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POST /nagiosxi/api/v1/config/host?apikey=verylongapikey&pretty=1 HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: curl/7.29.0
Host: 192.168.55.2
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 142
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

host_name=testname&address=172.17.17.17&use=Non-Prod_App_Linux_Servers&parents=Datacenter_GW_Vlan100_Network&applyconfig=1&is_active=1&force=1

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# Author: Maxwell Ramirez
# Date: October 2018
import urllib3
import requests

def apply_service():

    # Remember to change NAG_INST & API_KEY
    r = requests.get("https://NAG_INST/nagiosxi/api/v1/system/applyconfig?apikey=API_KEY, verify=False).json()
    print(r)

def create_contact(self, dat, print_result=0):
    # Passing in the Dictionary given in main should result in something like this printing & being added to Nagios. 
    # payload_contact = '''
    #     define contact{
    #         contact_name      Alice
    #         alias             Alice_Alias
    #         email             [email protected]
    #         use               xi_contact_generic
    #         force             1
    #     }
    #     '''
    payload_contact = 'define contact{\n'

    # keys of the dictionary dat
    # We're going for 4 LHS Spaces 'Key' 'value'\n
    for i in dat:
        payload_contact += '    {} {}\n'.format(i, dat[i])

    payload_contact += '}'

    # Remember to change NAG_INST & API_KEY
    r = requests.post("https://NAG_INST/nagiosxi/api/v1/config/import?apikey=API_KEY", data=payload_contact, verify=False)

    if print_result:
        print(payload_contact)
        print(r.text)
        print(r.url)
        print()

# I'm leveraging classes & I'd probably pass in a list at worst case. However, for clarity I'm sending all the vars. 
def create_hosts(host_name_in, address_in, use_in, hostgroups_in, NAG_INST, API_KEY):
    payload = {'host_name': host_name_in, 'address': address_in, 'use': use_in, 'force': 1, 'hostgroups': hostgroups_in}

    r = requests.post(
        "http://NAG_INST/nagiosxi/api/v1/config/host?apikey=API_KEY", data=payload, verify=False).json()

    print(r)

def main():
    urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)

    # Args for Nagios objects as a dictionary. 
    payload_contact_dict = {'contact_name': 'Alice', 'alias': 'Alice_Alias', 'email': '[email protected]', 'use': 'xi_contact_generic', 'force': 1}

    # Note: I use templates via the 'use' arg. However, pass in any valid Nagios object Key-Value pair. 
    payload_service_template_dict = {'name': 'some_service_template', 'use': 'Foo_Service_Template', 'check_command': 'check_xi_ncpa!-t $USER5$ -M ', 'register': 0}

    # Create stuff on Nagios
    # if all you want to do is make hosts. You can appeal to the API Directly. Similarly for known Objects(services, groups, commands, etc) 
    create_hosts(host_name_in, address_in, use_in, hostgroups_in, NAG_INST, API_KEY)

    # These objects are not implemented yet & are closer to your original ask. We must use import config. 
    ## creates a single contact using payload_contact_dict.
    # The '1' is to activate the optional print parameter. Omitted as in 'create_service_template' won't print anything. 
    # create_contact(payload_contact_dict, 1)

    ## For brevity I left off this fn. It's extremely similar to create_contact. 
    # create_service_template(payload_service_template_dict)

    apply_service()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()