vmware.vapi.lib package

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vmware.vapi.lib.connect module

vAPI Connection factory

vmware.vapi.lib.connect.check_file_exists(filename)

Check if name is a file and exists

:type str :param file name

vmware.vapi.lib.connect.get_connector(rpc_provider_name, msg_protocol, ssl_context=None, **kwargs)

Create a connection to the vAPI Provider using the specified arguments

Parameters:
  • rpc_provider_name (str) – The RPC provider to be used for the connection. Valid values are ‘http’, ‘https’ and ‘requests’
  • msg_protocol (str) – The message protocol to be used for the connection. Valid values are ‘json’.
  • ssl_context (OpenSSL.SSL.Context) – SSL context to use for SSL connections
  • kwargs – Additional arguments for the RPC provider
Return type:

vmware.vapi.protocol.client.connector.Connector

Returns:

Connection to the vAPI provider

vmware.vapi.lib.connect.get_requests_connector(session, msg_protocol='json', url=None, timeout=None, pool_size=8)

Create a connection that uses ‘requests’ library for http(s) connections to a vAPI Provider.

Parameters:
  • session (requests.Session) – Session object
  • msg_protocol (str) – Message protocol to be used for the connection. Valid values are ‘json’.
  • url (str) – HTTP(S) URL to be used
  • timeout (int) – Request timeout
  • pool_size (int) – Connection pool size to be used
Return type:

vmware.vapi.protocol.client.connector.Connector

Returns:

Connection to the vAPI provider

vmware.vapi.lib.connect.get_requests_hok_connector(session, msg_protocol='json', url=None, timeout=None, pool_size=8)

Create a connection that uses SAML Hok based authentication using ‘requests’ library to connect to a vAPI Provider.

Parameters:
  • session (requests.Session) – Session object
  • msg_protocol (str) – Message protocol to be used for the connection. Valid values are ‘json’.
  • url (str) – HTTP(S) URL to be used
  • timeout (int) – Request timeout
  • pool_size (int) – Connection pool size to be used
Return type:

vmware.vapi.protocol.client.connector.Connector

Returns:

Connection to the vAPI provider

vmware.vapi.lib.connect.get_saml_hok_connector(rpc_provider_name, msg_protocol='json', ssl_context=None, **kwargs)

Create a connection that uses SAML Hok based authentication to connect to a vAPI Provider

Parameters:
  • rpc_provider_name (str) – The RPC provider to be used for the connection. Valid values are ‘http’, ‘https’ or ‘requests’
  • msg_protocol (str) – The message protocol to be used for the connection. Valid values are ‘json’.
  • ssl_context (OpenSSL.SSL.Context) – SSL context to use for SSL connections
  • kwargs (dict of str and object) – Additional arguments for the RPC provider
Return type:

vmware.vapi.protocol.client.connector.Connector

Returns:

Connection to the vAPI provider

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