/// <summary>
        /// Takes a GET API request and returns the results in a .NET JSON model for ACI responses
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="apicCall"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public ApicJsonModel ApicGetRequest(string apicCall)
        {
            var apicSettings = new APICSettings();

            //login to the APIC
            if (apicSettings.credentialsSet)
            {

                ServicePointManager
                .ServerCertificateValidationCallback +=
                (sender, cert, chain, sslPolicyErrors) => true;

                var APICSessionCookieContainer = new CookieContainer();
                using (var handler = new HttpClientHandler() { CookieContainer = APICSessionCookieContainer, UseCookies = true, })
                using (var httpClient = new HttpClient(handler))
                {
                    httpClient.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://" + apicSettings.url);

                    var result = httpClient.PostAsJsonAsync("api/aaaLogin.json", new
                    {
                        aaaUser = new
                        {
                            attributes = new
                            {
                                name = apicSettings.username,
                                pwd = apicSettings.password
                            }
                        }

                    }).Result;

                    //get the results of the call
                    result = httpClient.GetAsync(apicCall).Result;

                    var collection = result.Content.ReadAsAsync<ApicJsonModel>().Result;
                    return collection;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                return new ApicJsonModel();
            }
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Posts the specified backup tenant config to the APIC
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="snapShotDirectory">Directory on the server where the xml backup config files are stored</param>
        /// <param name="snapShotGuid">GUID for the xml backup config</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public bool RollBackTenant(string tenantName, string snapShotGuid, string snapShotDirectory)
        {
            bool success = false;
            var apicSettings = new APICSettings();
            HttpResponseMessage result;

            //Build the components for POST call to the APIC
            var snapShotFile = string.Format(@"{0}\{1}----{2}.xml", snapShotDirectory, tenantName, snapShotGuid);
            var readLines = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(snapShotFile);
            var requestUri = string.Format(@"https://{0}/api/node/mo/.xml", apicSettings.url);
            //login
            if (apicSettings.credentialsSet)
            {

                ServicePointManager
                .ServerCertificateValidationCallback +=
                (sender, cert, chain, sslPolicyErrors) => true;

                var APICSessionCookieContainer = new CookieContainer();
                using (var handler = new HttpClientHandler() { CookieContainer = APICSessionCookieContainer, UseCookies = true, })
                using (var httpClient = new HttpClient(handler))
                {
                    httpClient.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://" + apicSettings.url);

                    result = httpClient.PostAsJsonAsync("api/aaaLogin.json", new
                    {
                        aaaUser = new
                        {
                            attributes = new
                            {
                                name = apicSettings.username,
                                pwd = apicSettings.password
                            }
                        }

                    }).Result;

                    //delete current version of the tenant
                    if (result.IsSuccessStatusCode)
                    {
                        var apiContent = String.Format("api/mo/uni/tn-{0}.xml", tenantName);
                        result = httpClient.DeleteAsync(apiContent).Result;
                    }

                    //post the SnapShot for the tenant
                    if (result.IsSuccessStatusCode)
                    {

                        var httpContent = new StringContent(readLines, Encoding.UTF8, "application/xml");
                        success = httpClient.PostAsync(requestUri, httpContent).Result.IsSuccessStatusCode;
                    }
                }
            }
            return success;
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Create a new snap shot of a tenant and save it in the specified server directory along with the comments
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="tenantName"></param>
        /// <param name="comments"></param>
        /// <param name="snapShotDirectory"></param>
        public void CreateTenantSnapShot(string tenantName, string comments, string snapShotDirectory)
        {
            Guid guid = Guid.NewGuid();
            string guidId = guid.ToString();
            string response = null;
            var apicSettings = new APICSettings();

            //build the GET for the APIC
            string request = string.Format("api/node/mo/uni/tn-{0}.xml?query-target=self&rsp-subtree=full&rsp-prop-include=config-only", tenantName);

            //login
            if (apicSettings.credentialsSet)

            {

                ServicePointManager
                .ServerCertificateValidationCallback +=
                (sender, cert, chain, sslPolicyErrors) => true;

                var APICSessionCookieContainer = new CookieContainer();
                using (var handler = new HttpClientHandler() { CookieContainer = APICSessionCookieContainer, UseCookies = true, })
                using (var httpClient = new HttpClient(handler))
                {
                    httpClient.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://" + apicSettings.url);

                    var result = httpClient.PostAsJsonAsync("api/aaaLogin.json", new
                    {
                        aaaUser = new
                        {
                            attributes = new
                            {
                                name = apicSettings.username,
                                pwd = apicSettings.password
                            }
                        }

                    }).Result;

                    //GET the config for the specified tenant
                    using (StreamReader streamIn = new StreamReader(httpClient.GetStreamAsync(request).Result))
                    {
                        response = streamIn.ReadToEnd();
                        streamIn.Close();
                    }

                    //modify the config - replace the imdata xml tag with polUni - making the XML usable to for APIC Config REST POSTs
                    string formattedResponse = Regex.Replace(response,"<imdata totalCount(.*?)(?:>|$)","<polUni>");
                    formattedResponse = formattedResponse.Replace("</imdata>", "</polUni>");

                    //build the snapshot file with the date and a GUID for indexing later
                    DateTime today = DateTime.Today;
                    string date = today.ToString();
                    string xmlFile = string.Format(@"{0}\{1}.xml", snapShotDirectory, tenantName+"----"+guidId);
                    XmlDocument xDoc = new XmlDocument();
                    xDoc.LoadXml(formattedResponse);
                    xDoc.Save(xmlFile);

                    //write the SnapShot file
                    string commentFile = string.Format(@"{0}\{1}.txt", snapShotDirectory, tenantName+"----"+guidId);
                    System.IO.File.WriteAllText(commentFile, date + " - " + comments);

                }
            }
        }