Utils

class pyeapi.utils.ProxyCall(proxy, method)[source]

Bases: object

pyeapi.utils.collapse_range(arg, value_delimiter=',', range_delimiter='-')[source]

Collapses a list of values into a range set

Parameters
  • arg – The list of values to collapse

  • value_delimiter – The delimiter that separates values

  • range_delimiter – The delimiter that separates a value range

Returns

An array of collapsed string values

Return type

list

pyeapi.utils.debug(text)[source]

Log a message to syslog and stderr

Parameters

text (str) – The string object to print

pyeapi.utils.expand_range(arg, value_delimiter=',', range_delimiter='-')[source]

Expands a delimited string of ranged integers into a list of strings

Parameters
  • arg – The string range to expand

  • value_delimiter – The delimiter that separates values

  • range_delimiter – The delimiter that signifies a range of values

Returns

An array of expanded string values

Return type

list

pyeapi.utils.import_module(name)[source]

Imports a module into the current runtime environment

This function emulates the Python import system that allows for importing full path modules. It will break down the module and import each part (or skip if it is already loaded in cache).

Parameters

name (str) – The name of the module to import. This should be the full path of the module

Returns

The module that was imported

pyeapi.utils.islocalconnection()[source]

Checks if running locally on EOS device or remotely

This function will return a boolean indicating if the current execution environment is running locally on an EOS device (True) or running remotely and communicating over HTTP/S (False)

Returns

A boolean value that indicates whether or not the current

thread is local or remote

pyeapi.utils.load_module(name)[source]

Attempts to load a module into the current environment

This function will load a module specified by name. The module name is first checked to see if it is already loaded and will return the module if it is. If the module hasn’t been previously loaded it will attempt to import it

Parameters

name (str) – Specifies the full name of the module. For instance pyeapi.api.vlans

Returns

The module that has been imported or retrieved from the sys modules

pyeapi.utils.lookahead(it)[source]
pyeapi.utils.make_iterable(value)[source]

Converts the supplied value to a list object

This function will inspect the supplied value and return an iterable in the form of a list.

Parameters

value (object) – An valid Python object

Returns

An iterable object of type list