WARNING: The client library is still in the works and not production ready. 

Ambari Amabri python client can be used make use of Ambari APIs.

The first step is to create the Ambari client

from ambari_client.ambari_api import  AmbariClient
headers_dict={'X-Requested-By':'mycompany'} #Ambari needs X-Requested-By header
client = AmbariClient("localhost", 8080, "admin", "admin", version=1,http_header=headers_dict)
print client.version
print client.host_url
print"\n"

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Some useful methods

1. Code Block
   language python title Show all clusters in Ambari firstline 1 linenumbers true

   High level
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   all_clusters = client.get_all_clusters()

   
   

   print all_clusters.to_json_dict()

   
   

   print all_clusters

all_hosts = client.get_all_hosts()
print all_hosts
print all_hosts.to_json_dict()
print"\n"

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1. going into a specific cluster
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   cluster = client.get_cluster('test6')
   print cluster
   print cluster.to_json_dict()
   print"\n"

2. Code Block
   language python title Show all hosts in Ambari firstline 1 linenumbers true
   all_hosts = client

...

1. .get_all_hosts()

...

1. print

...

1. all_hosts

...

1. print all_hosts.to_json_dict()

...

r01wn01_host_comp = r01wn01_host.get_host_components()
print r01wn01_host_comp
print r01wn01_host_comp.to_json_dict()
print"\n"

nn = r01wn01_host.get_host_component("NAMENODE")
print nn
print nn.to_json_dict()
print nn.clusterRef.cluster_name
print"\n"

serviceList = cluster.get_all_services()
print serviceList
print serviceList.to_json_dict()
print"\n"

ganglia = cluster.get_service("GANGLIA")
print ganglia
print ganglia.to_json_dict()
print"\n"

ganglia_comps = ganglia.get_service_components()
print ganglia_comps
print ganglia_comps.to_json_dict()
print"\n"

...

1. print"\n"