example

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Script to remove subscribers from the PacketLogic ruleset. The input
are the same as the "ruleset_csv_import.py" and the csv file should be one that
has been used to add objects and rules.
"""

__version__ = "1.2 2008-11-14 Procera Networks"

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import packetlogic2
import sys

# Handle arguments
try:
    [plhost, pluser, plpass, prefix, filename] = sys.argv[1:]
except ValueError:
    print "Usage: %s plhost pluser plpass prefix csvfile" % sys.argv[0]
    print "Example: %s 192.168.1.25 admin pldemo00 /Users/ users.txt" % sys.argv[0]
    sys.exit(1)

# Connect to PacketLogic
try:
    pl = packetlogic2.connect(plhost, pluser, plpass)
    r = pl.Ruleset()
except:
    t, v, tb = sys.exc_info()
    print "Couldn't connect to PacketLogic: %s" % v
    sys.exit(1)

# Make sure we get sane path
if prefix[0] != '/':
    prefix = '/' + prefix
if prefix[-1] != '/':
    prefix = prefix + '/'

# Make sure the parent object exists
if prefix != '/':
    no = r.object_get("/NetObjects%s" % prefix[:-1])
    if not no:
        no = r.object_add("/NetObjects%s" % prefix[:-1])


# Open file
if filename == "-":
    f = sys.stdin
else:
    try:
        f = file(filename)
    except:
        t, v, tb = sys.exc_info()
        print "Couldn't open file: %s" % v
        sys.exit(1)

for lineno, line in enumerate(f):
    lineno += 1
    line = line.rstrip()
    try:
        [cls, ip, name] = line.split(",", 2)
        name = name.decode("utf-8")
    except:
        print "Couldn't parse line %d, ignoring" % lineno
        continue

    # Delete the shaping rule
    sr = r.shapingrule_find(cls)
    if sr:
        r.shapingrule_remove(sr)

    # Delete the shaping object
    so = r.shapingobject_find(cls)
    if so:
        r.shapingobject_remove(so)
    
    # Delete the NetObject
    no = r.object_get("/NetObjects%s%s" % (prefix, name.encode("utf-8")))
    if no:
        try:
            r.object_remove(no)
        except:
            continue

r.commit()