Added aliases REST API (#8053)

scripts/lua/rest/v2/set/device/alias.lua

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+--
+-- (C) 2013-23 - ntop.org
+--
+
+local dirs = ntop.getDirs()
+package.path = dirs.installdir .. "/scripts/lua/modules/?.lua;" .. package.path
+
+require "lua_utils"
+local rest_utils = require("rest_utils")
+
+--
+-- Set host alias
+-- Example: curl -u admin:admin -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"device" : "FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF", "custom_name" : "Mario"}' http://localhost:3000/lua/rest/v2/set/device/alias.lua
+--
+-- NOTE: in case of invalid login, no error is returned but redirected to login
+--
+
+if not isAdministratorOrPrintErr() then
+   rest_utils.answer(rest_utils.consts.err.not_granted)
+   return
+end
+
+if isEmptyString(_POST["device"]) or isEmptyString(_POST["custom_name"]) then
+   rest_utils.answer(rest_utils.consts.err.invalid_args)
+   return
+end
+
+local device = url2hostinfo(_POST)["host"]
+local custom_name = _POST["custom_name"]
+
+setHostAltName(device, custom_name)
+
+rest_utils.answer(rest_utils.consts.success.ok)
+