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diff --git a/docs/api/json_api.rst b/docs/api/json_api.rst index 6d55b13b4..bcf546dc0 100644 --- a/docs/api/json_api.rst +++ b/docs/api/json_api.rst @@ -66,7 +66,41 @@ Just use a JSON encoder before using them in the HTTP request. Please note that the data has to be urlencoded at last. (Most libraries will do that automatically) +Example +------- + +Here is a little python script that is able to send commands to the pyload api:: + + #!/usr/bin/env python + # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- + + from urllib import urlopen, urlencode + from json import dumps + + URL = "http://localhost:8001/api/%s" + + def login(user, pw): + params = {"username": user, "password": pw} + ret = urlopen(URL % "login", urlencode(params)) + return ret.read().strip("\"") + + # send arbitrary command to pyload api, parameter as keyword argument + def send(session, command, **kwargs): + # convert arguments to json format + params = dict([(k, dumps(v)) for k,v in kwargs.iteritems()]) + params["session"] = session + ret = urlopen(URL % command, urlencode(params)) + return ret.read() + + if __name__ == "__main__": + session = login("User", "pwhere") + print "Session id:", session + + result = send(session, "setCaptchaResult", tid=0, result="some string") + print result + + .. rubric:: Footnotes -.. [1] http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript_Object_Notation
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