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Parse the NETCONF Server Response in Perl Client Applications

In a NETCONF Perl client application, after establishing a connection to a NETCONF server, the client application can submit one or more requests by invoking Perl methods. The NETCONF server returns the appropriate information in an <rpc-reply> element. There are two ways of parsing the NETCONF server’s response:

  • By using functions of XML::LibXML::DOM

  • By using functions of XML::LibXML::XPATHContext

Note:

Prior to Junos OS Release 16.1, every Junos OS release included a new, release-dependent version of the NETCONF Perl client. Beginning in Junos OS Release 16.1, the NETCONF Perl client is release-independent, is hosted on GitHub and CPAN, and can manage devices running any version of the Junos OS release. The release-independent version of the NETCONF Perl client does not include the Net::Netconf::Transform module that was present in the release-dependent versions of the client.

For example, consider the following reply from a NETCONF server:

Suppose the user wants to parse the response and retrieve the value of the <serial-number> element.

The following code uses XML::LibXMl::DOM to retrieve the value. The example stores the response in a variable and calls methods of DOM to parse the response.

The following code uses XML::LibXML::XPATHContext to retrieve the value. The example stores the response in a variable and calls XPathContext methods to retrieve the value. The local-name() function returns the element name without the namespace. The XPATH expression appears on multiple lines for readability.

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16.1
Beginning in Junos OS Release 16.1, the NETCONF Perl client is release-independent, is hosted on GitHub and CPAN, and can manage devices running any version of the Junos OS release.