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id: cvprac
version: "2.2.0"
license: BSD-3
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# cvprac — Arista Cloudvision(R) Portal Rest API Client written in python

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 191.3K/mo

## What it is and what it does

cvprac is a RESTful API client for Arista's Cloudvision Portal, a network management platform. It abstracts the HTTP complexity of CVP's REST API, providing Python methods to connect to CVP nodes (either on-premises or cloud-based CVaaS), authenticate, and issue GET and POST requests. The library handles connection management, automatic retry logic on timeouts and session errors, and failover across multiple CVP nodes if configured.

The package is designed for network engineers and developers building automation tools around Arista infrastructure. It supports both traditional username/password authentication and token-based authentication for CVaaS deployments. The client automatically manages session state and provides both low-level HTTP methods (get, post) and higher-level API wrappers for common CVP operations.

Use it for:

- Automate device configuration and monitoring across Arista network deployments via CVP REST APIs.
- Build custom network management dashboards or reporting tools that query CVP for device state and telemetry.
- Integrate Arista CVP with third-party orchestration or ITSM platforms that require REST API access.
- Develop CI/CD pipelines that validate network configurations by interacting with CVP programmatically.
- Create multi-node failover-aware scripts that tolerate CVP cluster node failures during API calls.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

A Python client library for the Arista Cloudvision Portal RESTful API, enabling programmatic interaction with CVP for network device management and automation.

Yes. The package has low install friction, active maintenance, a permissive BSD-3 license, no known vulnerabilities, and clear use cases for Arista network automation. Install it if you need to automate or integrate with Arista Cloudvision Portal; skip it if you have no CVP infrastructure.

## Install

pip install cvprac
uv add cvprac
poetry add cvprac

## Installing cvprac

Before you install: Low install friction with only two runtime dependencies (requests and packaging). Active maintenance with a release within the last 50 days and ongoing repository activity.

License in practice: BSD-3 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, making it suitable for most deployment scenarios.

Quickstart:

pip install cvprac

from cvprac.cvp_client import CvpClient

client = CvpClient()
client.connect(['cvp_host'], 'username', 'password')
result = client.get('/api/v1/cvpInfo')

Verify before relying:

- Whether the package supports Python versions earlier than 3.7 despite classifier listings for 3.7+
- Specific CVP version compatibility matrix and any breaking changes between major releases
- Whether token-based authentication (api_token parameter) works equally well across all CVP deployment types

## Package facts

- License: BSD-3 (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 191.3K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

arista cloudvision api client, cvp rest api python, network device management automation, arista cvp integration, cloudvision portal client library, network automation rest api, network-automation, arista-ecosystem, rest-client

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