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  <div class="section" id="module-vmware.vapi.lib">
<span id="vmware-vapi-lib-package"></span><h1>vmware.vapi.lib package<a class="headerlink" href="#module-vmware.vapi.lib" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<div class="section" id="submodules">
<h2>Submodules<a class="headerlink" href="#submodules" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
</div>
<div class="section" id="module-vmware.vapi.lib.connect">
<span id="vmware-vapi-lib-connect-module"></span><h2>vmware.vapi.lib.connect module<a class="headerlink" href="#module-vmware.vapi.lib.connect" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>vAPI Connection factory</p>
<dl class="function">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.lib.connect.check_file_exists">
<code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.lib.connect.</code><code class="descname">check_file_exists</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>filename</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.lib.connect.check_file_exists" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Check if name is a file and exists</p>
<p>:type  <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code>
:param file name</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.lib.connect.get_connector">
<code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.lib.connect.</code><code class="descname">get_connector</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>rpc_provider_name</em>, <em>msg_protocol</em>, <em>ssl_context=None</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.lib.connect.get_connector" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Create a connection to the vAPI Provider using the specified arguments</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple">
<li><strong>rpc_provider_name</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code>) – The RPC provider to be used for the connection.
Valid values are ‘http’, ‘https’ and ‘requests’</li>
<li><strong>msg_protocol</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code>) – The message protocol to be used for the connection.
Valid values are ‘json’.</li>
<li><strong>ssl_context</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OpenSSL.SSL.Context</span></code>) – SSL context to use for SSL connections</li>
<li><strong>kwargs</strong> – Additional arguments for the RPC provider</li>
</ul>
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</tr>
<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.protocol.client.connector.Connector</span></code></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">Connection to the vAPI provider</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.lib.connect.get_requests_connector">
<code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.lib.connect.</code><code class="descname">get_requests_connector</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>session</em>, <em>msg_protocol='json'</em>, <em>url=None</em>, <em>timeout=None</em>, <em>pool_size=8</em>, <em>provider_filter_chain=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.lib.connect.get_requests_connector" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Create a connection that uses ‘requests’ library for http(s) connections to
a vAPI Provider.</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple">
<li><strong>session</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">requests.Session</span></code>) – Session object</li>
<li><strong>msg_protocol</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code>) – Message protocol to be used for the connection. Valid
values are ‘json’.</li>
<li><strong>url</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code>) – HTTP(S) URL to be used</li>
<li><strong>timeout</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">int</span></code>) – Request timeout</li>
<li><strong>pool_size</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">int</span></code>) – Connection pool size to be used</li>
<li><strong>provider_filter_chain</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">list</span></code> of
<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.provider.filter.ApiProviderFilter</span></code>) – List of API filters in order they are to be
chained</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.protocol.client.connector.Connector</span></code></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">Connection to the vAPI provider</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.lib.connect.get_requests_hok_connector">
<code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.lib.connect.</code><code class="descname">get_requests_hok_connector</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>session</em>, <em>msg_protocol='json'</em>, <em>url=None</em>, <em>timeout=None</em>, <em>pool_size=8</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.lib.connect.get_requests_hok_connector" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Create a connection that uses SAML Hok based authentication using ‘requests’
library to connect to a vAPI Provider.</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple">
<li><strong>session</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">requests.Session</span></code>) – Session object</li>
<li><strong>msg_protocol</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code>) – Message protocol to be used for the connection. Valid
values are ‘json’.</li>
<li><strong>url</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code>) – HTTP(S) URL to be used</li>
<li><strong>timeout</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">int</span></code>) – Request timeout</li>
<li><strong>pool_size</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">int</span></code>) – Connection pool size to be used</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.protocol.client.connector.Connector</span></code></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">Connection to the vAPI provider</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="vmware.vapi.lib.connect.get_saml_hok_connector">
<code class="descclassname">vmware.vapi.lib.connect.</code><code class="descname">get_saml_hok_connector</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>rpc_provider_name</em>, <em>msg_protocol='json'</em>, <em>ssl_context=None</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#vmware.vapi.lib.connect.get_saml_hok_connector" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Create a connection that uses SAML Hok based authentication
to connect to a vAPI Provider</p>
<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple">
<li><strong>rpc_provider_name</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code>) – The RPC provider to be used for the connection.
Valid values are ‘http’, ‘https’ or ‘requests’</li>
<li><strong>msg_protocol</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code>) – The message protocol to be used for the connection.
Valid values are ‘json’.</li>
<li><strong>ssl_context</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">OpenSSL.SSL.Context</span></code>) – SSL context to use for SSL connections</li>
<li><strong>kwargs</strong> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dict</span></code> of <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code> and <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code>) – Additional arguments for the RPC provider</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">vmware.vapi.protocol.client.connector.Connector</span></code></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">Connection to the vAPI provider</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</dd></dl>

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