10.3. Python Client Code

The following code is an example of interacting with the Red Hat JBoss Data Grid REST API using Python. The provided code requires only the standard HTTP library.

Example 10.2. Using the REST API with Python

import httplib  

#How to insert data

conn = httplib.HTTPConnection("localhost:8080")
data = "SOME DATA HERE \!" #could be string, or a file...
conn.request("POST", "/rest/default/0", data, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"})
response = conn.getresponse()
print response.status

#How to retrieve data

import httplib
conn = httplib.HTTPConnection("localhost:8080")
conn.request("GET", "/rest/default/0")
response = conn.getresponse()
print response.status
print response.read()