Querying the Interface Description

This section provides a sample of obtaining the interface description using the get method.

Request example

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<rpc message-id="2" 
    xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
  <get>
    <filter type="subtree">
      <if:interfaces-state xmlns:if="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-interfaces">
        <if:interface>
         <if:name>XGigabitEthernet0/0/3</if:name>
         <huawei-interfaces:common xmlns:huawei-interfaces="urn:huawei:params:xml:ns:yang:huawei-interfaces">
          <huawei-interfaces:description/>
       </huawei-interfaces:common>
     </if:interface>
    </if:interfaces-state>
   </filter>
  </get>
</rpc>

Response example

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<rpc-reply xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" message-id="2">
  <data>
    <interfaces-state xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-interfaces">
      <interface>
        <name>XGigabitEthernet0/0/3</name>
        <common xmlns="urn:huawei:params:xml:ns:yang:huawei-interfaces">
         <description>toN10</description>
        </common>
      </interface>
    </interfaces-state>
  </data>
</rpc-reply>