Exporting data out of LAVA¶
XML-RPC¶
LAVA uses XML-RPC to communicate between dispatchers and the server and methods are available to query various information in LAVA.
Warning
When using XML-RPC to communicate with a remote server,
check whether https://
can be used to protect the token.
http://
connections to a remote XML-RPC server will
transmit the token in plaintext. Not all servers have
https://
configured. If a token becomes compromised,
login to that LAVA instance and delete the token before
creating a new one.
The general structure of an XML-RPC call can be shown in this python snippet:
import xmlrpclib
import json
config = json.dumps({ ... })
server=xmlrpclib.ServerProxy("http://username:API-Key@localhost:8001/RPC2/")
jobid=server.scheduler.submit_job(config)
XML-RPC can also be used to query data anonymously:
import xmlrpclib
server = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy("http://sylvester.codehelp/RPC2")
print server.system.listMethods()
Individual XML-RPC commands are documented on the API Help page.