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  • rbtools.api.client¶

    Main client used to talk to a Review Board server’s API.

    Classes

    RBClient(url, transport_cls, *args, ...)

    Main client used to talk to a Review Board server's API.

    RBClientWebLoginOptions(allow, debug, ...)

    Options for a client's use of web-based login.

    class rbtools.api.client.RBClient(url: str, transport_cls: type[Transport] = <class 'rbtools.api.transport.sync.SyncTransport'>, *args, web_login_options: RBClientWebLoginOptions | None = None, **kwargs)[source]¶

    Bases: object

    Main client used to talk to a Review Board server’s API.

    This provides methods used to authenticate with a Review Board API and perform API requests.

    Clients make use of a transport class for all server communication. This handles all HTTP-related state and communication, and can be used to mock, intercept, or alter the way in which clients talk to Review Board.

    Most methods wrap methods on the transport, which may change how arguments are provided and data is returned. With the default sync transport, no additional arguments are provided in any *args or **kwargs, and results are returned directly from the methods.

    __firstlineno__ = 37¶
    __init__(url: str, transport_cls: type[Transport] = <class 'rbtools.api.transport.sync.SyncTransport'>, *args, web_login_options: RBClientWebLoginOptions | None = None, **kwargs) → None[source]¶

    Initialize the client.

    Parameters:
    • url (str) – The URL of the Review Board server.

    • transport_cls (type, optional) – The type of transport to use for communicating with the server.

    • *args (tuple) – Positional arguments to pass to the transport.

    • web_login_options (rbtools.api.client.RBClientWebLoginOptions, optional) –

      Options for web-based login.

      This will determine if and how web-based login is used to authenticate the client.

      Added in version 6.0.

    • **kwargs (dict) – Keyword arguments to pass to the transport.

    __static_attributes__ = ('_transport', 'domain', 'url', 'user_agent', 'web_login_options')¶
    domain: str¶

    The domain name of the Review Board server.

    Type: str

    get_path(path: str, *args, **kwargs) → Resource | None[source]¶

    Return the API resource at the given path.

    Parameters:
    • path (str) – The path relative to the Review Board server URL.

    • *args (tuple) – Positional arguments to pass to the transport’s get_path().

    • **kwargs (dict) – Keyword arguments to pass to the transport’s get_path().

    Returns:

    The resource at the given path.

    Return type:

    rbtools.api.resource.Resource

    Raises:
    • rbtools.api.errors.APIError – The API returned an error. Details are in the error object.

    • rbtools.api.errors.ServerInterfaceError – There was a non-API error communicating with the Review Board server. The URL may have been invalid. The reason is in the exception’s message.

    get_root(*args, **kwargs) → RootResource[source]¶

    Return the root resource of the API.

    Parameters:
    • *args (tuple) – Positional arguments to pass to the transport’s get_root().

    • **kwargs (dict) – Keyword arguments to pass to the transport’s get_root().

    Returns:

    The root API resource.

    Return type:

    rbtools.api.resource.Resource

    Raises:
    • rbtools.api.errors.APIError – The API returned an error. Details are in the error object.

    • rbtools.api.errors.ServerInterfaceError – There was a non-API error communicating with the Review Board server. The URL may have been invalid. The reason is in the exception’s message.

    get_url(url: str, *args, **kwargs) → Resource | None[source]¶

    Return the API resource at the given URL.

    Parameters:
    • url (str) – The URL of the resource to fetch.

    • *args (tuple) – Positional arguments to pass to the transport’s get_url().

    • **kwargs (dict) – Keyword arguments to pass to the transport’s get_url().

    Returns:

    The resource at the given path.

    Return type:

    rbtools.api.resource.Resource

    Raises:
    • rbtools.api.errors.APIError – The API returned an error. Details are in the error object.

    • rbtools.api.errors.ServerInterfaceError – There was a non-API error communicating with the Review Board server. The URL may have been invalid. The reason is in the exception’s message.

    has_session_cookie() → bool[source]¶

    Return whether a local session cookie exists for this server.

    This does not guarantee that the session is valid server-side (the cookie may be stale), this just returns whether a local session cookie has been set for this server.

    Added in version 6.0.

    Returns:

    Whether a local session cookie exists for this server.

    Return type:

    bool

    login(*args, **kwargs) → None[source]¶

    Log in to the Review Board server.

    Parameters:
    • *args (tuple) – Positional arguments to pass to the transport’s login().

    • **kwargs (dict) – Keyword arguments to pass to the transport’s login().

    Raises:
    • rbtools.api.errors.APIError – The API returned an error. Details are in the error object.

    • rbtools.api.errors.ServerInterfaceError – There was a non-API error communicating with the Review Board server. The URL may have been invalid. The reason is in the exception’s message.

    logout(*args, **kwargs) → None[source]¶

    Log out from the Review Board server.

    Parameters:
    • *args (tuple) – Positional arguments to pass to the transport’s logout().

    • **kwargs (dict) – Keyword arguments to pass to the transport’s logout().

    Returns:

    The return value from logout().

    Return type:

    object

    Raises:
    • rbtools.api.errors.APIError – The API returned an error. Details are in the error object.

    • rbtools.api.errors.ServerInterfaceError – There was a non-API error communicating with the Review Board server. The URL may have been invalid. The reason is in the exception’s message.

    url: str¶

    The URL of the Review Board server.

    Type: str

    user_agent: str | None¶

    The optional user agent for the client.

    Added in version 5.0.

    Type: str

    web_login_options: RBClientWebLoginOptions | None¶

    Options for web-based login.

    This will determine if and how web-based login is used to authenticate the client.

    Added in version 6.0.

    class rbtools.api.client.RBClientWebLoginOptions(allow: bool, debug: bool, open_browser: bool)[source]¶

    Bases: object

    Options for a client’s use of web-based login.

    This can be set on RBClient to dictate if and how web-based login is used to authenticate the client.

    Added in version 6.0.

    __dataclass_fields__ = {'allow': Field(name='allow',type='bool',default=<dataclasses._MISSING_TYPE object>,default_factory=<dataclasses._MISSING_TYPE object>,init=True,repr=True,hash=None,compare=True,metadata=mappingproxy({}),kw_only=False,doc=None,_field_type=_FIELD), 'debug': Field(name='debug',type='bool',default=<dataclasses._MISSING_TYPE object>,default_factory=<dataclasses._MISSING_TYPE object>,init=True,repr=True,hash=None,compare=True,metadata=mappingproxy({}),kw_only=False,doc=None,_field_type=_FIELD), 'open_browser': Field(name='open_browser',type='bool',default=<dataclasses._MISSING_TYPE object>,default_factory=<dataclasses._MISSING_TYPE object>,init=True,repr=True,hash=None,compare=True,metadata=mappingproxy({}),kw_only=False,doc=None,_field_type=_FIELD)}¶
    __dataclass_params__ = _DataclassParams(init=True,repr=True,eq=True,order=False,unsafe_hash=False,frozen=False,match_args=True,kw_only=False,slots=False,weakref_slot=False)¶
    __eq__(other)¶

    Return self==value.

    __firstlineno__ = 16¶
    __hash__ = None¶
    __init__(allow: bool, debug: bool, open_browser: bool) → None¶
    __match_args__ = ('allow', 'debug', 'open_browser')¶
    __replace__(**changes)¶
    __repr__()¶

    Return repr(self).

    __static_attributes__ = ()¶
    allow: bool¶

    Whether to allow using web-based login when authenticating the client.

    debug: bool¶

    Whether to output debug logs from the login server.

    open_browser: bool¶

    Whether to automatically open the login URL in a browser.

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