How to get assigned_object_type_id in netbox script

[kiksen]

Hello,
I'm writing a netbox script to assign IP addresses to an interface and as primary_ip to an device.

newIpStr = network.get_first_available_ip()
newIP = IPAddress.objects.create(address=newIpStr, description=device.name)
newIP.assigned_object_id = vlanOneInterface.id
newIP.assigned_object_type_id = ??????

What is the correct was to get the assigned_object_type_id?
If found in the source code: interface_ct = ContentType.objects.get_for_model(Interface).pk

Thank you very much!
Regards

[pheus]

Hi there,

You're absolutely right that if you specifically need the ID of the ContentType, then using:

interface_ct = ContentType.objects.get_for_model(Interface).pk

is the correct way to get it.

However, if your goal is just to assign the interface to the IP address, you don’t need to deal with assigned_object_type_id or assigned_object_id directly. Instead, you can simply do:

newIP.assigned_object = vlanOneInterface

This is cleaner and lets NetBox handle the content type association for you.

Hope that helps!

[kiksen]

Thank you very much for your clarification and help!