NationBuilder Person API

nbapi.py

# This python script requires the requests HTTP library
# See http://docs.python-requests.org for more information.

import os
try:
	import requests
except ImportError:
	raise SystemExit("Missing requests library - http://docs.python-requests.org")

API_KEY = os.environ.get('API_KEY')
NATION = os.environ.get('NATION')

params = {"access_token": API_KEY}

if API_KEY is None:
	raise SystemExit("Missing API_KEY environment variable. Please set your NationBuilder API key.")
if NATION is None:	
	raise SystemExit("Missing NATION environment variable. Please set your NationBuilder slug.")

# A simple helper to build the uri of the desired endpoint
def endpoint(endpoint):
	return 'https://' + NATION + ".nationbuilder.com/api/v1/" + endpoint

person = {'person':{
	'first_name': 'Bozo',
	'last_name': 'Clown',
	'email': 'bozo@clown.com'
}}

response = requests.post(endpoint('people'), params=params, json=person)

assert 201 == response.status_code, "Could not create person!"

id = repr(response.json().get('person').get('id'))

#update the person with a birthday
birthday = {'person': {'birthdate': '1984/02/23'}}

response = requests.put(endpoint('people/'+id), params=params, json=birthday)
assert 200 == response.status_code, "Could not update person!"

#remove person
response = requests.delete(endpoint('people/'+id), params=params)
assert 204 == response.status_code, "Could not remove person!"