onspring-api-sdk-python/README.md

# Onspring API Python SDK

The python SDK for **version 2** of the Onspring API is meant to simplify development in Python for Onspring customers who want to build integrations with their Onspring instance.

## Installation

Install the SDK using pip:

`pip install onspring-api-sdk-python`

## API Key

In order to successfully interact with the Onspring Api you will need an API key. API keys are obtained by an Onspring user with permissions to at least **Read** API Keys for your instance via the following steps:

1. Login to the Onspring instance.
2. Navigate to **Administration** > **Security** > **API Keys**
3. On the list page, add a new API Key - this will require **Create** permissions - or click an existing API key to view its details.
4. Click on the **Developer Information** tab.
5. Copy the **X-ApiKey Header** value from this tab.

## Start Coding

The most common way to use the SDK is to create an OnspringClient instance and call its methods. Its constructor requires two parameters:

- `baseUrl` - currently this should always be: `https://api.onspring.com`
- `apiKey` - the value obtained by following the steps in the **API Key** section

It is best practice to read these values in from a configuration file for both flexibility and security purposes.

For example:

```py
import sys
from OnspringClient import OnspringClient
from configparser import ConfigParser

cfg = ConfigParser()
cfg.read('config.ini')

key = cfg['prod']['key']
url = cfg['prod']['url']

client = OnspringClient(url, key)
```

## Full API Documentation

You may wish to refer to the full [Onspring API documentation](https://software.onspring.com/hubfs/Training/Admin%20Guide%20-%20v2%20API.pdf) when determining which values to pass parameters to some of the `OnspringClient` methods. There is also a swagger page that you can use for making exploratory requests.

## Example Code

The examples that follow assume you have created an `OnspringClient` as described in the **Start Coding** section.