farmOS 1.0.0a2

A Python library for interacting with farmOS over API.

farmOS.py

farmOS.py is a Python library for interacting with farmOS over API.

For more information on farmOS, visit farmOS.org.

• Installation
• Usage
  • Authentication
    • OAuth
    • OAuth Password Credentials
    • OAuth Authorization Flow
    • Saving OAuth Tokens
  • Server Info
  • Client methods
    • farmOS 1.x
    • farmOS 2.x
  • Logging

Installation

To install using pip:

$ pip install farmOS

Usage

Authentication

The farmOS.py client authenticates with the farmOS server via OAuth Bearer tokens. Before authenticating with the server, a farmOS client must be created and an OAuth Authorization flow must be completed (unless an optional token was provided when creating the client).

Authorizing with Password Credentials (most common)

from farmOS import farmOS

hostname = "myfarm.farmos.net"
username = "username"
password = "password"

# Create the client.
farm_client = farmOS(
    hostname=hostname,
    client_id = "farm", # Optional. The default oauth client_id "farm" is enabled on all farmOS servers.
    scope="user_access", # Optional. The default scope is "user_access". Only needed if authorizing with a different scope.
    version=1 # Optional. The major version of the farmOS server, 1 or 2. Defaults to 1.
)

# Authorize the client, save the token.
token = farm_client.authorize(username, password, scope="user_access")

Running from a Python Console, the username and password can also be omitted and entered at runtime. This allows testing without saving credentials in plaintext:

>>> from farmOS import farmOS
>>> farm_client = farmOS(hostname="myfarm.farmos.net", client_id="farm", scope="user_access")
>>> farm_client.authorize()
Warning: Password input may be echoed.
Enter username: >? username
Warning: Password input may be echoed.
Enter password: >? password
>>> farm_client.info()
'name': 'server-name', 'url': 'http://localhost', 'api_version': '1.2', 'user': ....

Authorizing with existing OAuth Token (advanced)

An existing token can be provided when creating the farmOS client. This is useful for advanced use cases where an OAuth token may be persisted.

from farmOS import farmOS

hostname = "myfarm.farmos.net"
token = {
    "access_token": "abcd",
    "refresh_token": "abcd",
    "expires_at": "timestamp",
}

# Create the client with existing token.
farm_client = farmOS(
    hostname=hostname,
    token=token,
)

Saving OAuth Tokens

By default, access_tokens expire in 1 hour. This means that requests sent 1 hour after authorization will trigger a refresh flow, providing the client with a new access_token to use. A token_updater utility must be provided to save tokens when automatic refreshing occurs.

from farmOS import farmOS

hostname = "myfarm.farmos.net"
username = "username"
password = "password"

# Maintain an external state of the token.
current_token = None

# Callback function to save new tokens.
def token_updater(new_token):
    print(f"Got a new token! {new_token}")
    # Update state.
    current_token = new_token

# Create the client.
farm_client = farmOS(
    hostname=hostname,
    token_updater=token_updater, # Provide the token updater callback.
)

# Authorize the client.
# Save the initial token that is created.
current_token = farm_client.authorize(username, password, scope="user_access")

Server Info

info = farm_client.info()

{
    'name': 'farmos-test',
    'url': 'http://localhost',
    'api_version': '1.2',
    'user': {
        'uid': '4',
        'name': 'paul',
        'mail': '[e-mail]'
    },
    'google_maps_api_key': 'AIzaSyCCHTbAGC_gHegwepMxBu_AKd_RmP54mDg',
    'metrics': {
        'equipment': {'label': 'Equipment', 'value': '7', 'link': 'farm/assets/equipment/list', 'weight': 0},
        'areas': {'label': 'Areas', 'value': '20', 'link': 'farm/areas', 'weight': 100},
        'field': {'label': 'Field area', 'value': '532 hectares', 'link': 'farm/areas', 'weight': 101}
    },
    'system_of_measurement': 'metric',
}

Client methods

farmOS.py can connect to farmOS servers running version ^1.6 or 2.x. The version should be specified when instantiating the farmOS client, see Authentication.

Because of API changes in farmOS 2.x, the client provides different methods depending on the server version:

• 1.x methods
• 2.x methods

Logging

You can configure how farmOS logs are displayed with the following:

import logging

# Required to init a config on the ROOT logger, that all other inherit from
logging.basicConfig()

 # Configure all loggers under farmOS (farmOS.client, famrOS.session) to desired level
logging.getLogger("farmOS").setLevel(logging.DEBUG)

 # Hide debug logging from the farmOS.session module
logging.getLogger("farmOS.session").setLevel(logging.WARNING)

More info on logging in Python here.

TESTING

Functional tests require a live instance of farmOS to communicate with. Configure credentials for the farmOS instance to test against by setting the following environment variables:

For farmOS Drupal Authentication: FARMOS_HOSTNAME, FARMOS_RESTWS_USERNAME, and FARMOS_RESTWS_PASSWORD

For farmOS OAuth Authentication (Password Flow): FARMOS_HOSTNAME, FARMOS_OAUTH_USERNAME, FARMOS_OAUTH_PASSWORD, FARMOS_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID, FARMOS_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET

Automated tests are run with pytest

python setup.py test

MAINTAINERS

• Paul Weidner (paul121) - https://github.com/paul121
• Michael Stenta (m.stenta) - https://github.com/mstenta

This project has been sponsored by:

• Farmier
• Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture
• Our Sci
• Bionutrient Food Association
• Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research