[Freeipa-users] Export user and host list to a csv or text file

[Petr Vobornik]

On 23.5.2014 14:02, Bret Wortman wrote:
> Is the Python API documented anywhere? I've looked around without success.

Not yet.

For now, you can use IPA CLI for inspection:

CLI commands are basically API commands, where `_` is replaced by `-`.

List objects:
   `ipa help topics`

List object commands:
   `ipa help $object`, e.g., `ipa help user`

List command CLI options and parameters:
   `ipa $command --help`, e.g., `ipa user-mod --help`

Map command params and options names to API option names:
   `ipa show-mappings $command`, e.g., `ipa show-mappings user-add`

More can be read from code or by observing Web UI communication in 
browser developer tools - network tab.


Then the python syntax is ~
  args = ['arg1', 'arg2']
  options = dict(option1="foo", option2="bar")
  api.Command['command_name'](*args, **options)

HTH

>
> On 05/23/2014 07:54 AM, Martin Kosek wrote:
>> On 05/23/2014 06:42 AM, Sanju A wrote:
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> Is there any command to export the user and host list to a csv or
>>> text format
>> There is no such command out of the shelf, I would personally just
>> write a
>> short Python script to export the hosts (or anything else) in a format
>> I need.
>>
>> Example for host:
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> #!/usr/bin/python2
>>
>> from ipalib import api
>> api.bootstrap(context='exporter', debug=False)
>> api.finalize()
>> api.Backend.xmlclient.connect()
>>
>> hosts = api.Command['host_find']()['result']
>>
>> for host in hosts:
>>     print host['fqdn'][0]
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> This will print one host for each new line.
>>
>> Martin
>>
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Petr Vobornik