Ambition API - Python Example

ambition_api_python_example.py

#!/bin/env python
#
# ambition_api_python_example.py
# Simple script demonstrating how to upload data to the Ambition Data API.

import json
import sys
import urllib2


def upload_data(endpoint, data_to_upload, auth_token):
    # Add the Authorization header
    headers = {
        'Authorization': 'Token {0}'.format(auth_token),
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    }
    data = {
        'depot': 'custom_depot',
        'data': data_to_upload,
    }

    request = urllib2.Request(endpoint, headers=headers)
    response = urllib2.urlopen(request, json.dumps(data))
    content = response.read()

    return response.code, content


def main():
    auth_token = <AUTH-TOKEN>

    if len(sys.argv) < 2:

        print 'usage: upload_to_ambition.py <FILENAME>'
        return

    filename = sys.argv[1]
    endpoint = 'https://<SUBDOMAIN>.ambition.com/public-api/integration/v1/data/new/'

    with open(filename, 'rb') as fin:
        data_to_upload = fin.read()

    response = upload_data(endpoint, data_to_upload, auth_token)

    if response[0] == 201:
        print 'Successfully uploaded'
    else:
        print 'Failed to upload'
        print response[0]
        print response[1]


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()