pyATS Sample Scripts

The best method to master pyATS test framework is to learn-by-example. This repository contains various scripts that showcases the many features and packages of pyATS.

General Information

• Website: https://developer.cisco.com/site/pyats/
• Bug Tracker: https://github.com/CiscoTestAutomation/pyats/issues
• Documentation: https://developer.cisco.com/site/pyats/docs/

Requirements

pyATS & its examples supports Python 3.4+ on Linux & Mac systems. Windows is not yet supported.

Getting Started

The examples included in this repository expects you to have a Python environment with pyATS packages installed. Alternatively, you can always setup a new virtual environment as sandbox.

$ python3 -m venv pyats_sandbox
$ cd pyats_sandbox
$ source bin/activate
$ pip install pyats

$ git clone https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/pyats-sample-scripts.git

Sample Script Usage

There are two ways to run a typical pyATS script:

1. through pyats run job, which generates log and archives
2. as standalone, and prints results to screen

$ cd pyats-sample-scripts/basic

$ pyats run job basic_example_job.py

$ python basic_example_script.py

Refer to each job file's docstring on details of command-line arguments.