Thanks a lot Jeremy and Brian, a lot of useful information there. I'll have a good look at all this to see where I can help.
Regards, Mike. On 8 June 2014 17:07, Brian Curtin <br...@python.org> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 3:35 AM, Michael Bright <mjbrigh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I'm interested to know what is the status of the Python API of the > > python-novaclient, and the Python APIs of other OpenStack clients. > > > > On the github page it is written: > > "There's also a complete Python API, but it has not yet been > > documented." > > > > Having written some bash scripts to automate some tasks this week I > thought > > I should really have done this in Python, but then > > when I see this comment this discourages me - but more importantly raises > > many questions. > > There are also few examples available on the web for these APIs - though > I > > have used them in the past for some v. small scripts. > > > > I ask these questions about python-novaclient, but am also interested in > how > > they apply to other OpenStack clients. > > > > * Are people actually using the Python API ? > > If so, is it as stable, or more or less stable than the command-line > > client ? > > If not why not - are you using other APIs, or just bash scripting > around > > the command-line client ? > > > > * What are the plans, if any, to improve the situation ? > > Is it just a question of someone stepping up and writing > documentation ? > > Is there a clear idea of what needs to be done ? > > Are there bugs open against the documentation for this API (Sorry > not to > > spend the time to search right now ...) > > There's currently a new effort going on right now to reimagine all of > those separate per-service tools into one complete SDK (libraries, > CLIs, docs, examples, etc in one place), but it's early in the > process. https://github.com/stackforge/python-openstacksdk and > https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/PythonOpenStackSDK have some details, > and we're actively meeting on Tuesdays at 1900, and hang out in the > #openstack-sdks room. > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >
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