4.2. API Requests with Ruby

Performs a GET using the passed URL location
Performs a POST and passes the data to the URL location
Creates a hash with ids mapping to names for an array of records
Get list of existing organizations
Get list of organization's lifecycle environments
Exit the script if at least one life cycle environment already exists

#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

url = 'https://satellite.example.com/api/v2/'
katello_url = "#{url}/katello/api/v2/"

$username = 'admin'
$password = 'changeme'

org_name = "MyOrg"
environments = [ "Development", "Testing", "Production" ]

# Performs a GET using the passed URL location
def get_json(location)
  response = RestClient::Request.new(
    :method => :get,
    :url => location,
    :user => $username,
    :password => $password,
    :headers => { :accept => :json,
    :content_type => :json }
  ).execute
  JSON.parse(response.to_str)
end

# Performs a POST and passes the data to the URL location
def post_json(location, json_data)
  response = RestClient::Request.new(
    :method => :post,
    :url => location,
    :user => $username,
    :password => $password,
    :headers => { :accept => :json,
    :content_type => :json},
    :payload => json_data
  ).execute
  JSON.parse(response.to_str)
end

# Creates a hash with ids mapping to names for an array of records
def id_name_map(records)
  records.inject({}) do |map, record|
    map.update(record['id'] => record['name'])
  end
end

# Get list of existing organizations
orgs = get_json("#{katello_url}/organizations")
org_list = id_name_map(orgs['results'])

if !org_list.has_value?(org_name)
  # If our organization is not found, create it
  puts "Creating organization: \t#{org_name}"
  org_id = post_json("#{katello_url}/organizations", JSON.generate({"name"=> org_name}))["id"]
else
  # Our organization exists, so let's grab it
  org_id = org_list.key(org_name)
  puts "Organization \"#{org_name}\" exists"
end

# Get list of organization's lifecycle environments
envs = get_json("#{katello_url}/organizations/#{org_id}/environments")
env_list = id_name_map(envs['results'])
prior_env_id = env_list.key("Library")

# Exit the script if at least one life cycle environment already exists
environments.each do |e|
  if env_list.has_value?(e)
    puts "ERROR: One of the Environments is not unique to organization"
    exit
  end
end

 # Create life cycle environments
environments.each do |environment|
  puts "Creating environment: \t#{environment}"
  prior_env_id = post_json("#{katello_url}/organizations/#{org_id}/environments", JSON.generate({"name" => environment, "organization_id" => org_id, "prior_id" => prior_env_id}))["id"]
end