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+#! /bin/bash
+
+###
+# ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+# ONAP POLICY
+# ================================================================================
+# Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+# ================================================================================
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+##
+
+REST_TOOL="http-prompt"
+TELEMETRY_SPEC="${POLICY_HOME}/config/telemetry-spec.json"
+
+if ! type -p "${REST_TOOL}" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+	echo "error: prerequisite software not found: http-prompt"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! "${POLICY_HOME}"/bin/policy-management-controller status > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+	echo "error: pdp-d is not running"
+	exit 2
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -r ${TELEMETRY_SPEC} ]]; then
+	echo "generating new spec .."
+	if ! http -a "${ENGINE_MANAGEMENT_USER}:${ENGINE_MANAGEMENT_PASSWORD}" :9696/swagger.json > ${TELEMETRY_SPEC} 2> /dev/null; then
+		echo "error: cannot generate telemetry spec"
+		exit 3
+	fi
+fi
+
+exec http-prompt http://localhost:9696/policy/pdp/engine --auth "${ENGINE_MANAGEMENT_USER}:${ENGINE_MANAGEMENT_PASSWORD}" --spec ${TELEMETRY_SPEC}