pyrst

The Python wrapper to the Birst API.

• No token repetition: once you obtain a token, Pyrst will manage it for you until you tell it to stop.
• Super easy querying
• Even easier output using handlers

How to install

Until we release this project to PyPI, the best way to install is:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/rbonedata/pyrst.git
python setup.py install

On OS X and Linux, unless you're installing in a venv, you might need to run the install scripts as a privileged user (sudo).

How to use

General usage

Importing the client and create a client object

You can store configuration in a config file - a template of the config file is under the pyrst folder. You can name the config file anything you want. To keep the password somewhat safe, use base64 encoding and set the password_is_encrypted flag to True.

from pyrst.client import BirstClient

client = BirstClient(configfile='pyrst/config.yaml')

Alternatively, you can manually create the client:

from pyrst.client import BirstClient

client = BirstClient(user = "MyUsername",
                     password = "MyPassword")

Login

client.login()

You have been successfully logged in, DOMAIN\Username.
Your token is: 9b4081fa4b9f3d8d15f77271b7e83902

Logout

Once you're done, simply use client.logout() to log out.

Querying

To query a space, use executequery(). Before querying, it makes sense to import the handler that you want to use to display the data, if any:

from pyrst.handlers import DfHandler

Now you can use it in your query:

table = executequery(space = "12345678-abcd-9012-efab-345678901234",
                     query = "SELECT [# sales_total] from [ALL]",
                     handler = DfHandler)

Development roadmap

The current functionality doesn't do much beyond querying, but we'll be steadily developing Pyrst's capabilities. In particular, multipart querying and more handlers will be implemented soon.

Current priorities are:

• better handlers,
• better query handling,
• JSON output,
• tests,
• documentation,
• more functionality.

Credits

Written by Chris von Csefalvay with the generous support of RB.