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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.
+#
+# Query REST API, return dictionary with alias to DPID mappings. 
+#
+
+#Importing modules
+import re
+import sys
+import json
+import urllib2
+from sdncon.rest.views import do_instance
+
+def aliasDict(request):
+  
+  # Query JSON from API and load into dictionary
+  rawdict = json.loads(do_instance(request, 'switch-alias').content)
+
+  # Dictionaries
+  aliasdict = {}
+ 
+  # Step through master 'alias' list, extract entry for each dictionary.
+  for index_query,value1_query in enumerate(rawdict):
+
+    # get needed entries in 'alias'
+    aliasdict[value1_query.get('switch','ERR')] = value1_query.get('id',' ')
+
+  return aliasdict