Python requests library

With a little bit of boilerplate code, you can use the Python requests library to make API calls.

For more information about the requests library, refer to Requests: HTTP for Humans™.
For more information about the structure of API calls, see Anatomy of an API request.

Tip

Zenoss recommends using Python with the zenApiLib rather than the requests library.

Get a list of devices

Import the requests and json libraries; pprint is optional.
```
import requests, json, pprint
```

Set your router endpoint URL, headers, SSL verification, and your username and password.

api_endpoint = 'https://my_zenoss_instance.company.com/zport/dmd/device_router'
api_headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
api_ssl = True
api_username = 'myApiUsername'
api_password = 'my$up3rS3cUr3ApiP@$$w0rd'

Build the API request.

api_action = 'DeviceRouter'
api_method = 'getDevices'
api_data = []

payload = json.dumps({'action': api_action,
                      'method': api_method,
                      'data': api_data,
                      'tid': 1})

Make the API request.

response = requests.post(api_endpoint,
                         payload,
                         headers=api_headers,
                         auth=(api_username, api_password),
                         verify=api_ssl)

Use pprint to view the result.
```
pprint.pprint(response.json())
```