Requests Exception Test

exceptionTest.py

from snakeStorm import snakeStorm
con = snakeStorm('validuser', 'validpass', 'storm/server/list', version = 'bleed')
con.changeBase('https://test-api-server.example.com', 20900)

print con.request()

snakeStorm.py

"""
snakeStorm Storm API Library

An attempt at a psuedo-clean room implementation of a Storm API Library to learn python

Jason Gillman Jr.
"""
import requests
import json

def listApiMethods(apiVersion = 'v1'):
	methodList = {}
	apiDocs = requests.request('GET', 'https://www.stormondemand.com/api/docs/' + apiVersion + '/docs.json').json()
	for (groupName,group) in apiDocs.iteritems():
		methodList[groupName] = []
		for (methodName, methodSpecs) in group['__methods'].iteritems():
			methodList[groupName].append(methodName)
	return methodList

class snakeStorm:

	def __init__(self, username, password, method, parameters = {}, version = 'v1'):	
		self.username		= username
		self.password		= password
		self.method		= method
		self.parameters		= parameters
		self.version		= version
		self.verify		= True

		#self.baseURI		= 'https://api.stormondemand.com'
		self.baseURI		= 'https://api-public.jgillman.dev.liquidweb.com'
		self.apiPort		= 20900 #443
		self.apiFormat		= 'json'
		self.fullURI		= '%s:%s/%s/%s.%s' % (self.baseURI, str(self.apiPort), self.version, self.method, self.apiFormat)

		## Request specific variables ##
		self.lastCall		= None # Store the result of the last Storm API Call here
		self.postData		= {'params': None} # What will get sent if actually passing params

	## Local Parameter Methods ##
	def addParams(self, **params):
		""" Add parameters. If a parameter is already set, it will be overwritten. """
		for (key,value) in params.iteritems():
				self.parameters[key] = value

	def clearParams(self):
		""" Remove all set parameters """
		self.parameters = {}

	def listParams(self):
		""" A holdover from me being used to having variable visibility """
		return self.parameters

	def removeParams(self, *params):
		""" Remove specific parameters by key """
		for key in params:
			if self.parameters.has_key(key):
				del self.parameters[key]

	## API Interaction Methods ##
	def request(self):
		""" Send the request to the Storm API """
		## Do we have params or not? ##
		if len(self.parameters) > 0:
			self.postData['params'] = self.parameters
			self.lastCall = requests.post(self.fullURI, data = json.dumps(self.postData), auth = (self.username, self.password), verify = self.verify).json()
		else:
			try:
				self.postData['params'] = None
				self.lastCall = requests.request('GET', self.fullURI, auth = (self.username, self.password), verify = self.verify).json()
			except requests.exceptions.SSLError as e:
				return e

		return self.lastCall # For immediate usage

	## Misc. Methods ##
	def changeBase(self, baseURI = 'https://api.stormondemand.com', apiPort = 443):
		""" You probably won't need this method... """
		self.baseURI = baseURI
		self.apiPort = apiPort
		self.fullURI = '%s:%s/%s/%s.%s' % (self.baseURI, str(self.apiPort), self.version, self.method, self.apiFormat) # Update the fullURI