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authorJason Gerard DeRose <jderose@redhat.com>2009-08-31 15:47:14 -0600
committerJason Gerard DeRose <jderose@redhat.com>2009-08-31 15:47:14 -0600
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Fleshed out krb plugin and added example of scripting against Python API
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from ipalib import api
+
+# 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.xmlclient.connect().
+
+if api.env.in_server:
+ api.Backend.ldap2.connect(
+ ccache=api.Backend.krb.default_ccname()
+ )
+else:
+ api.Backend.xmlclient.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')