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+# BSD LICENSE
+#
+# Copyright(c) 2010-2021 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+# are met:
+#
+#   * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+#     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#   * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+#     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+#     the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+#     distribution.
+#   * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
+#     contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+#     from this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+# OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+"""
+This module implant from pei,yulong ixNetwork tool.
+"""
+
+import os
+import time
+import re
+import requests
+import json
+import csv
+from collections import OrderedDict
+from datetime import datetime
+
+
+# local lib deps
+from .packet_parser import PacketParser
+from .ixnet_stream import IxnetConfigStream
+
+
+class IxnetTrafficGenerator(object):
+    """ixNetwork Traffic Generator."""
+    json_header = {'content-type': 'application/json'}
+
+    def __init__(self, config, logger):
+        # disable SSL warnings
+        requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()
+        self.logger = logger
+        self.tg_ip = config.tg_ip
+        self.tg_ports = config.tg_ports
+        port = config.tg_ip_port or '11009'
+        # id will always be 1 when using windows api server
+        self.api_server = 'http://{0}:{1}'.format(self.tg_ip, port)
+        self.session = requests.session()
+        self.session_id = self.get_session_id(self.api_server)
+        self.session_url = "{0}/api/v1/sessions/{1}".format(
+            self.api_server, self.session_id)
+        # initialize ixNetwork
+        self.new_blank_config()
+        self.tg_vports = self.assign_ports(self.tg_ports)
+
+    def get_session_id(self, api_server):
+        url = '{server}/api/v1/sessions'.format(server=api_server)
+        response = self.session.post(
+            url, headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+        session_id = response.json()['links'][0]['href'].split('/')[-1]
+        msg = "{0}: Session ID is {1}".format(api_server, session_id)
+        self.logger.info(msg)
+        return session_id
+
+    def destroy_config(self, name):
+        json_header = {
+            'content-type': 'application/json',
+            'X-HTTP-Method-Override': 'DELETE',
+        }
+        response = self.session.post(name, headers=json_header, verify=False)
+        return response
+
+    def __get_ports(self):
+        """Return available tg vports list"""
+        return self.tg_vports
+
+    def disable_port_misdirected(self):
+        msg = 'close mismatched flag'
+        self.logger.debug(msg)
+        url = "{0}/ixnetwork/traffic".format(self.session_url)
+        data = {
+            "detectMisdirectedOnAllPorts": False,
+            "disablePortLevelMisdirected": True,
+        }
+        response = self.session.patch(
+            url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+
+    def delete_session(self):
+        """delete session after test done"""
+        try:
+            url = self.session_url
+            response = self.destroy_config(url)
+            self.logger.debug("STATUS CODE: %s" % response.status_code)
+        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as err_msg:
+            raise Exception('DELETE error: {0}\n'.format(err_msg))
+
+    def configure_streams(self, pkt, field_config=None):
+        hParser = PacketParser()
+        hParser._parse_pcap(pkt)
+        hConfig = IxnetConfigStream(
+            hParser.packetLayers, field_config, hParser.framesize)
+        return hConfig.ixnet_packet
+
+    def regenerate_trafficitems(self, trafficItemList):
+        """
+        Parameter
+            trafficItemList: ['/api/v1/sessions/1/ixnetwork/traffic/trafficItem/1', ...]
+        """
+        url = "{0}/ixnetwork/traffic/trafficItem/operations/generate".format(
+            self.session_url)
+        data = {"arg1": trafficItemList}
+        self.logger.info('Regenerating traffic items: %s' % trafficItemList)
+        response = self.session.post(
+            url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+        self.wait_for_complete(response, url + '/' + response.json()['id'])
+
+    def apply_traffic(self):
+        """Apply the configured traffic."""
+        url = "{0}/ixnetwork/traffic/operations/apply".format(self.session_url)
+        data = {"arg1": f"/api/v1/sessions/{self.session_id}/ixnetwork/traffic"}
+        response = self.session.post(
+            url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+        self.wait_for_complete(response, url + '/' + response.json()['id'])
+
+    def start_traffic(self):
+        """start the configured traffic."""
+        self.logger.info("Traffic starting...")
+        url = "{0}/ixnetwork/traffic/operations/start".format(self.session_url)
+        data = {"arg1": f"/api/v1/sessions/{self.session_id}/ixnetwork/traffic"}
+        response = self.session.post(
+            url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+        self.check_traffic_state(
+            expectedState=['started', 'startedWaitingForStats'], timeout=45)
+        self.logger.info("Traffic started Successfully.")
+
+    def stop_traffic(self):
+        """stop the configured traffic."""
+        url = "{0}/ixnetwork/traffic/operations/stop".format(self.session_url)
+        data = {"arg1": f"/api/v1/sessions/{self.session_id}/ixnetwork/traffic"}
+        response = self.session.post(
+            url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+        self.check_traffic_state(
+            expectedState=['stopped', 'stoppedWaitingForStats'])
+        time.sleep(5)
+
+    def check_traffic_state(self, expectedState=['stopped'], timeout=45):
+        """
+        Description
+            Check the traffic state for the expected state.
+
+        Traffic states are:
+            startedWaitingForStats, startedWaitingForStreams, started, stopped,
+            stoppedWaitingForStats, txStopWatchExpected, locked, unapplied
+
+        Parameters
+            expectedState = Input a list of expected traffic state.
+                            Example: ['started', startedWaitingForStats']
+            timeout = The amount of seconds you want to wait for the expected traffic state.
+                      Defaults to 45 seconds.
+                      In a situation where you have more than 10 pages of stats, you will
+                      need to increase the timeout time.
+        """
+        if type(expectedState) != list:
+            expectedState.split(' ')
+
+        self.logger.info(
+            'check_traffic_state: expecting traffic state {0}'.format(expectedState))
+        for counter in range(1, timeout + 1):
+            url = "{0}/ixnetwork/traffic".format(self.session_url)
+            response = self.session.get(
+                url, headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+            current_traffic_state = response.json()['state']
+            self.logger.info('check_traffic_state: {trafficstate}: Waited {counter}/{timeout} seconds'.format(
+                trafficstate=current_traffic_state,
+                counter=counter,
+                timeout=timeout))
+            if counter < timeout and current_traffic_state not in expectedState:
+                time.sleep(1)
+                continue
+            if counter < timeout and current_traffic_state in expectedState:
+                time.sleep(8)
+                self.logger.info(
+                    'check_traffic_state: got expected [ %s ], Done' % current_traffic_state)
+                return 0
+
+        raise Exception(
+            'Traffic state did not reach the expected state (%s):' % expectedState)
+
+    def _get_stats(self, viewName='Flow Statistics', csvFile=None, csvEnableFileTimestamp=False):
+        """
+         sessionUrl: http://10.219.x.x:11009/api/v1/sessions/1/ixnetwork
+
+         csvFile = None or <filename.csv>.
+                   None will not create a CSV file.
+                   Provide a <filename>.csv to record all stats to a CSV file.
+                   Example: _get_stats(sessionUrl, csvFile='Flow_Statistics.csv')
+
+         csvEnableFileTimestamp = True or False. If True, timestamp will be appended to the filename.
+
+         viewName options (Not case sensitive):
+
+            'Port Statistics'
+            'Tx-Rx Frame Rate Statistics'
+            'Port CPU Statistics'
+            'Global Protocol Statistics'
+            'Protocols Summary'
+            'Port Summary'
+            'OSPFv2-RTR Drill Down'
+            'OSPFv2-RTR Per Port'
+            'IPv4 Drill Down'
+            'L2-L3 Test Summary Statistics'
+            'Flow Statistics'
+            'Traffic Item Statistics'
+            'IGMP Host Drill Down'
+            'IGMP Host Per Port'
+            'IPv6 Drill Down'
+            'MLD Host Drill Down'
+            'MLD Host Per Port'
+            'PIMv6 IF Drill Down'
+            'PIMv6 IF Per Port'
+
+         Note: Not all of the viewNames are listed here. You have to get the exact names from
+               the IxNetwork GUI in statistics based on your protocol(s).
+
+         Return you a dictionary of all the stats: statDict[rowNumber][columnName] == statValue
+           Get stats on row 2 for 'Tx Frames' = statDict[2]['Tx Frames']
+        """
+        url = "{0}/ixnetwork/statistics/view".format(self.session_url)
+        viewList = self.session.get(
+            url, headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+        views = ['{0}/{1}'.format(url, str(i['id'])) for i in viewList.json()]
+
+        for view in views:
+            # GetAttribute
+            response = self.session.get(
+                view, headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+            if response.status_code != 200:
+                raise Exception('getStats: Failed: %s' % response.text)
+            captionMatch = re.match(viewName, response.json()['caption'], re.I)
+            if captionMatch:
+                # viewObj: sessionUrl + /statistics/view/11'
+                viewObj = view
+                break
+
+        self.logger.info("viewName: %s, %s" % (viewName, viewObj))
+
+        try:
+            response = self.session.patch(viewObj, data=json.dumps(
+                {'enabled': 'true'}), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise Exception('get_stats error: No stats available')
+
+        for counter in range(0, 31):
+            response = self.session.get(
+                viewObj + '/page', headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+            totalPages = response.json()['totalPages']
+            if totalPages == 'null':
+                self.logger.info(
+                    'Getting total pages is not ready yet. Waiting %d/30 seconds' % counter)
+                time.sleep(1)
+            if totalPages != 'null':
+                break
+            if totalPages == 'null' and counter == 30:
+                raise Exception('getStats: failed to get total pages')
+
+        if csvFile is not None:
+            csvFileName = csvFile.replace(' ', '_')
+            if csvEnableFileTimestamp:
+                timestamp = datetime.now().strftime('%H%M%S')
+                if '.' in csvFileName:
+                    csvFileNameTemp = csvFileName.split('.')[0]
+                    csvFileNameExtension = csvFileName.split('.')[1]
+                    csvFileName = csvFileNameTemp + '_' + \
+                        timestamp + '.' + csvFileNameExtension
+                else:
+                    csvFileName = csvFileName + '_' + timestamp
+
+            csvFile = open(csvFileName, 'w')
+            csvWriteObj = csv.writer(csvFile)
+
+        # Get the stat column names
+        columnList = response.json()['columnCaptions']
+        if csvFile is not None:
+            csvWriteObj.writerow(columnList)
+
+        statDict = {}
+        flowNumber = 1
+        # Get the stat values
+        for pageNumber in range(1, totalPages + 1):
+            self.session.patch(viewObj + '/page', data=json.dumps(
+                {'currentPage': pageNumber}), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+            response = self.session.get(
+                viewObj + '/page', headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+            statValueList = response.json()['pageValues']
+            for statValue in statValueList:
+                if csvFile is not None:
+                    csvWriteObj.writerow(statValue[0])
+
+                self.logger.info('Row: %d' % flowNumber)
+                statDict[flowNumber] = {}
+                index = 0
+                for statValue in statValue[0]:
+                    statName = columnList[index]
+                    statDict[flowNumber].update({statName: statValue})
+                    self.logger.info('%s: %s' % (statName, statValue))
+                    index += 1
+                flowNumber += 1
+
+        if csvFile is not None:
+            csvFile.close()
+        return statDict
+        # Flow Statistics dictionary output example
+        """
+        Flow: 50
+            Tx Port: Ethernet - 002
+            Rx Port: Ethernet - 001
+            Traffic Item: OSPF T1 to T2
+            Source/Dest Value Pair: 2.0.21.1-1.0.21.1
+            Flow Group: OSPF T1 to T2-FlowGroup-1 - Flow Group 0002
+            Tx Frames: 35873
+            Rx Frames: 35873
+            Frames Delta: 0
+            Loss %: 0
+            Tx Frame Rate: 3643.5
+            Rx Frame Rate: 3643.5
+            Tx L1 Rate (bps): 4313904
+            Rx L1 Rate (bps): 4313904
+            Rx Bytes: 4591744
+            Tx Rate (Bps): 466368
+            Rx Rate (Bps): 466368
+            Tx Rate (bps): 3730944
+            Rx Rate (bps): 3730944
+            Tx Rate (Kbps): 3730.944
+            Rx Rate (Kbps): 3730.944
+            Tx Rate (Mbps): 3.731
+            Rx Rate (Mbps): 3.731
+            Store-Forward Avg Latency (ns): 0
+            Store-Forward Min Latency (ns): 0
+            Store-Forward Max Latency (ns): 0
+            First TimeStamp: 00:00:00.722
+            Last TimeStamp: 00:00:10.568
+        """
+
+    def new_blank_config(self):
+        """
+        Start a new blank configuration.
+        """
+        url = "{0}/ixnetwork/operations/newconfig".format(self.session_url)
+        self.logger.info('newBlankConfig: %s' % url)
+        response = self.session.post(url, verify=False)
+        url = "{0}/{1}".format(url, response.json()['id'])
+        self.wait_for_complete(response, url)
+
+    def wait_for_complete(self, response='', url='', timeout=120):
+        """
+        Wait for an operation progress to complete.
+        response: The POST action response.
+        """
+        if response.json() == '' and response.json()['state'] == 'SUCCESS':
+            self.logger.info('State: SUCCESS')
+            return
+
+        if response.json() == []:
+            raise Exception('waitForComplete: response is empty.')
+
+        if 'errors' in response.json():
+            raise Exception(response.json()["errors"][0])
+
+        if response.json()['state'] in ["ERROR", "EXCEPTION"]:
+            raise Exception('WaitForComplete: STATE=%s: %s' %
+                            (response.json()['state'], response.text))
+
+        self.logger.info("%s" % url)
+        self.logger.info("State: %s" % (response.json()["state"]))
+        while response.json()["state"] == "IN_PROGRESS" or response.json()["state"] == "down":
+            if timeout == 0:
+                raise Exception('%s' % response.text)
+            time.sleep(1)
+            response = self.session.get(
+                url, headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+            self.logger.info("State: %s" % (response.json()["state"]))
+            if response.json()["state"] == 'SUCCESS':
+                return
+            timeout = timeout - 1
+
+    def create_vports(self, portList=None, rawTrafficVport=True):
+        """
+        This creates virtual ports based on a portList.
+        portList:  Pass in a list of ports in the format of ixChassisIp, slotNumber, portNumber
+          portList = [[ixChassisIp, '1', '1'],
+                      [ixChassisIp, '2', '1']]
+        rawTrafficVport = For raw Traffic Item src/dest endpoints, vports must be in format:
+                               /api/v1/sessions1/vport/{id}/protocols
+        Next step is to call assign_port.
+        Return: A list of vports
+        """
+        createdVportList = []
+        for index in range(0, len(portList)):
+            url = "{0}/ixnetwork/vport".format(self.session_url)
+
+            card = portList[index][1]
+            port = portList[index][2]
+            portNumber = str(card) + '/' + str(port)
+            self.logger.info('Name: %s' % portNumber)
+            data = {'name': portNumber}
+            response = self.session.post(
+                url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+            vportObj = response.json()['links'][0]['href']
+            self.logger.info('createVports: %s' % vportObj)
+            if rawTrafficVport:
+                createdVportList.append(vportObj + '/protocols')
+            else:
+                createdVportList.append(vportObj)
+
+        if createdVportList == []:
+            raise Exception('No vports created')
+
+        self.logger.info('createVports: %s' % createdVportList)
+        return createdVportList
+
+    def assign_ports(self, portList, createVports=True, rawTraffic=True, timeout=90):
+        """
+        Description
+            Use this to assign physical ports to the virtual ports.
+
+        Parameters
+            portList: [ [ixChassisIp, '1','1'], [ixChassisIp, '1','2'] ]
+            vportList: list return by create_vports.
+            timeout: Timeout for port up.
+
+        Syntaxes
+            POST: http://{apiServerIp:port}/api/v1/sessions/{id}/ixnetwork/operations/assignports
+                  data={arg1: [{arg1: ixChassisIp, arg2: 1, arg3: 1}, {arg1: ixChassisIp, arg2: 1, arg3: 2}],
+                        arg2: [],
+                        arg3: ['/api/v1/sessions/{1}/ixnetwork/vport/1',
+                               '/api/v1/sessions/{1}/ixnetwork/vport/2'],
+                        arg4: true}  <-- True will clear port ownership
+                  headers={'content-type': 'application/json'}
+            GET:  http://{apiServerIp:port}/api/v1/sessions/{id}/ixnetwork/operations/assignports/1
+                  data={}
+                  headers={}
+            Expecting:   RESPONSE:  SUCCESS
+        """
+        if createVports:
+            vportList = self.create_vports(portList, rawTrafficVport=False)
+        url = "{0}/ixnetwork/operations/assignports".format(self.session_url)
+        data = {"arg1": [], "arg2": [], "arg3": vportList, "arg4": "true"}
+        [data["arg1"].append({"arg1": str(chassis), "arg2": str(
+            card), "arg3": str(port)}) for chassis, card, port in portList]
+        response = self.session.post(
+            url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+        self.logger.info('%s' % response.json())
+        url = "{0}/{1}".format(url, response.json()['id'])
+        self.wait_for_complete(response, url)
+
+        for vport in vportList:
+            url = "{0}{1}/l1Config".format(self.api_server, vport)
+            response = self.session.get(
+                url, headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+            url = url + '/' + response.json()['currentType']
+            data = {"enabledFlowControl": False}
+            response = self.session.patch(
+                url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+
+        if rawTraffic:
+            vportList_protocol = []
+            for vport in vportList:
+                vportList_protocol.append(vport + '/protocols')
+            self.logger.info('vports: %s' % vportList_protocol)
+            return vportList_protocol
+        else:
+            self.logger.info('vports: %s' % vportList)
+            return vportList
+
+    def destroy_assign_ports(self, vportList):
+        msg = "release {}".format(vportList)
+        self.logger.info(msg)
+        for vport_url in vportList:
+            url = self.api_server + "/".join(vport_url.split("/")[:-1])
+            self.destroy_config(url)
+
+    def config_config_elements(self, config_element_obj, config_elements):
+        """
+        Parameters
+        config_element_obj: /api/v1/sessions/1/ixnetwork/traffic/trafficItem/{id}/configElement/{id}
+        """
+        url = self.api_server + config_element_obj + '/transmissionControl'
+        if 'transmissionType' in config_elements:
+            data = {'type': config_elements['transmissionType']}
+            self.session.patch(
+                url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+
+        if 'burstPacketCount' in config_elements:
+            data = {
+                'burstPacketCount': int(config_elements['burstPacketCount'])}
+            self.session.patch(
+                url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+
+        if 'frameCount' in config_elements:
+            data = {'frameCount': int(config_elements['frameCount'])}
+            self.session.patch(
+                url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+
+        if 'duration' in config_elements:
+            data = {'duration': int(config_elements['duration'])}
+            self.session.patch(
+                url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+
+        url = self.api_server + config_element_obj + '/frameRate'
+        if 'frameRate' in config_elements:
+            data = {'rate': int(config_elements['frameRate'])}
+            self.session.patch(
+                url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+
+        if 'frameRateType' in config_elements:
+            data = {'type': config_elements['frameRateType']}
+            self.session.patch(
+                url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+
+        url = self.api_server + config_element_obj + '/frameSize'
+        if 'frameSize' in config_elements:
+            data = {'fixedSize': int(config_elements['frameSize'])}
+            self.session.patch(
+                url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+
+    def import_json_config_obj(self, data_obj):
+        """
+        Parameter
+            data_obj: The JSON config object.
+        Note
+            arg2 value must be a string of JSON data: '{"xpath": "/traffic/trafficItem[1]", "enabled": false}'
+        """
+        data = {"arg1": "/api/v1/sessions/1/ixnetwork/resourceManager",
+                "arg2": json.dumps(data_obj),
+                "arg3": False}
+        url = "{0}/ixnetwork/resourceManager/operations/importconfig".format(
+            self.session_url)
+        response = self.session.post(
+            url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+        url = "{0}/{1}".format(url, response.json()['id'])
+        self.wait_for_complete(response, url)
+
+    def send_rfc2544_throughput(self, options):
+        """Send traffic per RFC2544 throughput test specifications.
+        Send packets at a variable rate, using ``traffic_list`` configuration,
+        until minimum rate at which no packet loss is detected is found.
+        """
+        # new added parameters
+        duration = options.get('duration') or 10
+        initialBinaryLoadRate = max_rate = options.get('max_rate') or 100.0
+        min_rate = options.get('min_rate') or 0.0
+        accuracy = options.get('accuracy') or 0.001
+        permit_loss_rate = options.get('pdr') or 0.0
+        # old parameters
+        traffic_list = options.get('traffic_list')
+        if traffic_list is None:
+            raise Exception('traffic_list is empty.')
+
+        # close port mismatched statistics
+        self.disable_port_misdirected()
+
+        url = "{0}/ixnetwork/traffic/trafficItem".format(self.session_url)
+        response = self.session.get(
+            url, headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+        if response.json() != []:
+            for item in response.json():
+                url = "{0}{1}".format(
+                    self.api_server, item['links'][0]['href'])
+                response = self.destroy_config(url)
+                if response.status_code != 200:
+                    raise Exception("remove trafficitem failed")
+
+        trafficitem_list = []
+        index = 0
+        for traffic in traffic_list:
+            index = index + 1
+            # create trafficitem
+            url = "{0}/ixnetwork/traffic/trafficItem".format(self.session_url)
+            data = {"name": "Traffic Item " + str(index), "trafficType": "raw"}
+            response = self.session.post(
+                url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+            trafficitem_obj = response.json()['links'][0]['href']
+            self.logger.info('create traffic item: %s' % trafficitem_obj)
+            trafficitem_list.append(trafficitem_obj)
+            # create endpointset
+            url = "{0}{1}/endpointSet".format(self.api_server, trafficitem_obj)
+            data = {
+                "sources": [traffic[0]],
+                "destinations": [traffic[1]]
+            }
+            response = self.session.post(
+                url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+            # packet config
+            config_stack_obj = eval(
+                str(traffic[2]).replace('trafficItem[1]', 'trafficItem[' + str(index) + ']'))
+            self.import_json_config_obj(config_stack_obj)
+            # get framesize
+            url = "{0}{1}/configElement/1/frameSize".format(
+                self.api_server, trafficitem_obj)
+            response = self.session.get(
+                url, headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+            frame_size = response.json()['fixedSize']
+
+        self.regenerate_trafficitems(trafficitem_list)
+
+        # query existing quick test
+        url = "{0}/ixnetwork/quickTest/rfc2544throughput".format(
+            self.session_url)
+        response = self.session.get(
+            url, headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+        if response.json() != []:
+            for qt in response.json():
+                url = "{0}{1}".format(self.api_server, qt['links'][0]['href'])
+                response = self.destroy_config(url)
+                if response.status_code != 200:
+                    raise Exception("remove quick test failed")
+        # create quick test
+        url = "{0}/ixnetwork/quickTest/rfc2544throughput".format(
+            self.session_url)
+        data = [{"name": "QuickTest1", "mode": "existingMode"}]
+        response = self.session.post(
+            url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+        quicktest_obj = response.json()['links'][0]['href']
+        self.logger.info('create quick test: %s' % quicktest_obj)
+        # add trafficitems
+        url = "{0}{1}/trafficSelection".format(self.api_server, quicktest_obj)
+        data = [{"__id__": item_obj} for item_obj in trafficitem_list]
+        response = self.session.post(
+            url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+        self.logger.info("add traffic item status: %s" % response.content)
+        # modify quick test config
+        url = "{0}{1}/testConfig".format(self.api_server, quicktest_obj)
+        data = {
+            # If Enabled, The minimum size of the frame is used .
+            "enableMinFrameSize": True,
+            # This attribute is the frame size mode for the Quad Gaussian.
+            # Possible values includes:
+            "frameSizeMode": "custom",
+            # The list of the available frame size.
+            "framesizeList": [str(frame_size)],
+            # The minimum delay between successive packets.
+            "txDelay": 5,
+            # Specifies the amount of delay after every transmit
+            "delayAfterTransmit": 5,
+            # sec
+            "duration": duration,
+            # The initial binary value of the load rate
+            "initialBinaryLoadRate": initialBinaryLoadRate,
+            # The upper bound of the iteration rates for each frame size during
+            # a binary search
+            "maxBinaryLoadRate": max_rate,
+            # Specifies the minimum rate of the binary algorithm.
+            "minBinaryLoadRate": min_rate,
+            # The frame loss unit for traffic in binary.
+            # Specifies the resolution of the iteration. The difference between
+            # the real rate transmission in two consecutive iterations, expressed
+            # as a percentage, is compared with the resolution value. When the
+            # difference is smaller than the value specified for the
+            # resolution, the test stops .
+            "resolution": accuracy * 100,
+            # The load unit value in binary.
+            "binaryFrameLossUnit": "%",
+            # The binary tolerance level.
+            "binaryTolerance": permit_loss_rate,
+        }
+        response = self.session.patch(
+            url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+        if response.status_code != 200:
+            raise Exception("change quick test config failed")
+        # run the quick test
+        url = "{0}{1}/operations/run".format(self.api_server, quicktest_obj)
+        data = {"arg1": quicktest_obj, "arg2": ""}
+        response = self.session.post(
+            url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+        url = url + '/' + response.json()['id']
+        state = response.json()["state"]
+        self.logger.info("Quicktest State: %s" % state)
+        while state == "IN_PROGRESS":
+            response = self.session.get(
+                url, headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+            state = response.json()["state"]
+            self.logger.info("Quicktest State: %s" % state)
+            time.sleep(5)
+
+        timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
+        copy_to_path = os.sep.join([
+            self.OUTPUT_DIR,
+            'ixnet' + datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")])
+        if not os.path.exists(copy_to_path):
+            os.makedirs(copy_to_path)
+        self.get_quicktest_csvfiles(quicktest_obj, copy_to_path, csvfile='all')
+        qt_result_csv = "{0}/AggregateResults.csv".format(copy_to_path)
+        return self.parse_quicktest_results(qt_result_csv)
+
+    def parse_quicktest_results(self, path_file):
+        """ parse csv filte and return quicktest result """
+        results = OrderedDict()
+
+        if not os.path.exists(path_file):
+            msg = "failed to get result file from windows api server"
+            self.logger.error(msg)
+            return results
+
+        ret_result = []
+        with open(path_file, "r") as f:
+            qt_result = csv.DictReader(f)
+            for row in qt_result:
+                ret_result.append(row)
+                results['framesize'] = row['Framesize']
+                results['throughput'] = row['Agg Rx Throughput (fps)']
+                results['linerate%'] = row['Agg Rx Throughput (% Line Rate)']
+                results['min_latency'] = row['Min Latency (ns)']
+                results['max_latency'] = row['Max Latency (ns)']
+                results['avg_latency'] = row['Avg Latency (ns)']
+
+        return ret_result
+
+    def get_quicktest_resultpath(self, quicktest_obj):
+        """
+        quicktest_obj = /api/v1/sessions/1/ixnetwork/quickTest/rfc2544throughput/2
+        """
+        url = "{0}{1}/results".format(self.api_server, quicktest_obj)
+        response = self.session.get(
+            url, headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+        return response.json()['resultPath']
+
+    def get_quicktest_csvfiles(self, quicktest_obj, copy_to_path, csvfile='all'):
+        """
+        Description
+            Copy Quick Test CSV result files to a specified path on either Windows or Linux.
+            Note: Currently only supports copying from Windows.
+        quicktest_obj: The Quick Test handle.
+        copy_to_path: The destination path to copy to.
+                    If copy to Windows: c:\\Results\\Path
+                    If copy to Linux: /home/user1/results/path
+        csvfile: A list of CSV files to get: 'all', one or more CSV files to get:
+                 AggregateResults.csv, iteration.csv, results.csv, logFile.txt, portMap.csv
+        """
+        results_path = self.get_quicktest_resultpath(quicktest_obj)
+        self.logger.info('get_quickTest_csvfiles: %s' % results_path)
+        if csvfile == 'all':
+            get_csv_files = [
+                'AggregateResults.csv', 'iteration.csv', 'results.csv', 'logFile.txt', 'portMap.csv']
+        else:
+            if type(csvfile) is not list:
+                get_csv_files = [csvfile]
+            else:
+                get_csv_files = csvfile
+
+        for each_csvfile in get_csv_files:
+            # Backslash indicates the results resides on a Windows OS.
+            if '\\' in results_path:
+                cnt = 0
+                while cnt < 5:
+                    try:
+                        self.copyfile_windows2linux(
+                            results_path + '\\{0}'.format(each_csvfile), copy_to_path)
+                        break
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        time.sleep(5)
+                        cnt += 1
+                        msg = "No.{} retry to get result from windows".format(cnt)
+                        self.logger.warning(msg)
+                        continue
+            else:
+                # TODO:Copy from Linux to Windows and Linux to Linux.
+                pass
+
+    def copyfile_windows2linux(self, winPathFile, linuxPath, includeTimestamp=False):
+        """
+        Description
+            Copy files from the IxNetwork API Server c: drive to local Linux filesystem.
+            You could also include a timestamp for the destination file.
+        Parameters
+            winPathFile: (str): The full path and filename to retrieve from Windows client.
+            linuxPath: (str): The Linux destination path to put the file to.
+            includeTimestamp: (bool):  If False, each time you copy the same file will be overwritten.
+        Syntax
+            post: /api/v1/sessions/1/ixnetwork/operations/copyfile
+            data: {'arg1': winPathFile, 'arg2': '/api/v1/sessions/1/ixnetwork/files/'+fileName'}
+        """
+        self.logger.info('copyfile From: %s to %s' % (winPathFile, linuxPath))
+        fileName = winPathFile.split('\\')[-1]
+        fileName = fileName.replace(' ', '_')
+        destinationPath = '/api/v1/sessions/1/ixnetwork/files/' + fileName
+        currentTimestamp = datetime.now().strftime('%H%M%S')
+
+        # Step 1 of 2:
+        url = "{0}/ixnetwork/operations/copyfile".format(self.session_url)
+        data = {"arg1": winPathFile, "arg2": destinationPath}
+        response = self.session.post(
+            url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+
+        # Step 2 of 2:
+        url = "{0}/ixnetwork/files/{1}".format(self.session_url, fileName)
+        requestStatus = self.session.get(
+            url, stream=True, headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+        if requestStatus.status_code == 200:
+            contents = requestStatus.raw.read()
+
+            if includeTimestamp:
+                tempFileName = fileName.split('.')
+                if len(tempFileName) > 1:
+                    extension = fileName.split('.')[-1]
+                    fileName = tempFileName[0] + '_' + currentTimestamp + '.' + extension
+                else:
+                    fileName = tempFileName[0] + '_' + currentTimestamp
+
+                linuxPath = linuxPath + '/' + fileName
+            else:
+                linuxPath = linuxPath + '/' + fileName
+
+            with open(linuxPath, 'wb') as downloadedFileContents:
+                downloadedFileContents.write(contents)
+
+            url = "{0}/ixnetwork/files".format(self.session_url)
+            response = self.session.get(
+                url, headers=self.json_header, verify=False)
+            self.logger.info('A copy of saved file is in: %s' % (winPathFile))
+            self.logger.info(
+                'copyfile_windows2linux: The copyfile is in %s' % linuxPath)
+        else:
+            raise Exception(
+                "copyfile_windows2linux: Failed to download file from IxNetwork API Server.")
+
+    def tear_down(self):
+        """do needed clean up"""
+        self.destroy_assign_ports(self.tg_vports)
+        self.session.close()
