sherpa_authentication.py

import json
import requests

server        = 'https://sherpa.kairntech.com/api'
login_info    = json.dumps({"email": 'YOUR-LOGIN', 
                            "password": 'YOUR-PASSWORD'})
headers = {"Accept": "application/json",
           "Content-Type": "application/json"}

def get_token(server, login_info):
    url = server + "/auth/login"
    #print("calling sherpa server '%s' ..." % url)
    try:
        response = requests.post(url,data=login_info, headers=headers)
        json_response = json.loads(response.text)
    except Exception as ex:
        print("Error connecting to Sherpa server %s: %s" % (server, ex))
        return 
    #print("response = %s" % response.text)
    if 'access_token' in json_response:
        token = json_response['access_token']
        return token
    else:
        return 

token = get_token(server,login_info)
print("token = %s" % token)