viktor.api

Warning

There is an improved API module, with easier methods and classes. Please use the viktor.api_v1 module instead.

API

class viktor.api.API¶

static verify_status_code(response, allowed=200)¶

Verify if a response is valid

Return type

None

entity(entity_id=None)¶

Return type

Entity

entity_type(entity_type_id=None)¶

Return type

EntityType

Resource

class viktor.api.Resource(headers, host, resource_id=None)¶

resource_name: Optional[str] = None¶

headers = None¶

host = None¶

id = None¶

abstract list()¶

Return type

List[dict]

abstract get()¶

Return type

dict

create(data)¶

Creates a Resource object.

Parameters

data (Any) – parameter set.

Return type

dict

post(data)¶

Parameters

data (Any) – the content of the object

Return type

dict

update_properties(new_properties)¶

Update the properties of an entity.

Example:

entity.update_properties({
    "tab_1": {
        "section_1": {
            "numberfield_1": None,
        }
    }
})

Parameters

new_properties (Union[Munch, dict]) – a dictionary containing the properties that should be added to the already existing properties. Properties which were already present will be updated.

Return type

dict

Returns

the server object with the updated properties

post_properties(new_properties)¶

Post properties on an entity.

Example:

entity.post_properties({
    "tab_1": {
        "section_1": {
            "numberfield_1": None,
        }
    }
})

Parameters

new_properties (Union[Munch, dict]) – a properties dictionary that must replace the already existing properties dictionary.

Return type

dict

Returns

the server object with the new properties

delete()¶

Delete the object

Return type

None

Entity

class viktor.api.Entity(headers, host, resource_id=None)¶

Bases: viktor.api.Resource

resource_name: Optional[str] = 'entities'¶

list()¶

Return type

List[dict]

Returns

A list of the entities

get()¶

Return type

dict

Returns

A dict with the entity content

children(include_deleted=False)¶

Return type

List[dict]

Returns

a list of the children of an entity, this is a list of dicts

root_entities(include_deleted=False)¶

Return type

List[dict]

Returns

the list of children of the root entity (the ones that appear in the side menu)

child_ids(include_deleted=False)¶

Return type

List[int]

Returns

a list of the ids of the children of an entity, this is a list of integers

create_child(child_entity)¶

Parameters

child_entity (Union[Munch, dict]) – an object containing the properties of the new child, this must at least include the entity_type and properties

Return type

Any

Returns

the object we got back from the server, this contains for example the id of the new object

parents()¶

Return type

List[dict]

Returns

a list of the parents of an entity, a list of dicts

parent_ids()¶

Return type

List[int]

Returns

a list of integers of the parents

revisions()¶

Return type

List[dict]

Returns

a list of the revisions of an entity, a list of dicts

download(encoding: str) → str¶

download(encoding: None = None) → bytes

Download file. If encoding is specified decoding bytes accordingly.

Return type

Union[bytes, str]

Returns

• string if encoding is specified, e.g. entity.download(encoding=’utf-8’)

• bytes otherwise, e.g. entity.download()

EntityType

class viktor.api.EntityType(headers, host, resource_id=None)¶

Bases: viktor.api.Resource

resource_name: Optional[str] = 'entity_types'¶

list()¶

Return type

List[dict]

Returns

A list of the entity types

get()¶

Return type

dict

Returns

A dict with the entity type content

child_types()¶

Return type

List[dict]

Returns

a list of the child types of an entity type, this is a list of dicts

entities(include_deleted=False)¶

Return type

List[dict]

Returns

a list of all entities of an entity type, this is a list of dicts

find_by_name(name)¶

Return type

dict

get_database_value_from_entity_id

viktor.api.get_database_value_from_entity_id(entity)¶

Returns the database value of a given entity in the following format:

>>> entity = {
...     'id': 123,
...     'name': 'entity_name',
... }
>>> get_database_value_from_entity_id(entity)
'entity_123'

If no ‘id’ key is found, None is returned.

Return type

Optional[str]

get_entity_id_from_database_value

viktor.api.get_entity_id_from_database_value(value)¶

Returns the entity id from its database value as integer:

>>> db_val = 'entity_123'
>>> get_entity_id_from_database_value(db_val)
123

Return type

Optional[int]

get_entity_option_list_for_designer

viktor.api.get_entity_option_list_for_designer(entities)¶

Returns a list of option list elements from a list of entities (dictionaries). This option list can directly be used in the parametrization, and has the following format:

option_list = [
    OptionListElement(value='entity_123', label='entity_name'),
    ..
]

Return type

List[OptionListElement]