Qizx-Python

A Python interface for the for Qualcomm Qizx Database.

Usage

The client can be used directly from the command line (after installation):

sh
qizxpy eval --library phonedb '//employee/name'

Or as a module from your program:

python
import qizx
from lxml import etree

client = qizx.Client(url='https://user:pass@qizx-server.mycompany.com/api')
result = etree.XML(client.eval('//employee/name', library='phonedb', raw=True))

for name in result:
    print('%s' % (name.text,))

The url parameter to qizx.Client can also specify a configuration file section (see below). See the pydocs for details of other operations.

Configuration

The client configuration is stored in a yaml formatted file, by default in either $HOME/.qizx or .qizx in the working directory.

The configuration file can have multiple sections with different configurations. The command-line tool uses the qizx section by default.

Each section can have the following parameters:

url: The API url for the server (including username and password)
verify: Control SSL certificate verification for https URLs
cert: Specifies a client-side SSL certificate

An example complete configuration file is:

yaml
[qizx]
url: https://admin:SparkleMotion123@qizx-server.mycompany.com/api
verify: False

Installing

To install the module from source:

sh
pip install .

Testing

To run the unit tests:

sh
python setup.py test

(requires a connection to be configured with write access)

Compatibility