generated: '2026-09-18'
method: searched
source: https://github.com/Juniper/jsnapy (README) + https://pypi.org/pypi/jsnapy/json
provider: Juniper Networks
providerId: juniper
summary: >-
  Juniper ships no command-line client for the Mist API or for Apstra — the cloud
  surfaces are driven through Terraform providers and raw HTTP. The first-party CLI that
  does exist, JSNAPy, targets Junos DEVICES over NETCONF: snapshot a device, change it,
  snapshot again, assert the difference. It is recorded here honestly as a device-
  automation CLI, not an API CLI.
clis:
  - name: jsnapy
    title: JSNAPy — Junos Snapshot Administrator in Python
    repository: https://github.com/Juniper/jsnapy
    package: https://pypi.org/project/jsnapy/
    language: python
    official: true
    version: 1.3.8
    published: '2024-08-06'
    currency_note: >-
      Two years since the last release; the repository's last push is also 2024-08.
      Still installable and functional against current Junos, but not actively developed.
    install:
      - pip install jsnapy
      - "pip install git+https://github.com/Juniper/jsnapy.git"
      - "docker run -it -v $PWD:/scripts jsnapy --snap pre -f config_check.yml"
    target: Junos devices over NETCONF (via junos-eznc / PyEZ)
    commands:
      - command: "jsnapy --snap <name> -f <config.yml>"
        description: Take a named snapshot of the RPC/CLI outputs listed in the test file.
      - command: "jsnapy --check <pre> <post> -f <config.yml>"
        description: Compare two snapshots against the test cases and report pass/fail.
      - command: "jsnapy --snapcheck <name> -f <config.yml>"
        description: Take a snapshot and evaluate test cases against it in one step.
      - command: "jsnapy --diff <pre> <post> -f <config.yml>"
        description: Show a two-column diff of two snapshot files.
    key_flows:
      - name: Pre/post change validation
        steps:
          - "jsnapy --snap pre -f config_check.yml"
          - make the configuration change (PyEZ, Ansible, NETCONF, MCP)
          - "jsnapy --snap post -f config_check.yml"
          - "jsnapy --check pre post -f config_check.yml"
    also_usable_as: Python module — the CLI wraps the SnapAdmin class, so the same tests run from code.
not_found:
  - surface: Mist API
    note: No first-party CLI. The Terraform provider (packages/) is the nearest equivalent.
  - surface: Apstra
    note: No first-party CLI; Terraform provider, Go SDK and Ansible collection instead.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com