PYXECM

A Python library to interact with the OpenText Content Management REST APIs.

• Product API documentation: OpenText Developer
• Documentation of this package: opentext.github.io/pyxecm

Quick start - Library usage

Install the latest version from pypi:

pip install pyxecm

Start using the package libraries

Example usage of the OTCS class. More details can be found in the documentation:

from pyxecm import OTCS

otcs_object = OTCS(
    protocol="https",
    hostname="otcs.domain.tld",
    port=443,
    public_url="otcs.domain.tld",
    username="admin",
    password="********",
    base_path="/cs/llisapi.dll",
)

otcs_object.authenticate()

nodes = otcs_object.get_subnodes(2000)

for node in nodes["results"]:
    print(node["data"]["properties"]["id"], node["data"]["properties"]["name"])

Quick start - Customizer usage

• Create an .env file as described in Customizer Settings.
• Create a payload file that defines what the Customizer should do, as described in Payload Syntax.

pip install "pyxecm[customizer]"

pyxecm-customizer PAYLOAD.yaml   # or PAYLOAD.tfvars

Quick start - API

• Install pyxecm with the api and customizer extras
• Launch the REST API server
• Access the Customizer API at http://localhost:8000/api

pip install "pyxecm[api,customizer]"

pyxecm-api

Disclaimer

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