The device **must** initiate the connection and the server will not try to re-establish the
connection in case of a drop. By requirement, the server cannot assume it has connectivity
to the device due to NAT or firewalls among others.
+
+Reading data with selected fields
+---------------------------------
+
+Overview
+~~~~~~~~
+
+If user would like to read only selected fields from NETCONF device, it is possible to use
+fields query parameter that is described by RFC-8040. RESTCONF parses content of query
+parameter into format that is accepted by NETCONF subtree filtering - filtering of data is done
+on NETCONF server, not on NETCONF client side. This approach optimizes network traffic load,
+because data in which user doesn't have interest, is not transferred over network.
+
+Next advantages:
+
+* using single RESTCONF request and single NETCONF RPC for reading multiple subtrees
+* possibility to read only selected fields under list node across multiple hierarchies
+ (it cannot be done without proper selection API)
+
+.. note::
+
+ More information about fields query parameter: `RFC 8071 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8040#section-4.8.3>`__
+
+Preparation of data
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Mounting NETCONF device that runs on NETCONF testtool:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ curl --location --request PUT 'http://127.0.0.1:8181/rests/data/network-topology:network-topology/topology=topology-netconf/node=testtool' \
+ --header 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=' \
+ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+ --data-raw '{
+ "node": [
+ {
+ "node-id": "testtool",
+ "netconf-node-topology:host": "127.0.0.1",
+ "netconf-node-topology:port": 36000,
+ "netconf-node-topology:keepalive-delay": 100,
+ "netconf-node-topology:tcp-only": false,
+ "netconf-node-topology:username": "admin",
+ "netconf-node-topology:password": "admin"
+ }
+ ]
+ }'
+
+Setting initial configuration on NETCONF device:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ curl --location --request PUT 'http://127.0.0.1:8181/rests/data/network-topology:network-topology/topology=topology-netconf/node=testtool/yang-ext:mount/test-module:root' \
+ --header 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=' \
+ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+ --data-raw '{
+ "root": {
+ "simple-root": {
+ "leaf-a": "asddhg",
+ "leaf-b": "ffffff",
+ "ll": [
+ "str1",
+ "str2",
+ "str3"
+ ],
+ "nested": {
+ "sample-x": true,
+ "sample-y": false
+ }
+ },
+ "list-root": {
+ "branch-ab": 5,
+ "top-list": [
+ {
+ "key-1": "ka",
+ "key-2": "kb",
+ "next-data": {
+ "switch-1": [
+ null
+ ],
+ "switch-2": [
+ null
+ ]
+ },
+ "nested-list": [
+ {
+ "identifier": "f1",
+ "foo": 1
+ },
+ {
+ "identifier": "f2",
+ "foo": 10
+ },
+ {
+ "identifier": "f3",
+ "foo": 20
+ }
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "key-1": "kb",
+ "key-2": "ka",
+ "next-data": {
+ "switch-1": [
+ null
+ ]
+ },
+ "nested-list": [
+ {
+ "identifier": "e1",
+ "foo": 1
+ },
+ {
+ "identifier": "e2",
+ "foo": 2
+ },
+ {
+ "identifier": "e3",
+ "foo": 3
+ }
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "key-1": "kc",
+ "key-2": "ke",
+ "next-data": {
+ "switch-2": [
+ null
+ ]
+ },
+ "nested-list": [
+ {
+ "identifier": "q1",
+ "foo": 13
+ },
+ {
+ "identifier": "q2",
+ "foo": 14
+ },
+ {
+ "identifier": "q3",
+ "foo": 15
+ }
+ ]
+ }
+ ]
+ }
+ }
+ }'
+
+Examples
+--------
+
+1. Reading whole leaf-list 'll' and leaf 'nested/sample-x' under 'simple-root' container.
+
+RESTCONF request:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ curl --location --request GET 'http://localhost:8181/rests/data/network-topology:network-topology/topology=topology-netconf/node=testtool/yang-ext:mount/test-module:root/simple-root?content=config&fields=ll;nested/sample-x' \
+ --header 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=' \
+ --header 'Cookie: JSESSIONID=node01h4w82eorc1k61866b71qjgj503.node0'
+
+Generated NETCONF RPC request:
+
+.. code-block:: xml
+
+ <rpc message-id="m-18" xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
+ <get-config>
+ <source>
+ <running/>
+ </source>
+ <filter xmlns:ns0="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" ns0:type="subtree">
+ <root xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:test-model">
+ <simple-root>
+ <ll/>
+ <nested>
+ <sample-x/>
+ </nested>
+ </simple-root>
+ </root>
+ </filter>
+ </get-config>
+ </rpc>
+
+.. note::
+
+ Using fields query parameter it is also possible to read whole leaf-list or list without
+ necessity to specify value / key predicate (without reading parent entity). Such scenario
+ is not permitted in RFC-8040 paths alone - fields query parameter can be used as
+ workaround for this case.
+
+RESTCONF response:
+
+.. code-block:: json
+
+ {
+ "test-module:simple-root": {
+ "ll": [
+ "str3",
+ "str1",
+ "str2"
+ ],
+ "nested": {
+ "sample-x": true
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+2. Reading all identifiers of 'nested-list' under all elements of 'top-list'.
+
+RESTCONF request:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ curl --location --request GET 'http://localhost:8181/rests/data/network-topology:network-topology/topology=topology-netconf/node=testtool/yang-ext:mount/test-module:root/list-root?content=config&fields=top-list(nested-list/identifier)' \
+ --header 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=' \
+ --header 'Cookie: JSESSIONID=node01h4w82eorc1k61866b71qjgj503.node0'
+
+Generated NETCONF RPC request:
+
+.. code-block:: xml
+
+ <rpc message-id="m-27" xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
+ <get-config>
+ <source>
+ <running/>
+ </source>
+ <filter xmlns:ns0="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" ns0:type="subtree">
+ <root xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:test-model">
+ <list-root>
+ <top-list>
+ <nested-list>
+ <identifier/>
+ </nested-list>
+ <key-1/>
+ <key-2/>
+ </top-list>
+ </list-root>
+ </root>
+ </filter>
+ </get-config>
+ </rpc>
+
+.. note::
+
+ NETCONF client automatically fetches values of list keys since they are required for correct
+ deserialization of NETCONF response and at the end serialization of response to RESTCONF
+ response (JSON/XML).
+
+RESTCONF response:
+
+.. code-block:: json
+
+ {
+ "test-module:list-root": {
+ "top-list": [
+ {
+ "key-1": "ka",
+ "key-2": "kb",
+ "nested-list": [
+ {
+ "identifier": "f3"
+ },
+ {
+ "identifier": "f2"
+ },
+ {
+ "identifier": "f1"
+ }
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "key-1": "kb",
+ "key-2": "ka",
+ "nested-list": [
+ {
+ "identifier": "e3"
+ },
+ {
+ "identifier": "e2"
+ },
+ {
+ "identifier": "e1"
+ }
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "key-1": "kc",
+ "key-2": "ke",
+ "nested-list": [
+ {
+ "identifier": "q3"
+ },
+ {
+ "identifier": "q2"
+ },
+ {
+ "identifier": "q1"
+ }
+ ]
+ }
+ ]
+ }
+ }
+
+3. Reading value of leaf 'branch-ab' and all values of leaves 'switch-1' that are placed
+ under 'top-list' list elements.
+
+RESTCONF request:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ curl --location --request GET 'http://localhost:8181/rests/data/network-topology:network-topology/topology=topology-netconf/node=testtool/yang-ext:mount/test-module:root/list-root?content=config&fields=branch-ab;top-list/next-data/switch-1' \
+ --header 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=' \
+ --header 'Cookie: JSESSIONID=node01jx6o5thwae9t1ft7c2zau5zbz4.node0'
+
+Generated NETCONF RPC request:
+
+.. code-block:: xml
+
+ <rpc message-id="m-42" xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
+ <get-config>
+ <source>
+ <running/>
+ </source>
+ <filter xmlns:ns0="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" ns0:type="subtree">
+ <root xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:test-model">
+ <list-root>
+ <branch-ab/>
+ <top-list>
+ <next-data>
+ <switch-1/>
+ </next-data>
+ <key-1/>
+ <key-2/>
+ </top-list>
+ </list-root>
+ </root>
+ </filter>
+ </get-config>
+ </rpc>
+
+RESTCONF response:
+
+.. code-block:: json
+
+ {
+ "test-module:list-root": {
+ "branch-ab": 5,
+ "top-list": [
+ {
+ "key-1": "ka",
+ "key-2": "kb",
+ "next-data": {
+ "switch-1": [
+ null
+ ]
+ }
+ },
+ {
+ "key-1": "kb",
+ "key-2": "ka",
+ "next-data": {
+ "switch-1": [
+ null
+ ]
+ }
+ },
+ {
+ "key-1": "kc",
+ "key-2": "ke"
+ }
+ ]
+ }
+ }
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