Ultra-minimal serverdensity api

sdapi.py

"""
The server density API is so easy with a shake of jsonpath :)

Example:
groups = sdapi.call('servers/listGroups', '$..groups')
web_server_ids = sdapi.call('servers/getByGroup', '$..serverId', group='Web')

For a jsonpath reference, try: http://code.google.com/p/jsonpath/wiki/Javascript
"""

import urllib
import json
import jsonpath

def call(command, _jsonpath_expr, **kwargs):
  kwargs['account'] = 'account-name.serverdensity.com'
  kwargs['c'] = command
  params = urllib.urlencode(kwargs)
  f = urllib.urlopen("https://username:password@api.serverdensity.com/1.2/?"+params)
  o = json.loads(f.read())
  found = jsonpath.jsonpath(o, _jsonpath_expr)
  return found