ipsdk

The Itential Python SDK provides a client implementation in Python for writing scripts that can make API calls to Itential Platform or Itential Automation Gateway 4.x.

Features

• Easy API requests with automatic authentication
• Support for OAuth and user/password login
• Customizable connection settings
• Centralized logging configuration

Getting started

Requirements

• Python 3.8 or higher
• httpx >= 0.28.1

Tested Python Versions

Python Version	Status	Notes
3.10	✅ Tested	Minimum recommended version
3.11	✅ Tested	Full support
3.12	✅ Tested	Full support
3.13	✅ Tested	Latest stable release
3.14	🔄 Beta	Development/preview testing

The SDK is automatically tested against Python 3.10-3.13 in our CI pipeline to ensure compatibility across all supported versions.

Installation

Install ipsdk using pip:

$ pip install ipsdk

Or using uv (recommended for development):

$ uv add ipsdk

The ipsdk package provides factory functions for connecting to either Itential Platform or Itential Automation Gateway.

The platform_factory(...) function creates a connection to Itential Platform The gateway_factory(...) function creates a connection to Itential Automation Gateway

Use one of the factory functions to create a new connection to the server and send requests.

>>> import ipsdk
>>> platform = ipsdk.platform_factory(host="platform.itential.dev", user="admin@pronghorn")
>>> res = platform.get("/health/server")
>>> res
<Response [200 OK]>
>>> res.text
'{"version":"15.8.10-2023.2.44","release":"2023.2.9"...`

The above works the same for Itential Automation Gateway, simply use gateway_factory instead of platform_factory to connect to Itential Automation Gateway.

Itential Python SDK also supports using asyncio to connect to servers as well. The example below demonstrates how to connect to the server using an async connection.

import asyncio
import ipsdk

async def main():
    p = ipsdk.platform_factory(
        host="platform.itential.dev",
        user="admin@pronghorn",
        want_async=True
    )

    res = await p.get("/adapters")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

The connection object supports the following HTTP methods:

• GET - Sends a HTTP GET request to the server and returns the results
• POST - Sends a HTTP POST request to the server and returns the results
• PUT - Sends a HTTP PUT request to the server and returns the results
• DELETE - Sends a HTTP DELETE request to the server and returns the results
• PATCH - Sends a HTTP PATCH request to the server and returns the results

The following table shows the keyword arguments for each HTTP method:

Keyword	GET	POST	PUT	DELETE	PATCH
path	Required	Required	Required	Required	Required
params	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional
json	Not Supported	Optional	Optional	Not Supported	Optional

The path argument specifies the relative path of the URI. This value is prepended to the base URL. The base URL for Itential Platform is <host> and the base URL for Itential Automation Gateway is <host>/api/v2.0.

The params argument accepts a dict object that is transformed into the URL query string. For example, if params={"foo": "bar"} the resulting query string would be ?foo=bar

The json argument accepts the payload to send in the request as JSON. This argument accepts either a list or dict object. When specified, the data will automatically be converted to a JSON string and the Content-Type and Accept headers will be set to application/json.

Configuration

Both the platform_factory and gateway_factory functions support configuration using keyword arguments. The table below shows the keyword arguments for each function along with their default value.

Keyword	platform_factory	gateway_factory
host	localhost	localhost
port	0	0
use_tls	True	True
verify	True	True
user	admin	admin@itential
password	admin	admin
client_id	None	Not Supported
client_secret	None	Not Supported
timeout	30	30
want_async	False	False

Development

For development setup, testing, and contribution guidelines, see the Development Guide.

License

This project is licensed under the GPLv3 open source license. See license