README.rst

Intro

This repository has sample code on how you can dynamically generate web API clients as shown in my 2016 EuroPython talk: Dynamic Class Generation in Python.

Installation

To install the necessary dependencies, run:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Quickstart

In order for the clients to make API calls to the server, the server needs to be up and running. So in a seperate process run:

$ python server.py

Now you can start dynamically generating clients and interact with the server. The current available API models for use under the apis directory are:

• api.json: Only has multiply suport
• updated-api.json: Has add, subtract, multiply support.

To start using theses models to create a client, run the following:

>>> from client import get_model, create_client
>>> model = get_model('apis/updated-api.json')
>>> c = create_client(model)

Now, you should be able to use this client to interact with the server:

>>> c.add(1, 2, 3, 4)
10
>>> c.subtract(10, 5, 3)
2
>>> c.multiply(1, 2, 3)
6