6. nidhogg helpers¶

nidhogg.http module¶

class nidhogg.http.NidhoggHttp(url, username, password, verify=False)¶

Bases: object

Requests the Netapp API und converts the response into a dictionary.

invoke_request(req)¶

Request the Netapp API.

Parameters:	req (dict) – dictionary of request params
Returns:	Netapp API response
Return type:	str

parse_xml_reply(xmlresponse)¶

Convert XML reply into a dictionary.

Parameters:	xmlresponse (str) – Response from Netapp API.
Returns:	response
Return type:	dict

nidhogg.utils.safe_get(d, key)¶

Helper function.

Parameters:	d (dict) – dictionary key (str) – key to retrieve from dict
Returns:	value of specified key if not None, otherwise empty dict

nidhogg.utils.underline_to_dash(d)¶

Helper function to replace “_” to “-” in keys of specifed dictionary recursively.

Netapp API uses “-” in XML parameters.

Parameters:	d (dict) – dictionary of dictionaries or lists
Returns:	new dictionary
Return type:	dict