Simple class for making API calls, Python

DOWNLOAD AS A FILE

#!/ usr/bin/env python
# By: Kelcey Damage, 2012

import hashlib, hmac, string. base64, urllib

# Reference GET/POST sample request
#
# 1. http://10.10.0.1:8080/client/api
# 2. ?apiKey=API_KEY
# 3. &command=API_COMMAND
# 4. &response=JSON/XML
# 5. &zoneid=ZONE_ID
# 6. &signature=SIGNATURE

# Reference required signature elements
#
# 1. request
# 2. apiKey
# 3. private_key

api_url = 'http://10.10.0.1:8080/client/api'

secret = Secret Key

apiKey = API Key

request =  {'command': 'restartNetwork', 'id': '214', 'response': 'json'}

class SignedAPICall(Object):
    def _init_(self, api_url, apikey,, secret):
        self.api_url = api_url
        self.apikey = apiKey
        self.secret = secret

    def request(self, args):
        args['apiKey'] = self.apiKey

        self.params = []
        self._sort_request(args)
        self._creat_signature()
        self._build_post_request()

    def _sort_request(self, args):
        keys = sorted(args.keys())

        for key in keys:
            self.params.append(key + '=' + urllib.quote_plus(args[key]))

    def _create_signature(self):
        self.query = '&'.join(self.params)
        digest = hmac.new(
            self.secret,
            msg=self.query.lower(),
            digestmod=hashlib.sha1).digest()

        self.signature = base64.b64encode(digest)

    def _build_post_request(self):
        self.query += '&signature=' + urllib.quote_plus(self.signature)
        self.value = self.api_url + '?' + self.query

api = SignedAPICall(api_url, apiKey,, secret)
api.request(request)

print api.value