Helper Methods¶

es_client.helpers.utils.ensure_list(data)¶

Return a list, even if data is a single value

Parameters:	data – A list or scalar variable to act upon
Return type:	list

es_client.helpers.utils.get_yaml(path)¶

Read the file identified by path and import its YAML contents.

Parameters:	path – The path to a YAML configuration file.
Return type:	dict

es_client.helpers.utils.prune_nones(mydict)¶

Remove keys from mydict whose values are None

Parameters:	mydict – The dictionary to act on
Return type:	dict

es_client.helpers.utils.read_file(myfile)¶

Read a file and return the resulting data.

Parameters:	myfile – A file to read.
Return type:	str

es_client.helpers.utils.verify_ssl_paths(args)¶

Verify that the various certificate/key paths are readable. The read_file() function will raise a ConfigurationError if a file fails to be read.

Parameters:	args (dict) – The `client` block of the config dictionary.

class es_client.helpers.schemacheck.SchemaCheck(config, schema, test_what, location)¶

Validate config with the provided voluptuous.Schema. test_what and location are for reporting the results, in case of failure. If validation is successful, the method returns config as valid through the result() method.

Parameters:	config (dict) – A configuration dictionary. schema (`voluptuous.schema_builder.Schema`) – A voluptuous schema definition test_what (str) – which configuration block is being validated location (str) – An string to report which configuration sub-block is being tested.

result()¶: Return the result of the Schema test, if successful. Otherwise, raise a ConfigurationError