Element Unify Python SDK

The Unify Python SDK is a library to interact with Element Unify. This SDK is intended for developers who are building connectors and automation software that interfaces with Element Unify.

User Information

This section is intended for users of the Unify Python SDK. This includes developers who are building connectors, integrations, and automation that interfaces with Element Unify. For developers looking to contribute to the SDK, see the Developer Information section.

Installation

You can install the Unify Python SDK from PyPI:

pip install unify-sdk

Using the Unify Python SDK with virtualenv

This assumes you have installed an appropriate version virtualenv, python, and other associated tools. This also assumes you have an existing python project you'd like to import into, in this case my-project.

mkdir path/to/my-project; cd path/to/my-project
virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
echo unify-sdk >> requirements.txt

Then, in your python import section add the following line:

from unify.apimanager import ApiManager

Documentation

Developer guide is found in the Unify API Documentation Portal under the Unify Python SDK section.

1. Navigate to your instance of Element Unify.
2. Log in and select your organization.
3. From the top-right menu, click on the Support icon and select API Documentation.

Asset Access

In order to use the Unify Access package, please install psycopg2-binary.

pip install psycopg2-binary

Developer Information

This section is intended for developers working to extend the Unify Python SDK.

Developer Guide

1. Fork this repository.
2. Revise files with your contributions.
3. Follow styling guides. See Python style guide.
4. Check for lint warnings. See Lint checking.
5. Create a pull request with description of your changes.

Python style guide

Please use the following Python style guide Google Python Styling guide

Lint checking

We usy pylint to verify lint warnings, our build system requires a linter score of >=9.0 to pass successfully.

To locally check you changes

pip install pylint
pylint dir/to/the/file.py