Module for making various web calls. Primarily designed for webhooks and the like, but also useful for basic http testing.
New in version 2015.5.0.
salt.modules.http.
query
(url, **kwargs)¶New in version 2015.5.0.
Query a resource, and decode the return data
Passes through all the parameters described in the
utils.http.query function
:
salt.utils.http.
query
(url, method='GET', params=None, data=None, data_file=None, header_dict=None, header_list=None, header_file=None, username=None, password=None, auth=None, decode=False, decode_type='auto', status=False, headers=False, text=False, cookies=None, cookie_jar=None, cookie_format='lwp', persist_session=False, session_cookie_jar=None, data_render=False, data_renderer=None, header_render=False, header_renderer=None, template_dict=None, test=False, test_url=None, node='minion', port=80, opts=None, backend=None, ca_bundle=None, verify_ssl=None, cert=None, text_out=None, headers_out=None, decode_out=None, stream=False, streaming_callback=None, header_callback=None, handle=False, agent='Salt/3000.9', hide_fields=None, raise_error=True, formdata=False, formdata_fieldname=None, formdata_filename=None, **kwargs)¶Query a resource, and decode the return data
If False
, and if a connection cannot be made, the error will be
suppressed and the body of the return will simply be None
.
CLI Example:
salt '*' http.query http://somelink.com/
salt '*' http.query http://somelink.com/ method=POST params='key1=val1&key2=val2'
salt '*' http.query http://somelink.com/ method=POST data='<xml>somecontent</xml>'
salt.modules.http.
update_ca_bundle
(target=None, source=None, merge_files=None)¶Update the local CA bundle file from a URL
New in version 2015.5.0.
CLI Example:
salt '*' http.update_ca_bundle
salt '*' http.update_ca_bundle target=/path/to/cacerts.pem
salt '*' http.update_ca_bundle source=https://example.com/cacerts.pem
If the target
is not specified, it will be pulled from the ca_cert
configuration variable available to the minion. If it cannot be found there,
it will be placed at <<FILE_ROOTS>>/cacerts.pem
.
If the source
is not specified, it will be pulled from the
ca_cert_url
configuration variable available to the minion. If it cannot
be found, it will be downloaded from the cURL website, using an http (not
https) URL. USING THE DEFAULT URL SHOULD BE AVOIDED!
merge_files
may also be specified, which includes a string or list of
strings representing a file or files to be appended to the end of the CA
bundle, once it is downloaded.
CLI Example:
salt '*' http.update_ca_bundle merge_files=/path/to/mycert.pem
salt.modules.http.
wait_for_successful_query
(url, wait_for=300, **kwargs)¶Query a resource until a successful response, and decode the return data
CLI Example:
salt '*' http.wait_for_successful_query http://somelink.com/ wait_for=160 request_interval=1