ZenDMD -Adding Devices in Bulk

Below Script which is integration of JSON help you add devices in bulk . We can use zenbatchload to achieve same.
Thanks to Daniel Rich. Script can be downloaded from https://gist.github.com/hackeys/6368351#file-bulkdevicesadd-py.

#!/usr/bin/env python
## Use the Zenoss JSON API to add a list of hosts#
import re, string
import getopt, sysimport os, pwd
import timeimport urllib
import urllib2
import json
import getpassdebug=1
# Zenoss connection info, including username and password
ZENOSS_INSTANCE = 'http://zenoss.example.com:8080'
ZENOSS_USERNAME = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_name
ZENOSS_PASSWORD = getpass.getpass('Password: ')
ROUTERS = { 'MessagingRouter': 'messaging',            'EventsRouter': 'evconsole',            'ProcessRouter': 'process',            'ServiceRouter': 'service',            'DeviceRouter': 'device',            'NetworkRouter': 'network',            'TemplateRouter': 'template',            'DetailNavRouter': 'detailnav',            'ReportRouter': 'report',            'JobsRouter': 'jobs',            'MibRouter': 'mib',            'ZenPackRouter': 'zenpack' }class ZenossAPI():    def __init__(self, debug=False):        """        Initialize the API connection, log in, and store authentication cookie        """  
 
 
      # Use the HTTPCookieProcessor as urllib2 does not save cookies by default      
 
 
  self.urlOpener = urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor())  
      if debug: self.urlOpener.add_handler(urllib2.HTTPHandler(debuglevel=1))  
      self.reqCount = 1               
 
 
 # Contruct POST params and submit login.   
     loginParams = urllib.urlencode(dict(__ac_name = ZENOSS_USERNAME,                __ac_password = ZENOSS_PASSWORD,submitted = 'true',came_from = ZENOSS_INSTANCE + '/zport/dmd'))  
      self.urlOpener.open(ZENOSS_INSTANCE + '/zport/acl_users/cookieAuthHelper/login',                            loginParams)       
 
 
     def _router_request(self, router, method, data=[]):   
     if router not in ROUTERS:         
   raise Exception('Router "' + router + '" not available.') 
       # Contruct a standard URL request for API calls   
     req = urllib2.Request(ZENOSS_INSTANCE + '/zport/dmd/' + ROUTERS[router] + '_router')     
   # NOTE: Content-type MUST be set to 'application/json' for these requests 
    req.add_header('Content-type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8')  
      # Convert the request parameters into JSON        
     reqData = json.dumps([dict(action=router,method=method,data=data,type='rpc',              tid=self.reqCount)])             
   # Increment the request count ('tid'). More important if sending multiple        # calls in a single request        self.reqCount += 1        # Submit the request and convert the returned JSON to objects        return json.loads(self.urlOpener.open(req, reqData).read())    # Get devices from zenoss in the specified device class    def get_devices(self, deviceClass='/zport/dmd/Devices', limit=50, start=0, params=None):        return self._router_request('DeviceRouter', 'getDevices',                                    data=[{'uid': deviceClass,                                           'params': params,                                           'limit': limit,                                           'start': start}])['result']    # Add a device to Zenoss    def add_device(self, deviceName, deviceClass='/Server/Linux', snmpCommunity='public', productionState=450, comments=''):        data = dict(deviceName=deviceName, deviceClass=deviceClass, snmpCommunity=snmpCommunity, productionState=productionState, comments=comments, model=True)        # Use the RWC collector for pdi.com hosts        if 'pdi.com' in deviceName:            data['collector'] = 'cia.pdi.com'        return self._router_request('DeviceRouter', 'addDevice', [data])    # Get details about the specified job    def job_detail(self, jobId):        data = dict(jobid=jobId['uuid'])        return self._router_request('JobsRouter', 'detail', [data])        def usage(message=''):    if message != '':        print message    print """Usage: zenoss_addhost -h|--host= [-c|--class=] [-C|--comments=] [-s|--state=] [--comments=] """    sys.exit(3)if __name__ == '__main__':    z = ZenossAPI()             # Create API instance        # Defaults    deviceName      = None    deviceClass     = '/Server/Linux'    snmpCommunity   = 'public'    productionState = 450    comments        = ''    # Parse command line    try:        options, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:],                                      "h:c:C:s:",                                      ["host=", "class=", "community=", "state=", "comments="],                                      )    except getopt.GetoptError, err:        usage(str(err))        sys.exit(3)            for o, a in options:        if o in ("-h", "--host"):            deviceName = a        elif o in ("-c", "--class"):            deviceClass = a        elif o in ("-C", "--comments"):            comments = a        elif o in ("-s", "--state"):            productionState = int(a)        elif o in ("--community"):            snmpCommunity = a    if deviceName == None:        usage("hostname may not be null!")    # Add the device    jobId = z.add_device(deviceName=deviceName, deviceClass=deviceClass, snmpCommunity=snmpCommunity, productionState=productionState, comments=comments)    if (debug):        print jobId    if jobId['result']['success'] != True:        msg = jobId['result']['msg']        idx = jobId['result']['msg'].find("<") # attempt to strip URLs        if idx >= 0:            msg = jobId['result']['msg'][:(idx-1)]        print "ERROR: %s" % msg        sys.exit(1)    # Loop until we get a job status back    jobUuid = jobId['result']['new_jobs'][0]    jobComplete = False    count = 0    while not jobComplete:        time.sleep(5)        jobStatus = z.job_detail(jobUuid)        if (debug):            print jobStatus        count += 1        if count > 10:            jobComplete = True        if 'finished with' in jobStatus['result']['content'][len(jobStatus['result']['content'])-1]:            jobComplete = True                        msg=jobStatus['result']['content'][len(jobStatus['result']['content'])-1]    if 'result 0' in msg:        sys.exit(0)    else:        print "ERROR: %s" % msg        print "see %s on the Zenoss server for full details" % jobStatus['resultt']['logfile']        sys.exit(1)