[ovirt-devel] UI plugins using REST API

[Keith Robertson]

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.

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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