jss api cheatsheet

gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys, os
import urllib, urllib2
import base64
import json
import requests
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

def requests_xml(jss_user, jss_pass, jss_url, category):
    '''return xml data from jss'''
    try:
        r = requests.get(jss_url + category,
                         auth=(jss_user,jss_pass))
        return r.status_code, r.text
    except TypeError as err:
        print 'Cannot connect to JSS.'
        print err
        exit(1)

def requests_json(jss_user, jss_pass, jss_url, category):
    '''return json data from jss'''
    try:
        r = requests.get(jss_url + category,
                        headers={'Accept': 'application/json'},
                        auth=(jss_user,jss_pass))
        return r.status_code, r.json()
    except TypeError as err:
        print 'Cannot connect to JSS.'
        print err
        exit(1)

def urllib_xml(jss_user, jss_pass, jss_url, category):
    request = urllib2.Request('%s' % (jss_url + category))
    request.add_header('Authorization', 'Basic ' + base64.b64encode(jss_user + ':' + jss_pass))
    try:
        response = urllib2.urlopen(request)
        return response.code, response.read()
    except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
        print e
        exit(1)

def urllib_json(jss_user, jss_pass, jss_url, category):
    request = urllib2.Request('%s' % (jss_url + category))
    request.add_header('Authorization', 'Basic ' + base64.b64encode(jss_user + ':' + jss_pass))
    request.add_header('Accept', 'application/json')
    try:
        response = urllib2.urlopen(request)
        return response.code, response.read()
    except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
        print e
        exit(1)

def main():
    '''
    Using Advanced Computer Searches

    There are four examples here:
        1. xml data returned via requests
        2. json data returned via requests
        3. xml data returned via urllib
        4. json data returned via urllib
    '''

    jss_user = "jss_user"
    jss_pass = "jss_pass"
    jss_url = "jss_url"

    api_category = '/advancedcomputersearches'

    # requests xml data
    r_code, r_text = requests_xml(jss_user, jss_pass, jss_url, api_category)
    print r_code
    root = ET.fromstring(r_text)
    for search in root.findall('advanced_computer_search'):
        print '%s\t%s' % (search.find('id').text, search.find('name').text)

    # requests json data
    r_code, d = requests_json(jss_user, jss_pass, jss_url, api_category)
    print r_code
    for i in d['advanced_computer_searches']:
        print '%s\t%s' % (str(i.values()[0]), i.values()[1])

    # urllib xml data
    r_code, r_text = urllib_xml(jss_user, jss_pass, jss_url, api_category)
    print r_code
    root = ET.fromstring(r_text)
    for search in root.findall('advanced_computer_search'):
        print '%s\t%s' % (search.find('id').text, search.find('name').text)

    # urllib json data
    r_code, r_text = urllib_json(jss_user, jss_pass, jss_url, api_category)
    print r_code
    l = json.loads(r_text)['advanced_computer_searches']
    for i in l:
        print '%s\t%s' % (str(i.values()[0]), i.values()[1])


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()