OVH API client

A bash client for OVH API.

Dependencies

Depends on the following executables (might need manual installation):

Depends on the following core utilities (likely to be installed by default on most GNU/Linux distributions):

Initialize

Install

To install, run:

make DESTDIR=/ PREFIX=/usr install

Create an OVH API Application

In order to create a new OVH API application, run:

ovh-api-client --initApp

Create a Consumer Key

In order to create a new consumer key, run:

ovh-api-client --init

Options

Show help

ovh-api-client --help

Possible arguments are:

  --url <url>             : the API URL to call, for example /domains (default is /me)
  --method <method>       : the HTTP method to use, for example POST (default is GET)
  --data <JSON data>      : the data body to send with the request
  --target <CA|EU>        : the target API (default is EU)
  --init                  : to initialize the consumer key, and manage custom access rules file
  --initApp               : to initialize the API application
  --list-profile          : list available profiles in ~/.config/ovh-api-client/profile directory
  --profile <value>
            * default : from ~/.config/ovh-api-client/profile directory
            * <dir>   : from ~/.config/ovh-api-client/profile/<dir> directory

Usage

Just some examples:

To make a basic call on GET /me just run:

ovh-api-client

To retrieve your domain list, run:

ovh-api-client --url "/domain"

To activate the monitoring on your dedicated server, run:

ovh-api-client --method PUT --url "/dedicated/server/ns00000.ovh.net" --data '{"monitoring": true}'

To create a Consumer key for different account or usage (profile is created if missing)

ovh-api-client --profile demo1 --init
ovh-api-client --profile demo2 --init

Embedded lib for external scripts

See contrib/ directory