背景
相信做过自动化运维的同学都用过REST API接口来完成某些动作。API是一套成熟系统所必需的接口,可以被其他系统或脚本来调用,这也是自动化运维的必修课。
正文
本文主要介绍python中调用REST API的几种方式,下面是python中会用到的库。
- urllib2
- httplib2
- pycurl
- requests
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urllib2
- Sample1
import urllib2, urllib
github_url = 'https://api.github.com/user/repos'
password_manager = urllib2.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm()
password_manager.add_password(None, github_url, 'user', '***')
auth = urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler(password_manager) # create an authentication handler
opener = urllib2.build_opener(auth) # create an opener with the authentication handler
urllib2.install_opener(opener) # install the opener...
request = urllib2.Request(github_url, urllib.urlencode({'name':'Test repo', 'description': &#