ZeroTier API - Setting Description against node

[willc]

Hi Guys,

Im using the ZeroTier API as part of a python script to authorise new nodes, everything is working great, I can display a list of the nodes pending authorisation across any network that the API has access to, select the node from a list of pending ones and set to authorise and set a name against that node.

One thing I have not been able to do is set a description on the node, the part of the script that handles the description looks like this:

def authorize_node(api_token, network_id, node_id, network_name, node_name=None):
headers = {“Authorization”: f"bearer {api_token}“}
url = f”{base_url}/network/{network_id}/member/{node_id}"
description = “Authorised by the ZTNAS” # Static description
data = {
“config”: {
“authorized”: True,
“description”: description # Setting the description
}
}

Am I missing something, the API documentation seems to suggest it can be set by using the API and its not listed as deprecated?

Thanks in advance!

[zt-grant]

You’re putting the description inside the config block. It actually goes in the outer object:

{
  "config": {...},
  "description": "My description",
  "name": "My device name"
}

[willc]

Brilliant, thank you, thats working a treat now! Thanks for the quick response too!