Redmine

h1. Using the REST API with Python

Here is the two well-known options for using REST API with python. 

# "Python library":https://github.com/ianepperson/pyredminews

# "PyActiveResource":http://code.google.com/p/pyactiveresource/

# "PyRed python library":https://github.com/alourie/pyred

h2. *Python library* example:

Suppose Eric fell ill and was out for several days. You need to crawl through the project called Parrot and move any due date for issues assigned to Eric out by two more weeks.

The dateutil library contains a handy method called reativedelta for calculating relative dates.

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# Import the Redmine class

from redmine import Redmine

from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta

server = Redmine('http://my-server.com', username='Me', password='seakrit')

project = server.projects['parrot']

# Find Eric in the user data

for u in server.users:

    if u.firstname == 'Eric' and u.lastname == 'Idle':

       user = u

       break

else:

    raise Exception("Didn't find Eric Idle in the user dateabase")

# Extend issues in project assigned to user by two weeks

for issue in project.issues(assigned_to_id=user.id):

    if issue.due_date is not None:

       issue.due_date += relativedelta(weeks=+2)

       issue.save('Giving Eric more time to complete - he was out ill')

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h2. *PyActiveResource* example:

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# Importing pyactiveresource

from pyactiveresource.activeresource import ActiveResource

class Issue(ActiveResource):

    _site = 'http://redmine.foo.org'

    _user = 'username'

    _password = 'password'

# Get issues

issues = Issue.find()

# Get a specific issue, from its id

issue = Issue.find(1345)

# Issue attributes

# Updating an attribute

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h2. *Pyred* example: TBD