[ovirt-devel] UI plugins using REST API

[Juan Hernandez]

On 04/29/2014 07:59 PM, Keith Robertson wrote:
> 
> 
> On 4/29/14, 1:26 PM, Juan Hernandez wrote:
>> On 04/29/2014 07:17 PM, Keith Robertson wrote:
>>> Are the REST libraries[1,2] being updated to point to the new URL by
>>> default?
>>>
>>> [1] http://www.ovirt.org/Python-sdk
>>> [2] http://www.ovirt.org/Java-sdk
>>>
>>> Keith
>>
>> No they aren't, as that would break backwards compatibility for users
>> that connect to old engines that only support /api. However, the URL of
>> the entry point of the API is a parameter to the API constructor, so
>> users can (and should) specify the complete URL:
>>
>>    Python: api = API(url="https://whatever/ovirt-engine/api", ...)
> 
> Not sure about the Java API, but the Python API actually supports both 
> forms.  So it must be attempting to add the path element if not present.
> 

You are right, in the Python SDK option b) used to work, and must be
preserved for backwards compatibility. So newer versions of the Python
SDK automatically append '/api' if no path is included in the URL.

> a)
>  >>> from ovirtsdk.api import API
>  >>> api = API(url='https://localhost/api',
>                username='admin at internal',
>                password='sec',
>                ca_file='/etc/pki/ovirt-engine/ca.pem')
>  >>> ver = api.get_product_info().get_version()
>  >>> print '%s.%s.%s' % (ver.get_major(), ver.get_minor(), 
> ver.get_revision())
> 3.3.0
> 
> b)
>  >>> from ovirtsdk.api import API
>  >>> api = API(url='https://localhost/',
>                username='admin at internal',
>                password='sec',
>                ca_file='/etc/pki/ovirt-engine/ca.pem')
>  >>> ver = api.get_product_info().get_version()
>  >>> print '%s.%s.%s' % (ver.get_major(), ver.get_minor(), 
> ver.get_revision())
> 3.3.0
> 
> 
>>    Java: api = new API("https://whatever/ovirt-engine/api", ...)
>>
>>>
>>> On 4/29/14, 11:05 AM, Vojtech Szocs wrote:
>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>
>>>> just a quick note on UI plugin vs. REST API integration,
>>>> there are currently two ways to work with REST API:
>>>>
>>>> * (standard) /ovirt-engine/api
>>>> * (legacy)   /api
>>>>
>>>> Please don't use the legacy URL, since "sessionId" that
>>>> is acquired via RestApiSessionAcquired event handler [1]
>>>> works only for the standard URL.
>>>>
>>>> (Also, don't forget to include "Prefer:persistent-auth"
>>>> header when making calls that shouldn't close the session.)
>>>>
>>>> [1] http://www.ovirt.org/Features/UIPlugins#REST_API_integration
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Vojtech
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