Write Custom Script in Python

Write Custom Script in Python

You need working knowledge of:
  1. JSON
  2. Python

Custom Script File Structure 

  1. Import required packages
  2. Get input arguments
  3. Implement the logic
  4. Return JSON

Frequently Used Packages 

Package
Usage
Sys
Fetches the input arguments
json
Manipulates JSON data
requests
Makes API calls
datetime
Transforms time from milliseconds to the required date format
 

Getting Input Arguments 

The script file arguments can be fetched using sys.argv[index] where index starts from 1 to the number of arguments passed.
When the argument passed is $COMPLETE_V3_JSON_FILE (the path to the file containing the request JSON), the JSON file can be read using the following snippet:
file_Path = sys.argv[1] 
with open(file_Path) as data_file: 
data = json.load(data_file) 

Implementing the Logic 

Snippet to make API call:
 with requests.Session() as s: 
 url = 'api_url' 
 r = s.post(url,verify=True, data=post_data,headers=headers) 

Construct the api_url, post_data and headers as required.
Snippet to transform time from millisec to required date format:

date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(int(millisec)/1e3).strftime('%d %b %Y, %H:%M:%S')

Constructing Return JSON 

A sample JSON such as {"key":"value"} construction:
json = {} 
json["key"] = "value" 
print(json)

A sample JSON array such as [{"key":"value"}] construction:
json = {} 
json["key"] = "value" 
result = [] 
result.append(json) 
print(result) 

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