landscape-api-py3 0.5.0

Client for the Landscape API (Python 3)

Landscape API (Python 3)

Client for the Landscape API (Python 3)

• Free software: MIT license

• Documentation: https://landscape-api-py3.readthedocs.io.

Features

• easy installation from PyPI (you can use pipenv, pip, pipex, Chocolatey, …)

• working on Windows (pipx create landscape-api.exe shim)

• working with Python>=v3.5 (easily from landscape_api_py3.base import API)

• for quick use can be installed with pipx install landscape_api_py3

Quick start

Check if you have installed Python v3.5 and above.

To install Landscape API (Python 3), run this command in your terminal:

On Linux:

$ pip install landscape-api-py3
$ python -m landscape-api --uri https://your-uri-to-ls-api/api --key <your API key> --secret <your API secret> --json get-computers --limit 1

On Windows:

C:\> pip install landscape-api-py3
C:\> python -m landscape-api --uri https://your-uri-to-ls-api/api --key <your API key> --secret <your API secret> --json get-computers --limit 1

or you can use pipx (virtual environment will be created automatically):

On Linux:

$ pip install --user pipx
$ pipx ensurepath
$ exec $SHELL # Restart your shell to reload PATH
$ pipx install landscape-api-py3
$ landscape-api --uri https://your-uri-to-ls-api/api --key <your API key> --secret <your API secret> --json get-computers --limit 1

On Windows:

C:\> pip install --user pipx
C:\> pipx ensurepath
C:\> REM Restart console window to reload PATH
C:\> pipx install landscape-api-py3
C:\> landscape-api --uri https://your-uri-to-ls-api/api --key <your API key> --secret <your API secret> --json get-computers --limit 1

Known issues

• none (issues with dependencies resolved in v0.3.0)

Credits

Based on package landscape-api from Canonical Ltd. This package was created with Cookiecutter and the audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage project template.

History

v0.5.0 (2020-06-11)

• added support for Python 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 and above

• fixed minor bugs

• updated documentation (Installation, Usage, Quick start)

v0.4.2 (2020-06-10)

• fixed documentation import bug

• fixed default CA cert bug

v0.4.1 (2020-06-10)

• fixed bug with imports - now it’s compatible with Canonical landscape-api

v0.3.5 (2020-06-10)

• minor fixes

v0.3.4 (2020-06-09)

• replaced pycurl –> requests

v0.2.0alpha (2020-06-08) - First pre-release of landscape-api package

• 🎉 first ALPHA non-production version release of landscape-api ported to Python v3.8

Known issues (v0.2.0alpha):

• on Windows download CA certificate file from https://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem and use –ssl-ca-file or LANDSCAPE_API_SSL_CA_FILE (see Landscape API documentation here)

• on Linux depends on gnutls and libssl (require pycurl package for installation)

Before installation of the package (v0.2.0alpha):

• on Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) use sudo apt-get install -y libgnutls-dev

• on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) use sudo apt-get install -y libgnutls28-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev

• on Windows 10 simply use pipx install landscape_api_py3

0.1.3 (2020-06-07)

• first release on PyPI