test.py

import requests
import argparse

class ApiInterpreter(object):
    def __init__(self, version="v1"):
        self.version = version
        
    def get(self, endpoint, data={}):
        return requests.get(self.base_url.format(version=self.version, endpoint=endpoint), data=data, headers=self.headers).json()

    def post(self, endpoint, data={}):
        return requests.post(self.base_url.format(version=self.version, endpoint=endpoint), data=data, headers=self.headers).json()

    def put(self, endpoint, data={}):
        return requests.put(self.base_url.format(version=self.version, endpoint=endpoint), data=data, headers=self.headers).json()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="utility for testing api calls")
    parser.add_argument('--user', dest='user', help='user to log in as')
    parser.add_argument('--password', dest='password', help='password for user')
    args = parser.parse_args()

    api = ApiInterpreter(args.user, args.password)
    try:
        import IPython
        IPython.embed(
            banner1='Authenticated as {}\nApi Version: {}'.format(args.user, api.version),
            banner2='use the api variable to access the api',
            local_ns={ 'api': api }
        )
    except ImportError:
        import code
        code.interact(banner='authenticated', local={ 'api': api })