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Add a new API endpoint in Valence
=================================
In this Guide, you will find information on how to add new API in to Valence.
This guide assumes that Valence environment is already setup (if not please go
through the `readme.rst`).
Interacting with Valence
-------------------------
Before starting modification/adding a new functionality in Valence, it is suggested
to check that the valence has been setup properly. This could be done by making some
REST calls to the existing APIs and verifying their response.
.. NOTE::
curl or some other GUI REST clients(like Postman plugin for Chrome browser)
could be used for making the REST calls.
.. code-block:: bash
$ curl http://localhost:8181/v1
The above REST API call will return a json with valence version specific details. This
ensure that Valence has been setup rightly.
Example 'Hello World' API implementation
----------------------------------------
Consider we want to implement a new API /v1/example that returns "hello world" json.
#. Create a python module inside api/v1 directory that
handles the API call
.. code-block:: python
#valence/api/v1/example.py
from flask import request
from flask_restful import Resource
import logging
LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
class Example(Resorce):
def get(self):
LOG.debug("GET /example")
return {msg : hello world}
.. note:: Check the valence/common/utils.py for commonly used functions
and valence/common/exceptions.py for valence structured
errors and standard confirmation messages.
#. Add a new route at 'routes.py' to receive requests at particular URL extension
.. code-block:: python
from valence.api.v1.example import Example
...
...
api.add_resource(Example, '/v1/example',
endpoint='example')
#. Start/Restart the valence server
.. code-block:: bash
$ python -m valence.cmd.api
.. note:: Ensure config(/etc/valence/valence.conf) and
log(/var/log/valence/valence.log) files exists.
#. Test the service manually by issuing a GET request to /v1/example
.. code-block:: bash
$ curl http://localhost:8181/v1/example
#. Run tox testing to check pep8 and python2.7 compatibility. This
should be ran from the valence root directory(where tox.ini is
present)
.. code-block:: bash
$ tox -e pep8,py27
#. Update the automated testing scripts to include the new API.
.. include:: add_new_functional_testing.rst