cbw-api-toolbox

[DEPRECATED]

New Api Client

This module has been deprecated. Please consider using cyberwatch_api.

Please contact Cyberwatch support if you need help to migrate your existing scripts to the new client.

Cyberwatch API toolbox

A simple interface for your Cyberwatch instance API composed of a python library and a command line program.

• Installation
  • Prerequisites
  • Install the latest package
  • Install an older package version
  • Test your installation
• Configuration
• Usage
• API Documentation
• Command line Documentation

Installation

Prerequisites

• Python 3
• Python PIP

Install the latest package

To install Cyberwatch API toolbox, simply use python 3 with:

$ pip3 install cbw-api-toolbox

Install an older package version

Some scripts from version 1.X may not work in version 2.X of cbw-api-toolbox, to install an older version, simply do:

pip3 install cbw-api-toolbox==1.1.2

Test your installation

Create a new file called ping.py and copy/paste this content

# ping.py
import os
from configparser import ConfigParser
from cbw_api_toolbox.cbw_api import CBWApi

CONF = ConfigParser()
CONF.read(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), '..', 'api.conf'))
CLIENT = CBWApi(CONF.get('cyberwatch', 'url'), CONF.get('cyberwatch', 'api_key'), CONF.get('cyberwatch', 'secret_key'))

CLIENT.ping()

Configure an api.conf file with your credentials

See the Configuration section

Test your script

$ python3 ping.py

If everything is ok, the OK message will appear

$ python3 ping.py
INFO:root:OK

Otherwise, the FAILED message will appear

$ python3 ping.py
ERROR:root:FAILED

In this case, please check that there are no typing errors in your API_KEY, SECRET_KEY or API_URL and that your Cyberwatch instance is up.

Configuration

Create an api.conf file at the root of the project (see example_api.conf)

• api_key: your Cyberwatch user api key
• secret_key: your Cyberwatch user secret key
• url: your Cyberwatch instance URL

Example

[cyberwatch]
api_key = PyXpxrcJ7rQ...
secret_key = +bUx37WnB0qt...
url = https://myinstance.local

To find your API credentials:

• Click on your profile page in your cyberwatch instance web page
• Click on the button 'see my api keys'

Usage

Launch a script example

• Choose a script from the examples directory and copy it to your computer
• Edit the script with your API credentials (See Configuration)
• Launch the script

$ python3 your_example_script_file.py

API Documentation

See the full API documentation here

Command line Documentation

See the command line interface documentation here