Metadata-Version: 2.0
Name: pyral
Version: 1.2.3
Summary: Python toolkit for Rally REST API
Home-page: https://github.com/RallyTools/RallyRestToolkitForPython
Author: Kip Lehman (Rally Software Development)
Author-email: klehman@rallydev.com
License: BSD
Download-URL: https://github.com/RallyTools/RallyRestToolkitForPython/raw/master/dist/pyral-1.2.3.zip
Keywords: rally,agilecentral,api
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
Classifier: Environment :: Web Environment
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
Classifier: Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries
Requires-Dist: requests (>=2.8.1)
Requires-Dist: six

pyral - A Python toolkit for the Rally REST API
===============================================


The `pyral <http://github.com/RallyTools/RallyRestToolkitForPython>`_ package enables you to push, pull
and otherwise wrangle the data in your Rally subscription using the popular
and productive Python language.
The ``pyral`` package provides a smooth and easy to use veneer on top
of the Rally REST Web Services API using JSON.

As of July 2015, the Rally Software Development company was acquired by CA Technologies.
The Rally product itself has been rebranded as 'Agile Central'.  Over time, the documentation
will transition from using the term 'Rally' to using 'Agile Central'.


.. contents::

Getting started
---------------

Rally has created a Python package that you can quickly leverage to interact with the data in your 
subscription via the REST web services API.  You can create, read, update, and delete the common 
artifacts and other entities via the Python toolkit for Rally.

Download
````````

Files are available at the `download page`_ .

.. _download page: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyral

The git repository is available at https://github.com/RallyTools/RallyRestToolkitForPython


Installation
````````````

Obtain the requests_ package and install it according to that package's directions.
As of requests-2.0.0, there is support for HTTPS over HTTP proxy via the CONNECT request.
Use of requests-2.x or better is recommended for use with pyral.
The requests_ package can be found via the Python Package Index site (http://pypi/python.org/index).
The most recent release of pyral (1.2.3) has been tested using requests 2.8.1.

Obtain and install the six_ module (available from PyPI at https://pypi.python.org/pypi/six)


Unpack the ``pyral`` distribution file (zip or tar.gz) and then install the pyral_ package. 

:: 

    python setup.py install


Use whatever setup options you need for your particular Python environment.


Sanity Check
````````````

Fire up a command line Python interpreter.  Attempt to import the 
relevant packages.

:: 

   $ python
   Python 3.5.1 [other Python interpreter info elided ...]
   >> import requests
   >> import pyral
   >> pyral.__version__
   (1, 2, 3)



30 second highlight
```````````````````

Since Python is a very flexible and extensible language, we were able to make access to the object model 
extremely simple. For example, if you have a a UserStory instance returned by a ``pyral`` operation 
assigned to the name **story**, the following code iterates over the tasks.

::

    for task in story.Tasks:
       print task.Name

There is no need to make a separate call to fetch all the tasks for the story.
When you follow domain model attributes in the Python code, the Python toolkit for 
Rally REST API machinery automatically loads in the necessary objects for you.


Full Documentation
``````````````````

The complete documentation for the Python toolkit for Rally REST API 
is in the doc/build/html subdirectory in the repository.  
The rendered version of this is also available at 
http://pyral.readthedocs.io/en/latest/


Sample code
-----------

Common setup code ::

  import sys
  from pyral import Rally, rallyWorkset
  options = [arg for arg in sys.argv[1:] if arg.startswith('--')]
  args    = [arg for arg in sys.argv[1:] if arg not in options] 
  server, user, password, apikey, workspace, project = rallyWorkset(options)
  rally = Rally(server, user, password, apikey=apikey, workspace=workspace, project=project)
  rally.enableLogging('mypyral.log')

Show a TestCase identified by the **FormattedID** value.
  Copy the above boilerplate and the following code fragment and save it in a file named gettc.py

::

    query_criteria = 'FormattedID = "%s"' % args[0]
    response = rally.get('TestCase', fetch=True, query=query_criteria)
    if response.errors:
        sys.stdout.write("\n".join(errors))
        sys.exit(1)
    for testCase in response:  # there should only be one qualifying TestCase  
        print "%s %s %s %s" % (testCase.Name, testCase.Type,  
                               testCase.DefectStatus, testCase.LastVerdict)

- Run it by providing the FormattedID value of your targeted TestCase as a command line argument

    python gettc.py TC1184 

Get a list of workspaces and projects for your subscription
  Copy the above boilerplate and the following code fragment and save it in a file called wksprj.py 

::

   workspaces = rally.getWorkspaces()
   for wksp in workspaces:
       print "%s %s" % (wksp.oid, wksp.Name)
       projects = rally.getProjects(workspace=wksp.Name)
       for proj in projects:
           print "    %12.12s  %s" % (proj.oid, proj.Name)

- Run the script

    python wksprj.py 

Get a list of all users in a specific workspace
  Copy the above boilerplate and the following code fragment and save it in a file called allusers.py 

::

   all_users = rally.getAllUsers() 
       for user in all_users:
           tz   = user.UserProfile.TimeZone or 'default' 
           role = user.Role or '-No Role-'  
           values = (int(user.oid), user.Name, user.UserName, role, tz) 
           print("%12.12d %-24.24s %-30.30s %-12.12s" % values)

- Run the script

    python allusers.py --rallyWorkspace="Product Engineering"

Create a new Defect
  Copy the above boilerplate and the following code fragment and save it in a file called crdefect.py 

::

    proj = rally.getProject()

    # get the first (and hopefully only) user whose DisplayName is 'Sally Submitter' 
    user = rally.getUserInfo(name='Sally Submitter').pop(0) 

    defect_data = { "Project" : proj.ref, "SubmittedBy" : user.ref, 
                    "Name" : name, "Severity" : severity, "Priority" : priority,
                    "State" : "Open", "ScheduleState" : "Defined", 
                    "Description" : description }
    try:
        defect = rally.create('Defect', defect_data)
    except Exception, details:
        sys.stderr.write('ERROR: %s \n' % details)
        sys.exit(1)
    print "Defect created, ObjectID: %s  FormattedID: %s" % (defect.oid, defect.FormattedID)

- Run the script

    python crdefect.py <Name> <severity> <priority> <description>

  making sure to provide valid severity and priority values for your workspace


Update an existing Defect
  Copy the above boilerplate and the following code fragment and save it in a file called updefect.py . 

::

    defectID, customer, target_date, notes = args[:4] 
    # target_date must be in ISO-8601 format "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ"

    defect_data = { "FormattedID" : defectID, 
                    "Customer"    : customer, 
                    "TargetDate"  : target_date, 
                    "Notes"       : notes 
                  } 
   try:
       defect = rally.update('Defect', defect_data)
   except Exception, details: 
       sys.stderr.write('ERROR: %s \n' % details) 
       sys.exit(1)

   print "Defect %s updated" % defect.FormattedID

- Run the script

    python updefect.py <Defect FormattedID> <customer> <target_date> <notes text...>



Config Options
--------------

The ``pyral`` package uses a priority
chain of files, environment variables and command line arguments to set the 
configuration context when an instance of the Rally class is created.
See the complete documentation for detailed information on this mechanism.
Here's a brief description of how you can specify a configuration when you 
create an instance of the Rally class.  


*Configuration file settings*

====================================== =========================================
  Config file item                     Description
====================================== =========================================
  SERVER                               Rally server (example rally1.rallydev.com)
  USER                                 Rally subscription UserName value
  PASSWORD                             password for the Rally subscription UserName
  APIKEY                               Rally API Key value
  WORKSPACE                            Rally Workspace
  PROJECT                              Rally Project
====================================== =========================================

The item names in config files **are** case sensitive.

*Command line options*

====================================== =========================================
   Command line option                    Description
====================================== =========================================
  --rallyConfig=<config_file_name>      name of the file with settings for pyral
  --config=<config_file_name>           ditto
  --conf=<config_file_name>             ditto
  --cfg=<config_file_name>              ditto
  --rallyUser=<foo>                     your Rally UserName
  --rallyPassword=<bar>                 password associated with the Rally UserName
  --apikey=<APIKey>                     valid Rally API Key value
  --rallyWorkspace=<bar>                Workspace in Rally you want to interact with
  --rallyProject=<bar>                  Project in Rally you want to interact with
  --ping                                boolean, ping Rally server before connection attempt?
====================================== =========================================


Prerequisites
-------------

 * Python 2.6 or 2.7 (2.7 is preferred) OR
 * Python 3.5 (this package not tested with earlier versions of Python 3.x)
 * The requests_ package, 2.0.0 or better (2.0.0 finally includes support for https proxy),
   requests 2.8.1 is recommended.
 * The six_ package.

.. _requests: http://github.com/kennethreitz/requests
.. _six: https://bitbucket/gutworth/six

Versions
--------

  **1.2.3**
       Fixed restapi.py Rally.getAllowedValues method to accommodate custom fields
       Allow attribute payload for put and post to have a list of pyral.Entity instances
       as values for an attribute that is of type COLLECTION.

   **1.2.2**
       Allow for disambiguating Project amongst name duplications by means of using fully qualified path.
       Incorporated suggestion on preserving case name of custom PortfolioItem sub-item.
       Fixed discrepancy of docs versus code on default pagesize, now is actually 200 everywhere.
       Fix location of download package in GitHub repo.

   **1.2.1**
       Added mention that the six package is required.
       Fixed context setup for proper handling when a user has no default workspace/project settings.
       Corrected handling of allowedValues for attributes when the single allowedValue is a boolean value.
       Added an allowedValues.py example script.

   **1.2.0**
       Support for Python 3.5.x
       Begin deprecation sequence for pinging the Rally server before the connection attempt, 
       initially with this version, allow option on instantiation to bypass ping.
       Added ability to rankAbove, rankBelow, rankToTop, rankToBottom for an Artifact.
       Fixed defect where user has no default workspace or project.

       addAttachment now correctly handles binary file, attachment size limit increased to 50MB to match Agile Central limit.
       Exception generated when running getAllUsers when credentials are for non Subscription/Workspace Administrator has been fixed.
       Added ability to work with a single Workspace, which has beneficial performance effect for Subscriptions with a large number of Workspaces.
       Modified internal attribute handling to limit calls to get attribute's allowed values to qualifying attribute types.
       Added examples/updtag.py script.


   see the VERSIONS file for information pertaining to older releases


TODO
----
* Investigate permanent location for web-access to rendered documentation
* Dynamically construct the Rally schema hierarchy economically.


License
-------

BSD3-style license. Copyright (c) 2015-2016 CA Technologies, 2010-2015 Rally Software Development.

See the LICENSE file provided with the source distribution for full details.

Author
------

* Kip Lehman  <klehman@rallydev.com>

Additional Credits
------------------

* GitHub_ for repository hosting services.
* ReadTheDocs_ for documentation hosting services.

.. _GitHub: http://github.com/
.. _ReadTheDocs: http://readthedocs.org/



