mistapi 0.41.1

Python package to simplify the Mist System APIs usage

MISTAPI - Python Package to use MIST API

MIT LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2023 Thomas Munzer

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Features

This package is build from the Mist OpenAPI specifications and is designed to simplify the use of the Mist APIs with Python scripts.

• Manage Mist Authentication with login/password (and 2FA if required) or API Token
• Provide interactive user inputs for login and org/site selections
• Provide easy access to Mist APIs endpoints and documentation

Installation

This Python Package can be install with pip:

# Linux/macOS
python3 -m pip install mistapi

# Windows
py -m pip install mistapi

Upgrade

# Linux/macOS
python3 -m pip install --upgrade mistapi

# Windows
py -m pip install --upgrade mistapi

Configuration

Configuration is optional. All the required information can be passed as APISession parameter. However, it is possible to set them in an .env file. The location of this file must be provided during when calling the APISession class with the env_file parameter:

> import mistapi
> apisession = mistapi.APISession(enf_file="path/to/the/.env")

Environment Variables

Variable Name	Type	Default	Comment
MIST_HOST	string	None	The Mist Cloud to use. It must be the "api" one (e.g. api.mist.com, api.eu.mist.com, ...)
MIST_APITOKEN	string	None	The API Token to use.
MIST_USER	string	None	The login to use if no API Token is provided (apitoken use is prefered)
MIST_PASSWORD	string	None	The password to use if no API Token is provided (apitoken use is prefered)
CONSOLE_LOG_LEVEL	int	20	The minimum log level to display on the console, using logging schema (0 = Disabled, 10 = Debug, 20 = Info, 30 = Warning, 40 = Error, 50 = Critical)
LOGGING_LOG_LEVEL	int	10	The minimum log level to log on the file, using logging schema (0 = Disabled, 10 = Debug, 20 = Info, 30 = Warning, 40 = Error, 50 = Critical). This is only used when the script calling mistapi is using Python logging package and is configured to log to a file

An example of the environment file content is:

MIST_HOST = api.mist.com
MIST_APITOKEN = xxxxxx

Usage

Usage examples are available in the mist_library repository.

To use it,

1. APISession must be instanciated:

>>> import mistapi
>>> apisession = mistapi.APISession()

This class accepts different parameters, all optionals:

Parameter Name	Type	Default	Comment
email	str	None	used if login/password is used. Can be defined later
password	str	None	used if login/password is used. Can be defined later
apitoken	str	None	used if API Token is used. Can de defined later
host	str	None	Mist Cloud to reach (e.g. "api.mist.com"). Can de defined later
env_file	str	None	path to the env file to load. See README.md for allowed variables
console_log_leve	int	20	The minimum log level to display on the console, using logging schema (0 = Disabled, 10 = Debug, 20 = Info, 30 = Warning, 40 = Error, 50 = Critical)
logging_log_leve	int	10	The minimum log level to log on the file, using logging schema (0 = Disabled, 10 = Debug, 20 = Info, 30 = Warning, 40 = Error, 50 = Critical). This is only used when the script calling mistapi is using Python logging package and is configured to log to a file

2. login() function must be called to validate the authentication.

2.1. If the env file is provided and all the required information are valid, the session is validated:

>>> import mistapi
>>> apisession = mistapi.APISession(env_file="~/.mist_env")
>>> apisession.login()

-------------------------------- Authenticated ---------------------------------

Welcome Thomas Munzer!

>>> apisession.get_authentication_status()
True

2.2. If the env file is not provided or does not contain the required valid information, the missing information will be requested:

• If no host has been configured, an interactive input will ask for it.

>>> apisession.login()

----------------------------- Mist Cloud Selection -----------------------------

0) Europe 01 (host: api.eu.mist.com)
1) Global 01 (host: api.mist.com)
2) Global 02 (host: api.gc1.mist.com)
3) Global 03 (host: api.ac2.mist.com)
4) Global 04 (host: api.gc2.mist.com)

Select a Cloud (0 to 5, or q to exit): 

• if not authentication (apitoken or email/password) has been configured, an interactive input will ask for it. If login/password authentication is used and 2FA is requested by the Mist Cloud, the 2FA code will be asked.

>>> apisession.login()

--------------------------- Login/Pwd authentication ---------------------------

Login: [e-mail]
Password: 
[  INFO   ] Authentication successful!

Two Factor Authentication code required: 122749
[  INFO   ] 2FA authentication successed

-------------------------------- Authenticated ---------------------------------

Welcome Thomas Munzer!

3. It is now possible to request Mist APIs

>>> device_models = mistapi.api.v1.const.device_models.getDeviceModels(apisession)
>>> device_models.url
'https://api.mist.com/api/v1/const/device_models'
>>> device_models.status_code
200
>>> device_models.data
[{'model': 'AP41', 'type': 'ap', 'ap_type': 'aph', 'description': 'AP-41', 'display': 'AP41', 'has_wifi_band5': True, 'has_wifi_band24': True, 'has_scanning_radio': True, 'has_usb': True, 'has_vble': True, 'vble': {'power': 8, 'beacon_rate': 4, 'beams': 8}, 'band24': {'max_clients': 128, 'max_power': 19, 'min_power': 8}, 'fcc_dfs_ok': ...

Usefull functions

• easily find an Org Id from the current account with mistapi.cli.select_org(apisession)

>>> mistapi.cli.select_org(apisession)

Available organizations:
0) 000_TM-LAB (id: 6374a757-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-361e45b2d4ac)
...
41) TM-LAB (id: 203d3d02-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-76896a3330f4)
...

Select an Org (0 to 44, or q to exit): 41
['203d3d02-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-76896a3330f4']

• easily find a Site Id from an org with mistapi.cli.select_org(apisession)

>>> mistapi.cli.select_site(apisession, org_id="203d3d02-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-76896a3330f4")

Available sites:
0) HLAB (id: f5fcbee5-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-1619ede87879)
...

Select a Site (0 to 6, or q to exit): 0
['f5fcbee5-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-1619ede87879']

• get the next page or all the pages from a request For some requests, the Mist Cloud is using pagination to limit the size of the response. The required information the find the next page can either in the HTTP header (headers X-Page-Total, X-Page-Limit and X-Page-Page) or with the next key in the json document. To make it easier to request the next page or all the pages, the mistapi package is prossessing the response to extract or generate the URI to retrieve the next page.

>>> response = mistapi.api.v1.orgs.clients.searchOrgClientsEvents(apisession, my_org_id, duration="1d")
>>> len(response.data["results"])
100
>>> response.next
'/api/v1/orgs/203d3d02-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-76896a3330f4/clients/events/search?end=1676966894&limit=100&search_after=%5B1676966519626%5D&start=1676880494'

To get the next page, use the mistapi.get_next() function. The returned response will be the same format as the previous one:

>>> response_1 = mistapi.api.v1.orgs.clients.searchOrgClientsEvents(apisession, my_org_id, duration="1d")
>>> len(response_1.data["results"])
100
>>> response_1.next
'/api/v1/orgs/203d3d02-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-76896a3330f4/clients/events/search?end=1676966894&limit=100&search_after=%5B1676966519626%5D&start=1676880494'
>>> response_2 = response.get_next(apisession, response_1)
>>> response_2.next
'/api/v1/orgs/203d3d02-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-76896a3330f4/clients/events/search?end=1676966894&limit=100&search_after=%5B1676966204625%5D&start=1676880494'
>>> len(response_2.data["results"])
100

To retrieve all the pages, use the mistapi.get_all() function. The returned response will be a list with the concatained data from all the Mist responses:

>>> response = mistapi.api.v1.orgs.clients.searchOrgClientsEvents(apisession, my_org_id, duration="1d")
>>> len(response.data["results"])
100
>>> response.next
'/api/v1/orgs/203d3d02-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-76896a3330f4/clients/events/search?end=1676966894&limit=100&search_after=%5B1676966519626%5D&start=1676880494'
>>> data = mistapi.get_all(apisession, response)
>>> len(data)
26027

• get help on a specific function

>>> help(mistapi.api.v1.orgs.stats.getOrgStats)
Help on function getOrgStats in module mistapi.api.v1.orgs.stats:

getOrgStats(mist_session: mistapi.__api_session.APISession, org_id: str, page: int = 1, limit: int = 100, start: int = None, end: int = None, duration: str = '1d') -> mistapi.__api_response.APIResponse
    API doc: https://doc.mist-lab.fr/#operation/getOrgStats
    
    PARAMS
    -----------
    :param APISession mist_session - mistapi session including authentication and Mist host information
    
    PATH PARAMS
    -----------
    :param str org_id        
    
    QUERY PARAMS
    ------------
    :param int page
    :param int limit
    :param int start
    :param int end
    :param str duration(1d, 1h, 10m)
    
    RETURN
    -----------
    :return APIResponse - response from the API call