MAAS API example: POST

maas_api_post.py

import json

from requests import Request, Session
from requests_oauthlib import OAuth1

# <consumer_key>:<token_key>:<token_secret>
# xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:yyyyyyyyyyy:zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

auth1 = OAuth1(u'xxxxxxxxxxxxxx', u'',
               u'yyyyyyyyyyy', u'zzzzzzzzzzzzzz')

headers = {'Accept': 'application/json'}
url = u'http://10.10.2.222:5240/MAAS/api/2.0/dnsresources/'
body = json.dumps({'domain': 'my-domain.com',
                   'name': 'demo',
                   'ip_addresses': '10.11.1.1',
                   'address_ttl': '86400',
                   'fqdn': 'my-domain.com'})

headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json',
           'Content-Length': str(len(body))}

s = Session()
req = Request('POST', url, data=body, headers=headers, auth=auth1)
prepped = req.prepare()
resp = s.send(prepped)
print(resp.text)