nornir-scrapli-txtfmparser.py

#python script using textfsm and nornir_scrapli to output the show command
#in this case show clock in a structured data format. 
import getpass
from nornir import InitNornir
from nornir_scrapli.tasks import send_command
from nornir_utils.plugins.functions import print_result

nr = InitNornir(config_file="config.yaml")
#The above line is telling nornir where the config file is located
user = input("Enter your username: ")
password = getpass.getpass(prompt="Enter your password: ")
nr.inventory.defaults.username = user
nr.inventory.defaults.password = password
#The above lines will prompt the user to enter their username and password and use that input to connect to the devices.

def test_this(task):
    clock_results = task.run(task=send_command, command="show clock")
    structured_output = clock_results.scrapli_response.textfsm_parse_output()
    print(structured_output)
#function above is using textfsm_parse_output() object to output the data from "show clock"
#and present it as structured data
results = nr.run(task=test_this)