This looks great so far.  I haven't done a thorough review of the code
but from a quick initial inspection it looks like the direction we
want to go.  It certainly makes the tests a lot cleaner :)

Thanks for doing this!

-Brad

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Tyler Smith <tyles...@cisco.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a working branch
> (https://blueprints.launchpad.net/quantum/+spec/quantum-client-library) of a
> Python API client library for Quantum.
>
> It's a refactoring of the MiniClient which makes the use of the library a
> lot cleaner and simpler.  As a small example, tests went from this:
>
>    client = Client(HOST, PORT, USE_SSL)
>    content_type = "application/" + format
>    body = Serializer().serialize(test_network_data, content_type)
>    res = client.do_request(TENANT_ID,'POST',"/networks."+format, body=body)
>
> To:
>
>    client = Client(HOST, PORT, USE_SSL, TENANT_ID, format)
>    res = client.create_network(test_network_data)
>
> All high level API functions such as list_networks, create_network,
> list_ports, etc, are represented.  The test_scripts/tests.py script is
> completely rewritten with the new library, and the quantum/cli.py CLI is
> almost finished.
>
> The do_request method is unchanged, so for now at least there is backward
> compatibility with the old style of requests.
>
> Data is automatically serialized, however due to some issues with the JSON
> deserializer automatic deserialization isn't working yet.
>
> In the next few days I'll be working on getting the
> serialization/deserialization working perfectly and getting the
> quantum/cli.py CLI completely switched over to the new library.  After that
> I'll work on figuring out how to best manage data added by plugins.
>
> I would love to get some feedback about things that should be changed,
> added, or removed.
>
> Thanks,
> -Tyler Smith
>
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