enigma2_http_api's main goal is providing a thin wrapper library for the Enigma2:WebInterface. Using the library may help controlling enigma2 based STBs either from the enigma2 device itself or from a remote host.
The latest online documentation is available here.
In order to install enigma2_http_api using pip one might take the following steps:
cd /tmp
opkg install python-distutils python-xmlrpc python-compile python-unittest python-doctest
wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
python ./get-pip.py
pip install enigma2_http_api