create_users.py

# So we can talk to the SoftLayer API:
import SoftLayer.API
# For nice debug output:
from pprint import pprint as pp


def create_user(username):
    password = 'SL<3sKL!'
    user_template = {
        'username': username,
        'firstName': '_phil',
        'lastName': 'jackson',
        'email': 'pjackson@softlayer.com',
        'companyName': 'SoftLayer',
        'address1': '315 Capitol Street',
        'city': 'Houston',
        'country': 'US',
        'postalCode': 'TX 77002',
        'userStatusId': 1001,
        'timezoneId': 107
    }
    created_user = client['User_Customer'].createObject(
        user_template,
        password,
        password)
    return created_user

def get_permissions(_id):
    permissions = client['User_Customer'].getPermissions(id=_id)
    return permissions

def set_permissions(_id, permissions):
    return client['User_Customer'].addBulkPortalPermission(
        permissions, id=_id)


def list_users():
    from prettytable import PrettyTable
    table = PrettyTable(['Username', 'Password', 'ID'])
    users = client['Account'].getUsers()
    for user in users:
        if 'kl-lab' not in user['username']:
            continue
        else:
            table.add_row([user['username'], 'SL<3sKL!  ', user['id']])

    print table
    exit()


def fix_permissions(user):
    permissions = get_permissions(template_user_id)
    t = user['id']
    set_permissions(user['id'], permissions)
    client['User_Customer'].removeAllVirtualAccessForThisUser(id=t)
    client['User_Customer'].removeAllHardwareAccessForThisUser(id=t)
    client['User_Customer'].addApiAuthenticationKey(id=t)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    import argparse
    argsparse = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Number of users')
    argsparse.add_argument('--num-users', dest='num_users', type=int,
                           help='Number of users to provision.')
    argsparse.add_argument('--list', action='store_true',
                           help='List lab users', default=False)
    argsparse.add_argument('--offset', dest="offset", type=int,
                           default=1, help='Username offset')
 
    args = argsparse.parse_args()
    template_user_id = 0000 # Takes copies permissions from this user
    api_username = ''
    api_key = ''
    client = SoftLayer.Client(
        username=api_username,
        api_key=api_key,
    )

    if args.list is True:
        list_users()

   
    start_user_num = args.offset
    for i in range(args.num_users):
        target_username = 'kl-lab-%s' % (start_user_num)
        new_user = create_user(target_username)
        fix_permissions(new_user)
        start_user_num = start_user_num + 1
        print "Created user: %s" % (target_username)