ethz_iam_webservice 0.1.1

Manage users, groups and services of the ETH Identity and Access Management system (IAM)

ETHZ IAM Webservice

Manage users, groups and services of the ETH Identity and Access Management system (IAM)

Synopsis

Beginning

import ethz_iam_webservice
import getpass

e = ethz_iam_webservice.login('admin4iam', getpass.getpass())

Person

person = e.get_person('[e-mail]')
person = e.get_person('some_username')
person = e.get_person(123456)             # npid (internal Person identifier)

person.usernames                          # an array of dicts of usernames
person.data                               # raw webservice response
person.firstname
person.familyname
person.email
# etc.

User

user = person.new_user('username', 'password', 'description')
user = e.get_user('username')
user.services                             # an array of dicts of services

user.grant_service("LDAPS")
user.grant_service("Active Directory")
user.grant_service("WLAN_VPN")

user.revoke_service("LDAP")

user.delete() 
user.add_to_group('groupname')
user.remove_from_group('groupname')

Group and Group Members

get single group - returns a Group object or throws a ValueError if group is not found

group = e.get_group('groupname')
group = e.get_group(123456)        # gidNumber
group.data                         # all data received from webservice
group.members                      # returns array of usernames or group-names
group.gidNumber
group.<attribute>

add/remove group members

group.add_members('some', 'new', 'members')
group.set_members('just', 'these')
group.del_members('remove', 'these', 'members')

search for groups - Result is always a list of groups or an empty list

groups = e.get_groups(agroup='ID SIS')
groups = e.get_groups(name='starts_with*')
groups = e.get_groups(agroup='ID SIS', name='starts_with*')

Mailinglists

ml = e.get_mailinglist('ID.SIS.SSDM')
ml = e.get_mailinglist('[e-mail]')
ml.name
ml.mail
ml.gidNumber
ml.groupType
ml.displayName
...

ml.members        # returns all (direct) members of that list
ml.add_members('user1', 'user2')
ml.del_members('user3, 'user4')

See also FAQ