5. Contribution

We welcome all contributions to axonius-api-client.

5.1. Support

For any support requests, bug reports, or feature requests you can:

5.2. Reporting Issues

When reporting issues, please include information for:

  • Output of axonshell tools sysinfo

  • Tracebacks of any exceptions

  • Log file

5.3. Submitting Patches

All patches should be submitted as pull requests on the GitHub project.

  • Clearly explain what you’re trying to accomplish.

  • Include tests for any changes.

  • Ensure the full Testing Suite runs without any errors before submitting a pull request.

  • Ensure the test coverage reports 100% before submitting a pull request.

  • Follow PEP 8.

  • Use isort and black to format your code and flake8, pydocstyle, and bandit to lint your code:

$ isort \
  axonius_api_client setup.py shell.py
$ black \
  -l 100 \
  axonius_api_client setup.py shell.py
$ pydocstyle \
  --match-dir='(?!tests).*'\
  --match-dir='(?!examples).*' \
  axonius_api_client setup.py shell.py
$ flake8 \
  --max-line-length 100 \
  axonius_api_client setup.py shell.py
$ bandit \
  -x axonius_api_client/examples,axonius_api_client/tests \
  --skip B101 \
  -r \
  axonius_api_client

5.4. Testing Suite

axonius-api-client uses pytest as it’s test suite.

To run the tests, create a .env file with the connection information:

$ echo 'AX_URL=x' >> .env
$ echo 'AX_KEY=x' >> .env
$ echo 'AX_SECRET=x' >> .env

You can also supply the connection information as arguments to pytest ala:

$ pytest --ax-url=x --ax-key=x --ax-secret=x ...

Then run the full test suite and generate test coverage in html format to cov_html/index.html:

$ pytest \
  -ra \
  --verbose \
  --cov-config=.coveragerc \
  --cov-report=html:cov_html \
  --cov=axonius_api_client \
  --showlocals  \
  --exitfirst \
  axonius_api_client/tests

5.4.1. Supported Python versions

  • Latest versions of 3.7, 3.10, and 3.11

  • Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux

Note

Python 2.7 reached its end-of-life on 01/01/2020, and therefore is no longer supported as of API client v2.2.0.

5.4.2. Tested Python versions

Versions:

  • Python 3.7.8 64 bit

  • Python 3.10.8 64 bit

  • Python 3.11.0 64 bit

Operating Systems:

  • macOS 12.6.1 (Monterey)

  • Ubuntu Linux 18.04.05 64 bit (using “ubuntu-18.04.5-desktop-amd64.iso”)

  • Ubuntu Linux 22.04.01 64 bit (using “ubuntu-22.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso”)

  • Microsoft Windows 10 x64

  • Microsoft Windows 11 x64

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 x64

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 x64

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022 x64

Last Updated: 2022/11/01

5.5. Release Strategy

Micro releases: 1.0.x

A micro release is done for any change that does not modify any existing API method.

Any scripts that utilize this API library will work with new micro releases with no changes.

Minor releases: 1.x.0:

A minor release is only done when an API method is removed or its signature changes.

Any scripts that utilize this API library will work with new minor releases, although some minor changes may be required.

Major releases: x.0.0:

A major release is only done for architectural and model changes to the API client library.

Any scripts that utilize this API library might not work with new major releases.