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Fault in Cisco ACI Python SDK Object fvnsEncapBlk attribute named "from" --> Reserved keyword in Python #146

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@briantilburgs

There is a problem with requesting the vlans from a Vlan Encap Block:
"cobra.model.fvns.EncapBlk"

When configuring it can be done with an attribute "from_":

cobra.model.fvns.EncapBlk(
        fvnsVlanInstP,
        from_=u'vlan-123',
        name=u'',
        descr=u'',
        to=u'vlan-124',
        nameAlias=u'',
        allocMode=u'static'
    )

But when requesting, that doesn't work:

from cobra.mit.request import DnQuery, ClassQuery
import cobra.mit.access
import cobra.mit.session
import cobra.model.pol

apic="10.1.1.1"
username="admin"
password="admin123"

ls = cobra.mit.session.LoginSession(f'https://{apic}', username, password, secure=False)
aci = cobra.mit.access.MoDirectory(ls)
aci.login()
objtype = "fvnsEncapBlk"
qry = ClassQuery(objtype)
qry.orderBy = '{}.dn'.format(objtype)
objects = aci.query(qry)
vlencapblk = objects[0]

print(f" VLAN block Name: {vlencapblk.name}")
print(f" VLAN block DN: {vlencapblk.dn}")
print(f" To VLAN: {vlencapblk.to}")

# Problem:
print(f" From VLAN: {vlencapblk.from}")
# Workarround:
print(f' from VLAN: {getattr(vlencapblk, "from")}')

the "vlencapblk.from" uses the reserved keyword "from" would it be possible to change this to "from_"

Thanks very much,
Brian

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