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docs: convert 'python' page to rst
Signed-off-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com>
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'formatstoragecaps',
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'formatstoragecaps',
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'index',
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'index',
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'internals',
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'internals',
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'python',
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'remote',
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'remote',
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'storage',
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'storage',
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'tlscerts',
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'tlscerts',
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'php',
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'php',
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'platforms',
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'platforms',
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'programming-languages',
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'programming-languages',
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'python',
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'securityprocess',
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'securityprocess',
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'strategy',
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'strategy',
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'styleguide',
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'styleguide',
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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<body>
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<h1>Python API bindings</h1>
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<p>The Python binding should be complete and are mostly automatically
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generated from the formal description of the API in xml. The bindings are
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articulated around 2 classes <code>virConnect</code> and virDomain mapping to
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the C types. Functions in the C API taking either type as argument then
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becomes methods for the classes, their name is just stripped from the
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virConnect or virDomain(Get) prefix and the first letter gets converted to
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lower case, for example the C functions:</p>
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<p>
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<code>int <a href="html/libvirt-libvirt-domain.html#virConnectNumOfDomains">virConnectNumOfDomains</a>
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(virConnectPtr conn);</code>
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</p>
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<p>
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<code>int <a href="html/libvirt-libvirt-domain.html#virDomainSetMaxMemory">virDomainSetMaxMemory</a>
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(virDomainPtr domain, unsigned long memory);</code>
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</p>
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<p>become</p>
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<p>
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<code>virConnect::numOfDomains(self)</code>
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</p>
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<p>
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<code>virDomain::setMaxMemory(self, memory)</code>
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</p>
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<p>This process is fully automated, you can get a summary of the conversion
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in the file libvirtclass.txt present in the python dir or in the docs.There
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is a couple of function who don't map directly to their C counterparts due to
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specificities in their argument conversions:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><code><a href="html/libvirt-libvirt-domain.html#virConnectListDomains">virConnectListDomains</a></code>
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is replaced by <code>virDomain::listDomainsID(self)</code> which returns
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a list of the integer ID for the currently running domains</li>
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<li><code><a href="html/libvirt-libvirt-domain.html#virDomainGetInfo">virDomainGetInfo</a></code>
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is replaced by <code>virDomain::info()</code> which returns a list of
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<ol><li>state: one of the state values (virDomainState)</li><li>maxMemory: the maximum memory used by the domain</li><li>memory: the current amount of memory used by the domain</li><li>nbVirtCPU: the number of virtual CPU</li><li>cpuTime: the time used by the domain in nanoseconds</li></ol></li>
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</ul>
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<p>So let's look at a simple example:</p>
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<pre>import <span style="color: #0071FF; background-color: #FFFFFF">libvirt</span>
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import sys
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try:
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conn = <span style="color: #0071FF; background-color: #FFFFFF">libvirt</span>.openReadOnly(None)
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except <span style="color: #0071FF; background-color: #FFFFFF">libvirt</span>.libvirtError:
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print('Failed to open connection to the hypervisor')
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sys.exit(1)
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try:
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dom0 = conn.<span style="color: #007F00; background-color: #FFFFFF">lookupByName</span>("Domain-0")
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except <span style="color: #0071FF; background-color: #FFFFFF">libvirt</span>.libvirtError:
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print('Failed to find the main domain')
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sys.exit(1)
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print("Domain 0: id %d running %s" % (dom0.<span style="color: #FF0080; background-color: #FFFFFF">ID</span>(), dom0.<span style="color: #FF0080; background-color: #FFFFFF">OSType</span>()))
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print(dom0.<span style="color: #FF0080; background-color: #FFFFFF">info</span>())</pre>
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<p>There is not much to comment about it, it really is a straight mapping
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from the C API, the only points to notice are:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>the import of the module called <code><span style="color: #0071FF; background-color: #FFFFFF">libvirt</span></code></li>
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<li>getting a connection to the hypervisor, in that case using the
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openReadOnly function allows the code to execute as a normal user.</li>
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<li>getting an object representing the Domain 0 using <span style="color: #007F00; background-color: #FFFFFF">lookupByName</span></li>
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<li>if the domain is not found a libvirtError exception will be raised</li>
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<li>extracting and printing some information about the domain using
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various <span style="color: #E50073; background-color: #FFFFFF">methods</span>
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associated to the virDomain class.</li>
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</ul>
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</body>
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</html>
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docs/python.rst
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docs/python.rst
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===================
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Python API bindings
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===================
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The Python binding should be complete and are mostly automatically generated
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from the formal description of the API in xml. The bindings are articulated
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around 2 classes ``virConnect`` and virDomain mapping to the C types. Functions
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in the C API taking either type as argument then becomes methods for the
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classes, their name is just stripped from the virConnect or virDomain(Get)
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prefix and the first letter gets converted to lower case, for example the C
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functions:
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``int virConnectNumOfDomains (virConnectPtr conn);``
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``int virDomainSetMaxMemory (virDomainPtr domain, unsigned long memory);``
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become
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``virConnect::numOfDomains(self)``
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``virDomain::setMaxMemory(self, memory)``
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This process is fully automated, you can get a summary of the conversion in the
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file libvirtclass.txt present in the python dir or in the docs.There is a couple
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of function who don't map directly to their C counterparts due to specificities
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in their argument conversions:
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- ``virConnectListDomains`` is replaced by ``virDomain::listDomainsID(self)``
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which returns a list of the integer ID for the currently running domains
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- ``virDomainGetInfo`` is replaced by ``virDomain::info()`` which returns a
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list of
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#. state: one of the state values (virDomainState)
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#. maxMemory: the maximum memory used by the domain
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#. memory: the current amount of memory used by the domain
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#. nbVirtCPU: the number of virtual CPU
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#. cpuTime: the time used by the domain in nanoseconds
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So let's look at a simple example:
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import libvirt
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import sys
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try:
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conn = libvirt.openReadOnly(None)
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except libvirt.libvirtError:
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print('Failed to open connection to the hypervisor')
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sys.exit(1)
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try:
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dom0 = conn.lookupByName("Domain-0")
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except libvirt.libvirtError:
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print('Failed to find the main domain')
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sys.exit(1)
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print("Domain 0: id %d running %s" % (dom0.ID(), dom0.OSType()))
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print(dom0.info())
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There is not much to comment about it, it really is a straight mapping from the
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C API, the only points to notice are:
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- the import of the module called ``libvirt``
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- getting a connection to the hypervisor, in that case using the openReadOnly
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function allows the code to execute as a normal user.
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- getting an object representing the Domain 0 using lookupByName
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- extracting and printing some information about the domain using various
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methods associated to the virDomain class.
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