PYXECM

A python library to interact with Opentext Content Mangement REST API. The product API documentation is available on OpenText Developer Detailed documentation of this package is available here.

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 docs:

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 here: sample-environment-variables
• Create an payload file to define what the customizer should do, as described here payload-syntax

pip install pyxecm[customizer]

pyxecm-customizer PAYLOAD.tfvars/PAYLOAD.yaml

Quick start - API

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

pip install pyxecm[api,customizer]

pyxecm-api

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