[Pulp-list] Querying the set of RPMs in a repository via the API

[Paul Urwin]

Hi Richard

Thanks a lot that's a great tip, I was able to piece together what I needed
from the output.

Cheers

Paul

On Thu, 11 May 2017 at 10:35 Richard Grainger <grainger at gmail.com> wrote:

> One thing I find useful when working with the API, is to run the
> pulp-admin client with '-vv':
>
>
> pulp-admin -vv rpm repo content rpm --fields=created --repo-id=foo
>
>
> This will display the exact API calls and responses. In this case, I got
> the error:
>
> Invalid properties: ['Field: <created> does not exist on objects in the
> <units_rpm> collection']
>
>
> I think this is because the "created" field is actually part of "repodata",
> so you need to do:
>
>
> pulp-admin -vv rpm repo content rpm --fields=repodata --repo-id=foo
>
>
> ...and then extract the "created" field from the resulting data using your
> client code.
>
> Best
> Rchard.
> On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 10:07 AM, Paul Urwin <register at paulurwin.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Pulp community,
>>
>> I've been banging my head against this. I'm trying to get a list of RPMs
>> in a repository, which I've done by structuring the URL, but I can't seem
>> to get any filters or field limits to work...
>>
>> Here's my call that works, and returns all fields associated with the
>> first unit:
>> search = {
>>   "criteria": {},
>>   "limit":1
>> }
>> response = requests.post(API_URL +
>> '/repositories/test_repo/search/units/'. cert=blah, data=json.dumps(search))
>>
>> Similarly it works in get format too:
>>
>> response = requests.get(API_URL +
>> '/repositories/test_repo/search/units/?limit=1'. cert=blah))
>>
>> Now, if I try to specify the "field" argument to only retrieve a specific
>> field ("created") I get a trackback from the call:
>>
>> response = requests.get(API_URL +
>> '/repositories/test_repo/search/units/?field=created&limit=1'. cert=blah))
>>
>> {
>>     "_href":
>> "/pulp/api/v2/repositories/test_repo/search/units/?limit=1&field=created",
>>     "error_message": "pop() takes at most 1 argument (2 given)",
>>     "exception": [
>>         "TypeError: pop() takes at most 1 argument (2 given)\n"
>>     ],
>>     "http_request_method": "GET",
>>     "http_status": 500,
>>     "traceback": [
>>         "  File
>> \"/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py\", line
>> 112, in get_response\n    response = wrapped_callback(request,
>> *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)\n",
>>         "  File
>> \"/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py\", line 69,
>> in view\n    return self.dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)\n",
>>         "  File
>> \"/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py\", line 87,
>> in dispatch\n    return handler(request, *args, **kwargs)\n",
>>         "  File
>> \"/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pulp/server/webservices/views/decorators.py\",
>> line 241, in _auth_decorator\n    return _verify_auth(self, operation,
>> super_user_only, method, *args, **kwargs)\n",
>>         "  File
>> \"/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pulp/server/webservices/views/decorators.py\",
>> line 195, in _verify_auth\n    value = method(self, *args, **kwargs)\n",
>>         "  File
>> \"/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pulp/server/webservices/views/search.py\",
>> line 108, in get\n    return self._generate_response(query, options, *args,
>> **kwargs)\n",
>>         "  File
>> \"/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pulp/server/webservices/views/repositories.py\",
>> line 285, in _generate_response\n    criteria =
>> UnitAssociationCriteria.from_client_input(query)\n",
>>         "  File
>> \"/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pulp/server/db/model/criteria.py\", line
>> 286, in from_client_input\n    association_fields =
>> _validate_fields(fields.pop('association', None))\n"
>>     ]
>> }
>>
>> I also can't work out how to get it to accept a filter to restrict the
>> results by a field value:
>>
>> e.g.
>> search = {
>>   "criteria": { "filters": {"created": { "gt": {"$date":
>> "2015-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}}},
>>   "limit":1
>> }
>> response = requests.post(API_URL +
>> '/repositories/test_repo/search/units/'. cert=blah, data=json.dumps(search))
>>
>> Result: 400 error with description: "Invalid properties: ['created']
>>
>> or even simpler:
>>
>> search = {
>>   "criteria": { "filters": {"repo_id": "test_repo"}},
>>   "limit":1
>> }
>> response = requests.post(API_URL +
>> '/repositories/test_repo/search/units/'. cert=blah, data=json.dumps(search))
>>
>> Result: 400 error with description: "Invalid properties: ['repo_id']
>>
>> (obviously I wouldn't actually try to limit by repo_id given it's already
>> limited by that in the URL)
>>
>> Clearly I'm doing something wrong, any help is appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Paul
>>
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