Custom Script ORM vs REST API

[wz4]

When writing custom scripts, is it considered acceptable to still use the REST API to interact with Netbox objects, or is it best practice to always use ORM?

[candlerb]

I'd say best practice is to use ORM:

• You get transactional safety and rollback (note that "dry run" functionality depends on this)
• You don't need to hard-code an API key into the script

You also have a wider range of Django ORM filtering facilities available.