Class: SoftLayer::Client

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/softlayer/Client.rb

Overview

A client is responsible for storing authentication information for API calls and it serves as a central repository for the Service instances that call into the network API.

When you create a client, you pass in hash arguments specifying how the client should access the SoftLayer API.

The following symbols are the keys for options you pass to the constructor:

  • :username - a non-empty string providing the username to use for requests to the client

  • :api_key - a non-empty string providing the api key to use for requests to the client

  • :endpoint_url - a non-empty string providing the endpoint URL to use for requests to the client

If any of these are missing then the Client class will look to the SoftLayer::Config class to provide the missing information. Please see that class for details.

Constant Summary collapse

@@default_client =

The client class maintains an (optional) default client. The default client will be used by many methods if you do not provide an explicit client.

nil

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(options = {}) ⇒ Client

Clients are built with a number of settings:

  • :username - The username of the account you wish to access through the API

  • :api_key - The API key used to authenticate the user with the API

  • :endpoint_url - The API endpoint the client should connect to. This defaults to API_PUBLIC_ENDPOINT

  • :user_agent - A string that is passed along as the user agent when the client sends requests to the server

  • :timeout - An integer number of seconds to wait until network requests time out. Corresponds to the network_timeout property of the client

If these arguments are not provided then the client will try to locate them using other sources including global variables, and the SoftLayer config file (if one exists)



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# File 'lib/softlayer/Client.rb', line 73

def initialize(options = {})
  @services = { }

  settings = Config.client_settings(options)

  # pick up the username from the options, the global, or assume no username
  @username = settings[:username] || ""

  # do a similar thing for the api key
  @api_key = settings[:api_key] || ""

  # and the endpoint url
  @endpoint_url = settings[:endpoint_url] || API_PUBLIC_ENDPOINT

  # set the user agent to the one provided, or set it to a default one
  @user_agent = settings[:user_agent] || "softlayer_api gem/#{SoftLayer::VERSION} (Ruby #{RUBY_PLATFORM}/#{RUBY_VERSION})"

  # and assign a time out if the settings offer one
  @network_timeout = settings[:timeout] if settings.has_key?(:timeout)

  raise "A SoftLayer Client requires a username" if !@username || @username.empty?
  raise "A SoftLayer Client requires an api_key" if !@api_key || @api_key.empty?
  raise "A SoftLayer Client requires an endpoint URL" if !@endpoint_url || @endpoint_url.empty?
end

Instance Attribute Details

#api_key ⇒ Object (readonly)

An API key passed as part of the authentication of each request. Cannot be empty or nil.



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# File 'lib/softlayer/Client.rb', line 28

def api_key
  @api_key
end

#endpoint_url ⇒ Object (readonly)

The base URL for requests that are passed to the server. Cannot be empty or nil.



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# File 'lib/softlayer/Client.rb', line 31

def endpoint_url
  @endpoint_url
end

#network_timeout ⇒ Object (readonly)

An integer value (in seconds). The number of seconds to wait for HTTP requests to the network API until they timeout. This value can be nil in which case the timeout will be the default value for the library handling network communication (often 30 seconds)



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# File 'lib/softlayer/Client.rb', line 39

def network_timeout
  @network_timeout
end

#user_agent ⇒ Object

A string passed as the value for the User-Agent header when requests are sent to SoftLayer API.



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# File 'lib/softlayer/Client.rb', line 34

def user_agent
  @user_agent
end

#username ⇒ Object (readonly)

A username passed as authentication for each request. Cannot be empty or nil.



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# File 'lib/softlayer/Client.rb', line 25

def username
  @username
end

Class Method Details

.default_client ⇒ Object

:attr_accessor: The client class can maintain a single instance of Client as the “default client” Other parts of the library that accept a client as part of their calling sequence will look for the default client if one is not provided in the call

This routine returns the client set as the default client. It can be nil



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# File 'lib/softlayer/Client.rb', line 53

def self.default_client
  return @@default_client
end

.default_client=(new_default) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/softlayer/Client.rb', line 57

def self.default_client=(new_default)
  @@default_client = new_default
end

Instance Method Details

#[](service_name) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/softlayer/Client.rb', line 140

def [](service_name)
  service_named(service_name)
end

#authentication_headers ⇒ Object

return a hash of the authentication headers for the client



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# File 'lib/softlayer/Client.rb', line 99

def authentication_headers
  {
    "authenticate" => {
      "username" => @username,
      "apiKey" => @api_key
    }
  }
end

#service_named(service_name, service_options = {}) ⇒ Object

Returns a service with the given name.

If a service has already been created by this client that same service will be returned each time it is called for by name. Otherwise the system will try to construct a new service object and return that.

If the service has to be created then the service_options will be passed along to the creative function. However, when returning a previously created Service, the service_options will be ignored.

If the service_name provided does not start with ‘SoftLayer_’ that prefix will be added

Raises:

  • (ArgumentError) 


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# File 'lib/softlayer/Client.rb', line 120

def service_named(service_name, service_options = {})
  raise ArgumentError,"Please provide a service name" if service_name.nil? || service_name.empty?

  # Strip whitespace from service_name and ensure that it starts with "SoftLayer_".
  # If it does not, then add the prefix.
  full_name = service_name.to_s.strip
  if not full_name =~ /\ASoftLayer_/
    full_name = "SoftLayer_#{service_name}"
  end

  # if we've already created this service, just return it
  # otherwise create a new service
  service_key = full_name.to_sym
  if !@services.has_key?(service_key)
    @services[service_key] = SoftLayer::Service.new(full_name, {:client => self}.merge(service_options))
  end

  @services[service_key]
end