[Resolved] Package development

[chnateag]

Hello,


I imagine this isn't necessarily intended for this, but I wanted to try calling a web page to force a FusionInventory update via the installation script by calling the local web server (127.0.0.1:62354/now). In theory, this works with the correct module, but I noticed that the module isn't part of WAPT at build time.

Are there only those listed at this address: https://github.com/tranquilit/WAPT ?
If so, is it possible to add more?

Thanks in advance for your replies.

[htouvet]

You probably already have what you need in the standard Python that comes with Wapt.

This should work:

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from setuphelpers import *

def install():
    # faire ce qu'il faut

    # lancer l'inventaire Fusion Inventory...
    print(wgets('http://127.0.0.1:62354/now',proxies = {'http':None}))
 

[chnateag]

Oh yeah, thanks. I didn't think you could use wget like that in Python. I'll look at the documentation a bit more, but I thought I'd absolutely need a module.

So I guess that's right, we're limited to the built-in modules?

Edit: After checking, I can't find wgets in the Python documentation. I'm used to the PHP documentation, but I'm a bit lost here. I can't even find which library it comes from via Google, nor by looking in the Git libraries. Can you point me in the right direction?

[htouvet]

In standard Python, you can use urllib2, which allows you to make HTTP requests.
You can also use the requests module (which is integrated into Wapt).

In Wapt's "setuphelpers" module, a number of functions used during installation are defined or grouped.

`wget` and `wgets` are two functions defined in setuphelpers that act as wrappers on top of the requests module.

You can find documentation on setuphelpers here: https://dev.tranquil.it/sphinxdocs/sour ... lpers.wget.

You can add modules external to Wapt to your package; they will be available during the installation phase, but not during the uninstallation phase, unless you copy them to a persistent location during package installation.

[chnateag]

Okay, I'll take a look at all of that; there seems to be quite a lot in there already.

Thanks again