#!/usr/bin/python3 # Authors: # Jason Gerard DeRose # # Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat # see file 'COPYING' for use and warranty information # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . # from __future__ import print_function from ipalib import api def example(): # 1. Initialize ipalib # # Run ./python-api.py --help to see the global options. Some useful # options: # # -v Produce more verbose output # -d Produce full debugging output # -e in_server=True Force running in server mode # -e xmlrpc_uri=https://foo.com/ipa/xml # Connect to a specific server api.bootstrap_with_global_options(context='example') api.finalize() # You will need to create a connection. If you're in_server, call # Backend.ldap.connect(), otherwise Backend.rpcclient.connect(). if api.env.in_server: api.Backend.ldap2.connect() else: api.Backend.rpcclient.connect() # Now that you're connected, you can make calls to api.Command.whatever(): print('The admin user:') print(api.Command.user_show(u'admin')) if __name__ == '__main__': example()