cachet-client

A python 3.6+ API client for the open source status page system Cachet.

• cachet-client on github
• cachet-client on PyPI
• cachet-client documentation

The goal of this package is to create a user friendly interface to the Cachet API.

• Resources are returned as objects clearly separating read only properties from the ones we can change. The raw json response is always available in an attrs property
• Active use of type hints throughout the entire codebase making code completion a breeze
• Proper pagination under the hood. Method listing resources will return generators. You can configure the start page and page size that fits the situation. Each new page leads to a new http request.
• Client is using a single session regardless of resource type making more complex work a lot faster (connection reuse)
• A very extensive set of tests/unit tests.
• Easy to extend and test
• Documentation

Please don't hesitate opening an issue about anything related to this package.

Install

pip install cachet-client

Example

import cachetclient
from cachetclient.v1 import enums

client = cachetclient.Client(
    endpoint='https://status.test/api/v1',
    api_token='secrettoken',
)

Check if api is responding

if client.ping():
    print("Cachet is up and running!")

Create and delete a subscriber

sub = client.subscribers.create(email='user@example.test', verify=True)
sub.delete()

List all subscribers paginated (generator). Each new page is fetched from the server under the hood.

for sub in client.subscribers.list(page=1, per_page=100):
    print(sub.id, sub.email)

Create a component issue

issue = client.incidents.create(
    name="Something blew up!",
    message="We are looking into it",
    status=enums.INCIDENT_INVESTIGATING,
    # Optional for component issues
    component_id=mycomponent.id,
    component_status=enums.COMPONENT_STATUS_MAJOR_OUTAGE,
)

.. and most other features supported by the Cachet API

Local Development

Local setup:

python -m virtualenv .venv
. .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .

Tests

This project has a fairly extensive test setup.

• Unit tests are located in tests/ including a fake implementation of the Cachet API.
• A simpler test script under extras/live_run.py that needs a running test instance of Cachet.

Running unit tests

pip install -r tests/requirements.txt
tox

# Optionally
tox -e pep8  # for pep8 run only
tox -e py36  # tests only


# Running tests with pytest also works, but this works poorly in combination with environment variables for the live test script (tox separates environments)
pytest tests/

Testing with real Cachet service

Do not run this script against a system in production. This is only for a test service. Cachet can easily be set up locally with docker: https://github.com/CachetHQ/Docker

Optionally we can run cachet from source: https://github.com/CachetHQ/Docker

A local setup is also located in the root or the repo (docker-compose.yaml).

You need to set the following environment variables.

CACHET_ENDPOINT
CACHET_API_TOKEN

Running tests:

python extras/live_run.py
...
=================================================
Number of tests   : 10
Successful        : 10
Failure           : 0
Percentage passed : 100.0%
=================================================

Building Docs

pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
python setup.py build_sphinx

Contributing

Do not hesitate opening issues or submit completed or partial pull requests. Contributors of all experience levels are welcome.

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This project is sponsored by zetta.io