Any idea why my template won't upload in the API?

[mysterysmith]

I'm using the following code which works for several other templates:

def uploadTemplate(url, token, xml):

    template_data = '{"jsonrpc" : "2.0", "method": "configuration.import", "params": {"format" : "xml", "rules" : { "templates": { "createMissing": "true", "updateExisting": "true"}, "applications": { "createMissing": "true", "updateExisting": "true" }, "items": { "createMissing": "true", "updateExisting": "true" }, "triggers": { "createMissing": "true", "updateExisting": "true" }, "graphs": { "createMissing": "true", "updateExisting": "true" }, "discoveryRules": { "createMissing": "true", "updateExisting": "true" }, "screens": { "createMissing": "true", "updateExisting": "true" }, "groups": { "createMissing": "true" }, "hosts": { "createMissing": "true", "updateExisting": "true" }, "images": { "createMissing": "true", "updateExisting": "true" }, "maps": { "createMissing": "true", "updateExisting": "true" }, "templateLinkage": { "createMissing": "true" }, "templateScreens": { "createMissing": "true", "updateExisting": "true" }}, "source": "' + xml + '"}, "auth": "' + token + '", "id": 1}'
    json_header = {'content-type': 'application/json-rpc'}

    try:
        xml_payload = requests.post(url,
                                      data=template_data,
                                      headers=json_header)
        print xml_payload.headers
        return xml_payload.json()
    except:
        print "Unexpected error: %s" % sys.exc_info()[0]
        raise

[jan.garaj]

Probably some special char(s) in your template, so your xml variable is not valid json string.

You can test it in Zapix - check examples https://github.com/monitoringartist/zapix#examples

[mysterysmith]

Yeah - " doesn't translate very well in a template upload via the API. If you search and replace " with \" it uploads via the API just fine.