gistfile1.txt

>>> from pepper import Pepper
>>> api = Pepper("http://testmaster:8000")
>>> api.login('user', 'password', 'pam')
{u'perms': [u'.*', u'@wheel', u'@runner'], u'start': 1413914704.111441, u'token': u'344daf2fa57e279967f8a41eddb57a565d011d74', u'expire': 1413957904.111444, u'user': u'user', u'eauth': u'pam'}
>>> api.local(tgt='testmaster.spottrading.com', fun='state.sls', arg=['netapi.ping', 'env=Staging'])
{u'return': [{u'testmaster.spottrading.com': {u'file_|-manage_some_random_file_|-/tmp/asdfasdfasdfasdf.txt_|-managed': {u'comment': u'File /tmp/asdfasdfasdfasdf.txt is in the correct state', u'__run_num__': 0, u'changes': {}, u'name': u'/tmp/asdfasdfasdfasdf.txt', u'result': True}}}]}
>>>

ping.sls

manage_some_random_file:
  file.managed:
    - name: /tmp/asdfasdfasdfasdf.txt