axapi v3 export object - no password attribute?

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Thanks for the really quick reply earlier today regarding partitions, glad to have this forum actively monitored.

I’m not seeing a password attribute for the export object. I do see one for import, which works just fine. I tried passing it the attribute but it doesn’t like it:

\{
    "response": \{

“status”: “fail”,
        “err”: {
            “code”: 1023524874,
            “from”: “JSON”,
            “msg”: “Failed to handle json field \“password\”. JSON field cannot be handled. It might be undefined or disabled by other fields.”,
            “location”: “export.password”

        \}
    \}
\}

Oh, here’s the calling convention:

\{
  "export": \{

“bw-list”:“bwlist”,

  "use-mgmt-port":"true",
  "remote-file": "scp://e0151428@10.y.y.y/home/e0151428/bwlist-test",

“password”: “thepassword”

  \}
\}

Is this missing in the documentation or are there other ways of of dynamically passing a password to the export object? or must one use store?  Store does work but I'd rather pass the creds for the remote site with the export call.

Thank you again.

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Are you referring to the password for the SCP?

If so, why not use the the URL: “scp://user:password@10.y.y.y/home/e0151428/bwlist-test”
If not, which password are you referring to?

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Yes the SCP password. That method does work. I was not aware password could be passed that way. Docs don’t reference that nor command line help:

  use-mgmt-port       Use management port as source port
  tftp:               Remote file path of tftp: file system(Format: tftp://host/file)
  ftp:                Remote file path of ftp: file system(Format: ftp://[user@]host[:port]/file)
  scp:                Remote file path of scp: file system(Format: scp://[user@]host/file)
  sftp:               Remote file path of sftp: file system(Format: sftp://[user@]host/file)

That’s not part of ssh typically. How’d you know of that feature?

It is a bit odd that the scp password attribute exists for import but does not for export. I can work with what you’ve supplied.

Thank you again HelpingHand.