client_apis.rst

perfSONAR Client API

perfSONAR includes APIs to retrieve perfSONAR data from the measurement archive (called esmond) and from the Lookup Service (called sLS).

Since all perfSONAR APIs are REST-based, standard tools like 'curl' can be used. We also have a some libraries and scripts that make data retrieval easy.

Measure Archive (esmond) APIs and clients:

• :doc:`esmond_api_perl`
• :doc:`esmond_api_python`
• https://pypi.python.org/pypi/esmond_client/

The esmond Service clients can be installed using python's easy_install:

easy_install esmond-client

Lookup Service APIs and clients:

• https://github.com/esnet/simple-lookup-service/wiki/ClientAPI
• https://pypi.python.org/pypi/sls-client/

The Lookup Service clients can be installed using python's easy_install:

easy_install sls-client

perfSONAR Dashboard (MaDDash) API:

• :doc:`maddash_api_intro`

Toolkit Host configuration API:

• perfSONAR toolkit host configuration info can be retrieved using a URL of this format:

  • http://your-perfsonar-hostname/toolkit/index.cgi?format=json

API Support

For support for using these APIs, send email to the perfSONAR user list.