kentik-api 0.1.2

API Library to help using Kenti API

Kentik API python library.

This is a python wrapper for kentik rest api.
For more information on how to interact with kentik resources using this library, see examples in examples/ folder.

Installation with pip

1. Install the library using pip:
   pip3 install kentik-api
2. Check installation successful - no errors should be reported:
   python3 -c "import kentik_api"
3. Run an example (optional):

export KTAPI_AUTH_EMAIL=<your kentik api credentials email>
export KTAPI_AUTH_TOKEN=<your kentik api credentials token>
python3 examples/sites_example.py

Getting started

The example below illustrates how to create a new device using the library:

# library-specific imports
from kentik_api import (
    KentikAPI,
    Device,
    DeviceSubtype,
    CDNAttribute,
    ID,
)

# initialize Kentik API client
api_client = KentikAPI("<API_EMAIL_STRING>", "<API_TOKEN_STRING>")

# prepare device object
device = Device.new_dns(
    device_name="example-device-1",
    device_subtype=DeviceSubtype.aws_subnet,
    cdn_attr=CDNAttribute.yes,
    device_sample_rate=100,
    plan_id=ID(11466),
    site_id=ID(8483),
    device_bgp_flowspec=True,
)

# create the device
created = api_client.devices.create(device)

# print returned device's attributes
print(created.__dict__)

As you can see, one can create a device using KentikAPI.devices interface.
Interfaces for manipulating all KentikAPI resources are available under KentikAPI object.
The general approach is that every single KentikAPI resource is represented in the library by a public class, and all the types/enums/constants related to given resource are collected together with the resource class (in the same source file):

• CustomApplication
• CustomDimension
• DeviceLabel
• Device
• ManualMitigation
• Plan
• QueryObject
• QuerySQL
• SavedFilter
• Site
• Tag
• Tenant
• User

More examples

List of available examples:

• alerting_example.py - create Manual Mitigation
• applications_example.py - create/update/delete Custom Application
• bulk_user_create.py - create users from YAML file
• devices_example.py - create/update/get/delete/list Devices
• dimensions_example.py - create/update/get/delete/list Custom Dimensions, create/update/delete Populator
• labels_example.py - create/update/get/delete/list Device Labels
• my_kentik_portal_example.py - get/list Tenants, create/delete Tenant User
• plans_example.py - list plans
• queries_example.py - query for SQL/URL/data/chart
• saved_filters_example.py - create/update/get/delete/list Saved Filters
• sites_example.py - create/update/get/delete/list Sites
• tags_example.py - create/update/get/delete/list Tags
• users_example.py - create/update/get/delete/list Users
• error_handling_example.py - handling errors raised by the library

Open-source libraries

This software uses the following open-source libraries:

• dacite by Konrad Hałas - MIT License
• requests by Kenneth Reitz - Apache Software License (Apache 2.0)
• typing-extensions by Guido van Rossum, Jukka Lehtosalo, Lukasz Langa, Michael Lee - PSFL License