Sample API Client

Lastline provides a sample python implementation of a client for the Lastline PAPI.

This package is made available to Lastline users under a permissive license to make it easier for them to make use of or integrate with the Lastline PAPI.

Download

The sample python API clients can be downloaded here.

Use-cases

Possible use-cases for the sample PAPI client include:

• explore PAPI functionality interactively in an ipython shell
• view or adapt example scripts that use the PAPI client
• include the papi_client module in python code implementing a custom integration with the Lastline PAPI
• use this as an example for implementing a PAPI client/integration in a different programming langautge

Contents

Included in this distribution are:

• papi_client.ini.template:

  Template configuration file

• papi_client/:

  General PAPI client functionality

• papi_client/api/:

  modules implementing individual views of the PAPI

• papi_client_test/:

  unit tests

• scripts/papi_shell.py:

  interactive PAPI client shell

• examples:

  sample scripts making use of the PAPI client

Requirements

The Lastline PAPI client requires:

• python 2.6 or 2.7.
• The python requests module (version 2 or above).
• To use the interactive shell scripts/papi_shell.py, the ipython module is also required.