apistuff

    def getFromSite(self, search, contentonly = False, thingtype = 'contents'):
        thingtypes = ['contents', 'places', 'people']
        if thingtype not in thingtypes:
            thingtype = 'contents'
        query = 'https://example.com/api/core/v3/search/{0}?filter=search("{1}")'
        setquery = query.format(thingtype, search)
        returnedpage = requests.get(setquery,
                                    auth = (self.settings['user'], self.settings['pass']),
                                    headers = {'content-type': 'application/json'})
        jsondata = ''.join(returnedpage.text.split('\n')[1:])
        data = json.loads(jsondata)
        for i in data['list']:
            if thingtype == 'contents' and i['subject'] == search:
                if contentonly:
                    return i['content']
                else:
                    return i
            elif thingtype == 'places' and i['name'] == search:
                return i
        return data
        
    def putToSite(self, subject, html):
        try:
            contentID = self.getFromSite(subject)['contentID']
        except KeyError:
            return {'error': 'Could not find contentID for search {0}. Please try again.'.format(subject)}
        reqdict = { 'url': 'https://example.com/api/core/v3/contents/{0}'.format(contentID),
                    'params': { 'type' : 'document',
                                'status' : 'published',
                                'subject' : subject,
                                'content' : { 'type' : 'text/html',
                                              'text' : html
                                            }
                              }
                  }
        todaysDate = time.strftime("%F-%T")

        params = json.dumps(reqdict['params'])
        returnedPage = requests.put(reqdict['url'],
                                    data=params,
                                    auth=(self.settings['user'], self.settings['pass']),
                                    headers={'content-type': 'application/json'})
        okcodes = [200, 201]
        if any([i == returnedPage.status_code for i in okcodes]):
            print
            print 'Successfully created doc'
            jsonData = json.loads(returnedPage.text)
            return jsonData['resources']['html']['ref']
        else:
            print 'Failed creating doc.:'
            print returnedPage.status_code
            #print returnedPage.text
            return returnedPage.text