Simple REST client to use with DeltaCloud API

restclient.py

from httplib2 import Http
from urllib import urlencode
import libxml2

class RestClient:
    """A simple REST client library"""
    
    def __init__(self, api_url, api_user, api_password):
      self.url, self.user, self.password = api_url, api_user, api_password
      self.client = Http()
      self.client.follow_all_redirect = True
      self.client.add_credentials(self.user, self.password)

    def GET(self, uri):
      status, response = self.client.request('{url}{uri}'.format(url=self.url, uri=uri), 'GET', headers={'accept':'application/xml'})
      response = self.parse_xml(response)
      return status, response

    def POST(self, uri, params={}):
      if not params:
	params = {}
      status, response = self.client.request('{url}{uri}'.format(url=self.url, uri=uri), 'POST',
	  urlencode(params), headers={'accept':'application/xml'})
      response = self.parse_xml(response)
      return status, response

    def DELETE(self, uri):
      return self.client.request('{url}{uri}'.format(url=self.url, uri=uri), 'DELETE')

    def PUT(self, uri):
      return self.client.request('{url}{uri}'.format(url=self.url, uri=uri), 'PUT')

    def parse_xml(self, response):
      return libxml2.parseDoc(response)



restclient = RestClient('http://10.34.37.122:3002/api', 'mockuser', 'mockpassword')

# List all images
#
status, content = restclient.GET('/images')
print content

# Create new instance
#
status, content = restclient.POST('/instances', { 'image_id':'img1' })
print content

# Stop running instance
#
# status, content = restclient.POST('/instances/inst7/stop')
# print status
# print content

# Destroy instance
#
#status, content = restclient.DELETE('/instances/inst5')
#print status
#print content