RIPE API bulk update of attributes (maintainer and contact)

ripe-bulk-update.py

import argparse
import requests
import urllib
#
# Usage
#
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='RIPE bulk update of attributes')
parser.add_argument('--mntner', help='the current maintainer username', required=True)
parser.add_argument('--passwd', help='the current maintainer password', required=True)
parser.add_argument('--commit', help='to commit the RIPE bulk changes', action='store_true')
args = parser.parse_args()
#
# New contact and maintainer
#
NEW_CONTACT = '<CONTACT>-RIPE'
NEW_MNTNER = '<MNTNER>-MNT'
#
# Get all objects by maintainer
#
params = {'inverse-attribute': 'mnt-by', 'query-string': args.mntner}
params = urllib.parse.urlencode(params)
response = requests.get(f'https://rest.db.ripe.net/search.json?{params}')
objects = response.json()['objects']['object']
#
# For summary purpose
#
obj_hrefs = []
obj_types = []
#
# For each object
#
for obj in objects:

    # Ignore these objects for now
    if obj['type'] in ['mntner', 'organisation', 'person', 'role']:
        continue

    # Look into object attributes
    obj_has_changed = False
    for attr in obj['attributes']['attribute']:
        
        # Change maintainer
        if attr['name'] in ['mnt-by', 'mnt-lower', 'mnt-routes', 'mnt-domains']:
            attr['value'] = NEW_MNTNER
            obj_has_changed = True
            
        # Change contact
        if attr['name'] in ['admin-c', 'tech-c', 'zone-c']:
            attr['value'] = NEW_CONTACT
            obj_has_changed = True

    # Update object if it has changed
    if obj_has_changed:

        # For summary purpose
        obj_hrefs.append(obj['link']['href'])
        obj_types.append(obj['type'])
        
        # On commit only
        if args.commit:
            obj_json = {'objects': {'object': [obj]}}
            obj_href = obj['link']['href']
            password = {'password': args.passwd}
            password = urllib.parse.urlencode(password)
            response = requests.put(f'{obj_href}?{password}', json=obj_json)
            print(response.status_code) # must be 200
#
# Summary
#
obj_hrefs = '\n\t'.join(list(set(obj_hrefs)))
obj_types = '\n\t'.join(list(set(obj_types)))
print(f'Following objects will be updated:\n\t{obj_hrefs}')
print(f'Following object types are involved in the update:\n\t{obj_types}')

Feel free to adapt this gist to your needs (e.g., the first query or attributes to update).