2826803" />
<counter name="soft_bounced_evts"
reset="339450"
uptime="385"
lifetime="339450" />
<counter name="completed_recips"
reset="114031458"
uptime="478318"
lifetime="114031458" />
<counter name="hard_bounced_recips"
reset="1835386"
uptime="3733"
lifetime="1835386" />
<counter name="dns_hard_bounced_recips"
reset="60940"
uptime="50"
lifetime="60940" />
<counter name="5xx_hard_bounced_recips"
reset="1701075"
uptime="3095"
lifetime="1701075" />
<counter name="filter_hard_bounced_recips"
reset="0"
uptime="0"
lifetime="0" />
<counter name="expired_hard_bounced_recips"
reset="73371"
uptime="588"
lifetime="73371" />
<counter name="other_hard_bounced_recips"
reset="0"
uptime="0"
lifetime="0" />
<counter name="delivered_recips"
reset="112161130"
uptime="474584"
lifetime="112161130" />
<counter name="deleted_recips"
reset="34942"
uptime="1"
lifetime="34942" />
<counter name="global_unsub_hits"
reset="0"
uptime="0"
lifetime="0" />
</counters>
<current_ids
message_id="210101094"
injection_conn_id="58102268"
delivery_conn_id="28016595" />
<rates>
<rate name="inj_msgs"
last_1_min="16613"
last_5_min="12254"
last_15_min="8450" />
<rate name="inj_recips"
last_1_min="16879"
last_5_min="12518"
last_15_min="9044" />
<rate name="soft_bounced_evts"
last_1_min="0"
last_5_min="12"
last_15_min="12" />
<rate name="completed_recips"
last_1_min="36682"
last_5_min="40161"
last_15_min="39231" />
<rate name="hard_bounced_recips"
last_1_min="0"
last_5_min="80"
last_15_min="214" />
<rate name="delivered_recips"
last_1_min="36682"
last_5_min="40080"
last_15_min="39016" />
</rates>
<gauges>
<gauge name="ram_utilization" current="9" />
<gauge name="total_utilization" current="45" />
<gauge name="cpu_utilization" current="84" />
<gauge name="av_utilization" current="0" />
<gauge name="case_utilization" current="0" />
<gauge name="bm_utilization" current="0" />
<gauge name="disk_utilization" current="2" />
<gauge name="resource_conservation" current="0" />
<gauge name="log_used" current="26" />
<gauge name="log_available" current="269G" />
<gauge name="conn_in" current="20" />
<gauge name="conn_out" current="12" />
<gauge name="active_recips" current="214" />
<gauge name="unattempted_recips" current="210" />
<gauge name="attempted_recips" current="4" />
<gauge name="msgs_in_work_queue" current="59" />
<gauge name="dests_in_memory" current="88" />
<gauge name="kbytes_used" current="53731" />
<gauge name="kbytes_free" current="71249437" />
<gauge name="msgs_in_policy_virus_outbreak_quarantine" current="44" />
<gauge name="kbytes_in_policy_virus_outbreak_quarantine" current="1210" />
<gauge name="reporting_utilization" current="16" />
<gauge name="quarantine_utilization" current="15" />
</gauges>
</status>"

| spath input=xmlData output=Type build
| spath input=xmlData output=Host hostname
| spath input=xmlData output=Version build
| spath input=xmlData output=Status system status
| table Type Host Version Status

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