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Updated on 2023-05-09 GMT+08:00
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Python

Scenarios

To use Python to call an API through App authentication, obtain the Python SDK, create a new project, and then call the API by referring to the API calling example.

This section uses IntelliJ IDEA 2018.3.5 as an example.

Preparing the Environment

  • You have obtained the domain name, request URL, and request method of the API to be called, and the AppKey and AppSecret of the app for calling the API. For more information, see Preparation.
  • You have installed Python 2.7.9 or 3.X. If not, download the Python installation package from the official Python website and install it.

    After Python is installed, run the pip command to install the requests library in the CLI or Shell window.

    pip install requests

    If a certificate error occurs during the installation, download the get-pip.py file to upgrade the pip environment, and try again.

  • You have installed IntelliJ IDEA. If not, download IntelliJ IDEA from the official IntelliJ IDEA website and install it.
  • You have installed the Python plug-in on IntelliJ IDEA. If not, install the Python plug-in according to Figure 1.
    Figure 1 Installing the Python plug-in

Obtaining the SDK

Log in to the APIG console, and download the SDK on the SDKs page by referring to section "SDKs" in the API Gateway User Guide.

Then obtain the ApiGateway-python-sdk.zip package. The following table shows the files decompressed from the package.

Name

Description

apig_sdk\__init__.py

SDK code

apig_sdk\signer.py

main.py

Sample code

backend_signature.py

Sample code for backend signing

licenses\license-requests

Third-party license

Creating a Project

  1. Start IDEA and choose File > New > Project.

    On the displayed New Project page, choose Python and click Next.

    Figure 2 Python

  2. Click Next. Click ..., select the directory where the SDK is decompressed, and click Finish.

    Figure 3 Selecting the SDK directory after decompression

  3. View the directory structure shown in the following figure.

    Figure 4 Directory structure of the new project python

    Modify the parameters in sample code main.py as required. For details about the sample code, see API Calling Example.

API Calling Example

  1. Import apig_sdk to the project.

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    from apig_sdk import signer
import requests

  2. Generate a new signer and enter the AppKey and AppSecret.

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    sig = signer.Signer()
sig.Key = "4f5f626b-073f-402f-a1e0-e52171c6100c"
sig.Secret = "******"

  3. Generate a request, and specify the method, request URI, header, and request body.

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    r = signer.HttpRequest("POST",
                       "https://c967a237-cd6c-470e-906f-a8655461897e.apigw.exampleRegion.com/app1?a=1",
                       {"x-stage": "RELEASE"},
                       "body")

  4. Execute the following function to add the X-Sdk-Date and Authorization headers for signing:

    X-Sdk-Date is a request header parameter required for signing requests.

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    sig.Sign(r)

  5. Access the API and view the access result.

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    resp = requests.request(r.method, r.scheme + "://" + r.host + r.uri, headers=r.headers, data=r.body)
print(resp.status_code, resp.reason)
print(resp.content)