libcloud.common.base.Connection : API documentation

Method	__init__	Undocumented
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	request	Request a given `action`.
Method	morph_action_hook	Undocumented
Method	add_default_params	Adds default parameters (such as API key, version, etc.) to the passed `params`
Method	add_default_headers	Adds default headers (such as Authorization, X-Foo-Bar) to the passed `headers`
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 __init__(self, secure=True, host=None, port=None, url=None): (source)

Undocumented

def set_context(self, context): (source)

Undocumented

def _tuple_from_url(self, url): (source)

Undocumented

def connect(self, host=None, port=None, base_url=None): (source)

Establish a connection with the API server.

Parameters	host	Optional host to override our default (type: `str`)
	port	Optional port to override our default (type: `int`)
Returns	A connection

def _user_agent(self): (source)

Undocumented

def user_agent_append(self, token): (source)

Append a token to a user agent string.

Users of the library should call this to uniquely identify thier requests to a provider.

Parameters token Token to add to the user agent. (type: str)

def request(self, action, params=None, data='', headers=None, method='GET', raw=False): (source)

Request a given `action`.

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

Parameters	action	A path (type: `str`)
	params	Optional mapping of additional parameters to send. If None, leave as an empty `dict`. (type: `dict`)
	data	A body of data to send with the request. (type: `unicode`)
	headers	Extra headers to add to the request None, leave as an empty `dict`. (type: `dict`)
	method	An HTTP method such as "GET" or "POST". (type: `str`)
	raw	True 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`)
Returns	An instance of type responseCls

def morph_action_hook(self, action): (source)

Undocumented

def add_default_params(self, params): (source)

Adds default parameters (such as API key, version, etc.) to the passed `params`

Should return a dictionary.

def add_default_headers(self, headers): (source)

Adds default headers (such as Authorization, X-Foo-Bar) to the passed `headers`

Should return a dictionary.

def pre_connect_hook(self, params, headers): (source)

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.

Parameters	params	Request parameters. (type: `dict`)
	headers	Request headers. (type: `dict`)

l.c.b.Connection(object) : class documentation