create_brand.py

import SoftLayer 
import json 
import SoftLayer.API 
from pprint import pprint as pp 

# DIST MASTER ACCOUNT API INFORMATION
username = "CHANGE_ME" #change me
apiKey = "CHANGE_ME" #change me

# New Sub-brand

# Short and to the point, such as "COMPANY_NA_PARTNER"
# Must be unique, so spaces, alpha and underscores only
keyName = "" #change me

# Name of the VAR/Sub-Account
# Example "Distributor Company - Corporate" or "DistCo - ACME Partner"
longName = "" #change me
name = longName # leave as-is

# New Account paired to the new sub-brand -- this is not an end-user account, but "is" the sub-brand
companyname = longName + ' - Master Account' # default good practice left as-is, but can be changed
firstname = "" #change me
lastname = "" #change me
address = "" #change me
city = "" #change me
state = "" #change me
country = "" #change me -- two letter ISO code
zipcode = "" #change me
phone = "" #change me
email = "" #change me

# BUILD THE DATA
cust_account = { 
 "companyName": companyname, 
 "firstName": firstname,
 "lastName": lastname, 
 "address1": address, 
 "postalCode": zipcode, 
 "city": city, 
 "state": state, 
 "country": country, 
 "officePhone": phone, 
 "email": email,
 "lateFeeProtectionFlag": True, 
 "claimedTaxExemptTxFlag": False, 
 "allowedPptpVpnQuantity": 1, 
 "isReseller": 0, 
 "accountStatusId": 1001 # 1001 = Active Account
}

cust_brand = {
 "keyName": keyName,
 "longName": longName,
 "name": name,
 "account": cust_account
} 

# EXECUTE IT
print("\n")
pp(cust_brand)
print("\n")
null = raw_input("Press Enter to create this brand in production... This cannot be undone.")
print("\n")

client = SoftLayer.Client( 
   username= username, 
   api_key = apiKey, 
   ) 

try: 
   result = client['Brand'].createObject(cust_brand) 
   print () 
   print ("Result = ", json.dumps(result, indent=2)) 
except SoftLayer.SoftLayerAPIError as e: 
   print("Error: %s, %s" % (e.faultCode, e.faultString)) 
   exit()