First steps using Shade to interact with OpenStack Swift API

shade-swift-getting-started.py

from shade import *

simple_logging(debug=True)
conn = openstack_cloud(cloud='ovh-boston-summit-cloud')

# Create a swift container
container_name = 'my-pets'
container = conn.create_container(container_name)

# List containers
print(conn.list_containers())

# Upload pictures inside a container
pets = {'Euler the Pomeranian': 'pets-pics/euler.jpg', 'An amazing Goat': 'pets-pics/goat.jpg'}
for object_name, file_path in pets.items():
	conn.create_object(container=container_name, name=object_name, filename=file_path)

# List objects inside a container
print '\nListing objets in %s' % container_name
print(conn.list_objects(container_name))

# Delete objects inside a container
print '\nDeleting objects in %s' % container_name
for object in conn.list_objects(container_name):
	print('Good bye %s!' % object['name'])
	conn.delete_object(container_name, object['name'])

# Delete an empty container
conn.delete_container(container_name)