diff --git a/tools/test/scenarios/net-rest/find-host.py b/tools/test/scenarios/net-rest/find-host.py
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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+
+import requests
+import sys
+import urllib
+
+from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 4:
+    print "usage: find-host onos-node name device-id"
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+node = sys.argv[1]
+name = sys.argv[2]
+id = sys.argv[3]
+
+hostRequest = requests.get('http://' + node + ':8181/onos/v1/hosts/' +
+                           urllib.quote_plus(id),
+                           auth=HTTPBasicAuth('onos', 'rocks'))
+
+if hostRequest.status_code != 200:
+    print hostRequest.text
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+hostJson = hostRequest.json()
+
+print "@stc " + name + "Id=" + hostJson["id"]
+print "@stc " + name + "Mac=" + hostJson["mac"]
+print "@stc " + name + "IpAddress=" + hostJson["ipAddresses"][0]
+
+sys.exit(0)
+
+
+
+
+