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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# NOTE: you need to run this on a PVE host, or modify the source to
+# provide username/password/hostname from somewhere else.
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use PVE::APIClient::LWP;
+
+use PVE::AccessControl;
+use PVE::INotify;
+use JSON;
+
+# normally you use username/password,
+# but we can simply create a ticket and CRSF token if we are root
+# running on a pve host
+
+my $hostname = PVE::INotify::read_file("hostname");
+
+my $ticket = PVE::AccessControl::assemble_ticket('root@pam');
+my $csrftoken = PVE::AccessControl::assemble_csrf_prevention_token('root@pam');
+
+my $conn = PVE::APIClient::LWP->new(
+ #username => 'root@pam',
+ #password => 'yourpassword',
+ ticket => $ticket,
+ csrftoken => $csrftoken,
+ host => $hostname,
+ # allow manual fingerprint verification
+ manual_verification => 1,
+ );
+
+my $res = $conn->get("/", {});
+
+print to_json($res, { pretty => 1, canonical => 1});