Floodlight by default operates with reactive entry insertions. The static flow is used to create a flow proactively prior to the initial packet reaching the switches. The static flow pusher is accessible via a REST API and is added by defining the entry in a JSON string, which is then sent to the controller using an HTTP POST by the curl command.

For instance:

curl -X POST -d '{"switch":"00:00:00:00:00:00:00:A5", "name":"flow-mod-1", "cookie":"0", "priority":"32766", "in_port":"1","active":"true", "actions":"output=2"}' http://<controller_ip>:8080/wm/staticentrypusher/json