l.c.d.o.OpenStackComputeConnection(OpenStackBaseConnection) : class documentation

Part of libcloud.compute.drivers.openstack View Source View In Hierarchy

Known subclasses: libcloud.compute.drivers.openstack.OpenStack_1_0_Connection, libcloud.compute.drivers.openstack.OpenStack_1_1_Connection

Undocumented
Method request Request a given `action`.

Inherited from OpenStackBaseConnection:

Method __init__ Initialize `user_id` and `key`; set `secure` to an int based on passed value.
Method get_endpoint Selects the endpoint to use based on provider specific values, or overrides passed in by the user when setting up the driver.
Method add_default_headers Adds default headers (such as Authorization, X-Foo-Bar) to the passed `headers`
Method morph_action_hook Undocumented
Method _populate_hosts_and_request_paths OpenStack uses a separate host for API calls which is only provided after an initial authentication request.
Method _add_cache_busting_to_params Undocumented

Inherited from Connection (via OpenStackBaseConnection, ConnectionUserAndKey, ConnectionKey):

Method set_context Undocumented
Method connect Establish a connection with the API server.
Method user_agent_append Append a token to a user agent string.
Method add_default_params Adds default parameters (such as API key, version, etc.) to the passed `params`
Method pre_connect_hook A hook which is called before connecting to the remote server. This hook can perform a final manipulation on the params, headers and url parameters.
Method encode_data Encode body data.
Method _tuple_from_url Undocumented
Method _user_agent Undocumented
def request(self, action, params=None, data='', headers=None, method='GET'): (source)
Request a given `action`.

Basically a wrapper around the connection object's `request` that does some helpful pre-processing.

ParametersactionA path (type: str)
paramsOptional mapping of additional parameters to send. If None, leave as an empty dict. (type: dict)
dataA body of data to send with the request. (type: unicode)
headersExtra headers to add to the request None, leave as an empty dict. (type: dict)
methodAn HTTP method such as "GET" or "POST". (type: str)
rawTrue to perform a "raw" request aka only send the headers and use the rawResponseCls class. This is used with storage API when uploading a file. (type: bool)
ReturnsAn instance of type responseCls
API Documentation for libcloud, generated by pydoctor at 2012-07-28 18:57:18.