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""" Generic API Client """
import json
from copy import deepcopy
import requests
try:
from urlparse import urljoin
except ImportError:
from urllib.parse import urljoin
class ApiClient(object):
"""Client to interact with a generic Rest API.
Subclasses should implement functionality accordingly with the provided
service methods, i.e. ``get``, ``post``, ``put`` and ``delete``.
"""
accept_type = "application/xml"
api_base = None
def __init__(self, base_url, username=None, api_key=None, status_endpoint=None, timeout=60):
"""Initialise client.
Args:
base_url (str): The base URL to the service being used.
username (str): The username to authenticate with.
api_key (str): The API key to authenticate with.
timeout (int): Maximum time before timing out.
"""
self.base_url = base_url
self.username = username
self.api_key = api_key
self.status_endpoint = urljoin(self.base_url, status_endpoint)
self.timeout = timeout
@staticmethod
def encode(request, data):
"""Add request content data to request body, set Content-type header.
Should be overridden by subclasses if not using JSON encoding.
Args:
request (HTTPRequest): The request object.
data (dict, None): Data to be encoded.
Returns:
HTTPRequest: The request object.
"""
if data is None:
return request
request.add_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
request.data = json.dumps(data)
return request
@staticmethod
def decode(response):
"""Decode the returned data in the response.
Should be overridden by subclasses if something else than JSON is
expected.
Args:
response (HTTPResponse): The response object.
Returns:
dict or None.
"""
try:
return response.json()
except ValueError as e:
return e.message
def get_credentials(self):
"""Returns parameters to be added to authenticate the request.
This lives on its own to make it easier to re-implement it if needed.
Returns:
dict: A dictionary containing the credentials.
"""
return {"username": self.username, "api_key": self.api_key}
def call_api(
self,
method,
url,
headers=None,
params=None,
data=None,
files=None,
timeout=None,
):
"""Call API.
This returns object containing data, with error details if applicable.
Args:
method (str): The HTTP method to use.
url (str): Resource location relative to the base URL.
headers (dict or None): Extra request headers to set.
params (dict or None): Query-string parameters.
data (dict or None): Request body contents for POST or PUT requests.
files (dict or None: Files to be passed to the request.
timeout (int): Maximum time before timing out.
Returns:
ResultParser or ErrorParser.
"""
headers = deepcopy(headers) or {}
headers["Accept"] = self.accept_type
params = deepcopy(params) or {}
data = data or {}
files = files or {}
# if self.username is not None and self.api_key is not None:
# params.update(self.get_credentials())
r = requests.request(
method,
url,
headers=headers,
params=params,
files=files,
data=data,
timeout=timeout,
)
return r, r.status_code
def get(self, url, params=None, **kwargs):
"""Call the API with a GET request.
Args:
url (str): Resource location relative to the base URL.
params (dict or None): Query-string parameters.
Returns:
ResultParser or ErrorParser.
"""
return self.call_api("GET", url, params=params, **kwargs)
def delete(self, url, params=None, **kwargs):
"""Call the API with a DELETE request.
Args:
url (str): Resource location relative to the base URL.
params (dict or None): Query-string parameters.
Returns:
ResultParser or ErrorParser.
"""
return self.call_api("DELETE", url, params=params, **kwargs)
def put(self, url, params=None, data=None, files=None, **kwargs):
"""Call the API with a PUT request.
Args:
url (str): Resource location relative to the base URL.
params (dict or None): Query-string parameters.
data (dict or None): Request body contents.
files (dict or None: Files to be passed to the request.
Returns:
An instance of ResultParser or ErrorParser.
"""
return self.call_api("PUT", url, params=params, data=data, files=files, **kwargs)
def post(self, url, params=None, data=None, files=None, **kwargs):
"""Call the API with a POST request.
Args:
url (str): Resource location relative to the base URL.
params (dict or None): Query-string parameters.
data (dict or None): Request body contents.
files (dict or None: Files to be passed to the request.
Returns:
An instance of ResultParser or ErrorParser.
"""
return self.call_api(
method="POST", url=url, params=params, data=data, files=files, **kwargs
)
def service_status(self, **kwargs):
"""Call the API to get the status of the service.
Returns:
An instance of ResultParser or ErrorParser.
"""
return self.call_api("GET", self.status_endpoint, params={"format": "json"}, **kwargs)