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

[Chris Swingler]

Another alternative is to use Apache Directory Studio; it can dump most objects out into a CSV, and you should be able to filter out only the data you want. 

> On May 23, 2014, at 7:33 AM, Petr Vobornik <pvoborni at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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
> 
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