webmin / virtualmin remote api module webmin api: http://doxfer.webmin.com/Webmin/TheWebminAPI virtualmin api: http://www.virtualmin.com/documentation/developer/cli Examples: webmin = WebminApi('localhost', 'mylogin', 'mypassword') print webmin('user', 'list_users') virtualmin = VirtualminApi('localhost', 'mylogin', 'mypassword') print virtualmi…

webminapi.py

import base64, httplib, json, xmlrpclib

class ApiBase(object):
    def __init__(self, host, login, password, port=10000, https=True):
        self.host = host
        self.login = login
        self.password = password
        self.port = port
        self.https = https


class WebminApi(ApiBase):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(WebminApi, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        if self.https:
            url = 'https://'
        else:
            url = 'http://'
        url = url + self.login + ':' + self.password
        url = url + '@' + self.host + ':' + str(self.port)
        url = url + '/xmlrpc.cgi'
        self.proxy = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(url)
    
    def __call__(self, modulename, cmdname, *args, **kwargs):
        module = getattr(self.proxy, modulename)
        cmd = getattr(module, cmdname)
        return cmd(*args, **kwargs)


class VirtualminApi(ApiBase):
    
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(VirtualminApi, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        if self.https:
            conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection(self.host, self.port)
        else:
            conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(self.host, self.port)
        self.conn = conn
    
    def __call__(self, cmd, *args, **kwargs):
        return self.send(cmd, *args, **kwargs)
    
    def send(self, cmd, *args, **kwargs):
        url = '/virtual-server/remote.cgi?'
        params = kwargs
        for arg in args:
            params[arg] = ''
        params['program'] = cmd
        params['json'] = 1
        url = url + '&'.join([x+'='+str(params[x]) for x in params])
        
        headers = {}
        auth = 'Basic ' + base64.encodestring('%s:%s' % (self.login,
                                                    self.password))
        headers['Authorization'] = auth
        
        self.conn.request('GET', url, headers=headers)
        response = self.conn.getresponse()
        rawdata = response.read()
        try:
            data = json.loads(rawdata)
        except ValueError:
            data = rawdata
        return response.status, response.getheaders, data
    
    def close(self):
        self.conn.close()