vlussenburg

import json
import urllib, urllib2, base64

def get_config_id(title, username="admin", password="admin"):
    params = {"configurationType": "configuration.HttpConnection", "title":title}
    request = urllib2.Request("http://localhost:5516/api/v1/config/byTypeAndTitle?%s" % urllib.urlencode(params))
    base64string = base64.encodestring('%s:%s' % (username, password)).replace('\n', '')
    request.add_header("Authorization", "Basic %s" % base64string)   
    result = urllib2.urlopen(request)
    return json.load(result)[0]["id"]