python-etcd 0.1

A python client for etcd

python-etcd documentation

A python client for Etcd https://github.com/coreos/etcd

Installation

Pre-requirements

Install etcd

From source

$ python setup.py install

Usage

Create a client object

import etcd

client = etcd.Client() # this will create a client against etcd server running on localhost on port 4001
client = etcd.Client(port=4002)
client = etcd.Client(host='127.0.0.1', port=4003)
client = etcd.Client(host='127.0.0.1', port=4003, allow_redirect=False) # wont let you run sensitive commands on non-leader machines, default is true

Set a key

client.set('/nodes/n1', 1)
# with ttl
client.set('/nodes/n2', 2, ttl=4)  # sets the ttl to 4 seconds

Get a key

client.get('/nodes/n2')['value']

Delete a key

client.delete('/nodes/n1')

Test and set

client.test_and_set('/nodes/n2', 2, 4) # will set /nodes/n2 's value to 2 only if its previous value was 4

Watch a key

client.watch('/nodes/n1') # will wait till the key is changed, and return once its changed

List sub keys

client.get('/nodes')

Get machines in the cluster

client.machines

Get leader of the cluster

client.leader

Development setup

To create a buildout,

$ python bootstrap.py
$ bin/buildout

to test you should have etcd available in your system path:

$ bin/test

to generate documentation,

$ cd docs
$ make

Release HOWTO

To make a release

1. Update release date/version in NEWS.txt and setup.py

2. Run ‘python setup.py sdist’

3. Test the generated source distribution in dist/

4. Upload to PyPI: ‘python setup.py sdist register upload’

News

0.1

Release date: 18-Sep-2013

• Initial release