Filter on CNAME

[jnc27]

Hi,
is it possible to use ?value__contains or value__startswith on records for type=CNAME? When I use it I get all the records and not only what I am searching for.
Thank you!

[peteeckel]

Hi @jnc27, thanks for asking.

First of all, this is not specific to CNAME records, not even to records or any other model within and without of a plugin.

API filters work differently from Django model filters, meaning that the usual expressions like __contains, __startswith etc. don't work in the API.

There is, however, a basic set of filter modifiers that do work (see the Swagger API documentation link on the bottom of the NetBox window):

Modifier	Meaning
__empty	is null
__ic	contains (case insensitive)
__ie	is equal (case insensitive)
__iew	ends with (case insensitive)
__isw	starts with (case insensitive)
__n	is not equal
__nic	does not contain (case insensitive)
__nie	is not equal (case insensitive)
__niew	does not end with (case insensitive)
__nisw	does not start with (case insensitive)

which is almost what you want.

[jnc27]

Perfect. Thank you!