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+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Big Switch Networks, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Eclipse Public License, Version 1.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+# License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+# permissions and limitations under the License.
+#
+#
+# Build a simple JSON of the topology for use in the ForceDirected 
+# Visualization in the InfoVis Toolkit
+#
+
+#Importing modules
+import re
+import sys
+import time
+import json
+import urllib2
+import switchalias
+from sdncon.rest.views import do_switches, do_model_list, do_instance, do_device, do_links
+
+def build_topology_data(request):
+    
+    # Query JSON from API and load into dictionary
+    switches = json.loads(do_switches(request).content)
+    devices = json.loads(do_device(request).content)
+    links = json.loads(do_links(request).content)
+    aliasDict = switchalias.aliasDict(request)
+    
+    # Dictionaries
+    parsedswitch = []
+    parseddevices = []
+    parsedlinks = []
+    
+    # Step through master 'switches' list, extract entry for each dictionary.
+    for index_switches,value1_switches in enumerate(switches):
+      tempdict = {}
+    
+      # get needed entries in 'switches'
+      tempdict['dpid'] = value1_switches.get('dpid','')
+      tempdict['inetAddress'] = value1_switches.get('inetAddress','')
+      
+      # append to final sorted output.
+      parsedswitch.append(tempdict)
+     
+    # Step through master 'device' list, extract entry for each dictionary.
+    for index_devices,value1_devices in enumerate(devices):
+      tempdict = {}
+    
+      # get needed entries in 'devices'
+      for index_mac,value_mac in enumerate(value1_devices['mac']):
+        tempdict['mac'] = value_mac
+      tempdict['ipv4'] = value1_devices.get('ipv4','Unknown')
+      for index_switch2,value_switch2 in enumerate(value1_devices['attachmentPoint']):
+        switchconnlist = []
+        switchtempdict = {}
+        if value_switch2.get('switchDPID', 'UNKNOWN') != '':
+          if value_switch2.get('port', 'UNKNOWN') != '':
+            switchtempdict['port'] = value_switch2['port']
+            switchtempdict['DPID'] = value_switch2['switchDPID']
+            switchconnlist.append(switchtempdict)
+            tempdict['attachments'] = switchconnlist
+      # append to final sorted output.
+      parseddevices.append(tempdict)
+    
+    
+    # Step through master 'links' list, extract entry for each dictionary.
+    for index_links,value1_links in enumerate(links):
+      tempdict = {}
+    
+      # get needed entries in 'links'
+      tempdict['src-switch'] = value1_links.get('src-switch','')
+      tempdict['src-port'] = value1_links.get('src-port','')
+      tempdict['src-port-state'] = value1_links.get('src-port-state','')
+      tempdict['dst-switch'] = value1_links.get('dst-switch','')
+      tempdict['dst-port'] = value1_links.get('dst-port','')
+      tempdict['dst-port-state'] = value1_links.get('dst-port-state','')
+    
+      # append to final sorted output.
+      parsedlinks.append(tempdict)
+    
+    #Begin puting the data in the JSON list
+    jsonoutput = []
+    result = ''
+    
+    
+    # Print switches by themselves to handle orphaned switches.
+    for index_switch,value_switch in enumerate(parsedswitch):
+      adjacenciestmp = []
+      datatmp = {}
+      
+      datatmp = { '$color': '#f15922', '$type': 'square', '$dim': '10'}
+      jsonoutput.append({'adjacencies': [], 'data': datatmp, 'id': value_switch['dpid'], 'name': aliasDict.get(value_switch['dpid'], value_switch['dpid'])})
+    
+    
+    # Determine host -> Switch links
+    for index_devices,value_devices in enumerate(parseddevices):
+      adjacenciestmp = []
+      datatmp = {}
+      
+      for index_adj,value_adj in enumerate(value_devices.get('attachments', '')):
+        adjacenciestmp.append({'nodeTo': str(value_adj['DPID']), 'nodeFrom': value_devices['mac'], 'data': { '$color': '#fdb813', '$lineWidth': '3' }})
+      datatmp = { '$color': '#fdb813', '$type': 'circle', '$dim': '10'}
+      jsonoutput.append({'adjacencies': adjacenciestmp, 'data': datatmp, 'id': value_devices['mac'], 'name': value_devices['mac']})
+    
+    # Determine Switch -> Switch links
+    for index_link,value_link in enumerate(parsedlinks):
+      adjacenciestmp = []
+      datatmp = {}
+      adjacenciestmp.append({'nodeTo': str(value_link['src-switch']), 'nodeFrom': value_link['dst-switch'], 'data': { '$color': '#f15922', '$lineWidth': '3' }})
+      datatmp = { '$color': '#f15922', '$type': 'square', '$dim': '10'}
+      jsonoutput.append({'adjacencies': adjacenciestmp, 'data': datatmp, 'id': value_link['dst-switch'], 'name': aliasDict.get(value_link['dst-switch'], value_link['dst-switch'])})
+    
+    result += 'var json =' + json.dumps(jsonoutput, sort_keys=True, indent=4, separators=(',', ': ')) + ';'
+    return result 
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