API access

++++++++++

Clients must send JSON encoded JSON-RPC requests::

    {

        "id: "<id>",

        "api_key": "<api_key>",

        "method": "<method_name>",

        "args": {"<arg_key>": "<arg_val>"}

    }

For example, to pull to a local "CPython" mirror using curl::

    curl https://example.com/_admin/api -X POST -H 'content-type:text/plain' \

        --data-binary '{"id":1,"api_key":"xe7cdb2v278e4evbdf5vs04v832v0efvcbcve4a3","method":"pull","args":{"repo":"CPython"}}'

In general, provide

 - *id*, a value of any type, can be used to match the response with the request that it is replying to.

 - *api_key*, for authentication and permission validation.

 - *method*, the name of the method to call -- a list of available methods can be found below.

 - *args*, the arguments to pass to the method.

.. note::

    api_key can be found or set on the user account page.

The response to the JSON-RPC API call will always be a JSON structure::

    {

        "id": <id>,  # the id that was used in the request

        "result": <result>|null,  # JSON formatted result (null on error)

        "error": null|<error_message>  # JSON formatted error (null on success)

    }

All responses from the API will be ``HTTP/1.0 200 OK``. If an error occurs,

the reponse will have a failure description in *error* and

*result* will be null.

API client

++++++++++

Kallithea comes with a ``kallithea-api`` command line tool, providing a convenient

way to call the JSON-RPC API.

For example, to call ``get_repo``::

Oops, looks like we forgot to add an argument. Let's try again, now

providing the ``repoid`` as a parameter::

To avoid specifying ``apihost`` and ``apikey`` every time, run::

so you don't have to specify them every time.

API methods

+++++++++++

pull

----

Pull the given repo from remote location. Can be used to automatically keep

remote repos up to date.

This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.

INPUT::

    id : <id_for_response>

    api_key : "<api_key>"

    method :  "pull"

    args :    {

                "repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"

              }

OUTPUT::

    id : <id_given_in_input>

    result : "Pulled from `<reponame>`"

    error :  null

rescan_repos

------------

Rescan repositories. If ``remove_obsolete`` is set,

Kallithea will delete repos that are in the database but not in the filesystem.

This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.

INPUT::

    id : <id_for_response>

    api_key : "<api_key>"

    method :  "rescan_repos"

    args :    {

                "remove_obsolete" : "<boolean = Optional(False)>"

              }

OUTPUT::

    id : <id_given_in_input>

    }

    ## gist alias

    server {

       listen          443;

       server_name     gist.myserver.com;

       access_log      /var/log/nginx/gist.access.log;

       error_log       /var/log/nginx/gist.error.log;

       ssl on;

       ssl_certificate     gist.your.kallithea.server.crt;

       ssl_certificate_key gist.your.kallithea.server.key;

       ssl_session_timeout 5m;

       ssl_protocols SSLv3 TLSv1;

       ssl_ciphers DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:AES256-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA:AES128-SHA:RC4-SHA:RC4-MD5;

       ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;

       rewrite ^/(.+)$ https://your.kallithea.server/_admin/gists/$1;

       rewrite (.*)    https://your.kallithea.server/_admin/gists;

    }

    server {

       listen          443;

       server_name     your.kallithea.server;

       access_log      /var/log/nginx/kallithea.access.log;

       error_log       /var/log/nginx/kallithea.error.log;

       ssl on;

       ssl_certificate     your.kallithea.server.crt;

       ssl_certificate_key your.kallithea.server.key;

       ssl_session_timeout 5m;

       ssl_protocols SSLv3 TLSv1;

       ssl_ciphers DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:AES256-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA:AES128-SHA:RC4-SHA:RC4-MD5;

       ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;

       ## uncomment root directive if you want to serve static files by nginx

       ## requires static_files = false in .ini file

       #root /path/to/installation/kallithea/public;

       include         /etc/nginx/proxy.conf;

       location / {

            try_files $uri @kallithea;

       }

       location @kallithea {

       }

    }

Here's the proxy.conf. It's tuned so it will not timeout on long

pushes or large pushes::

    proxy_redirect              off;

    proxy_set_header            Host $host;

    ## needed for container auth

    #proxy_set_header            REMOTE_USER $remote_user;

    #proxy_set_header            X-Forwarded-User $remote_user;

    proxy_set_header            X-Url-Scheme $scheme;

    proxy_set_header            X-Host $http_host;

    proxy_set_header            X-Real-IP $remote_addr;

    proxy_set_header            X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;

    proxy_set_header            Proxy-host $proxy_host;

    proxy_buffering             off;

    proxy_connect_timeout       7200;

    proxy_send_timeout          7200;

    proxy_read_timeout          7200;

    proxy_buffers               8 32k;

    client_max_body_size        1024m;

    client_body_buffer_size     128k;

    large_client_header_buffers 8 64k;

Apache virtual host reverse proxy example

-----------------------------------------

Here is a sample configuration file for Apache using proxy:

.. code-block:: apache

    <VirtualHost *:80>

            ServerName hg.myserver.com

            <Proxy *>

              # For Apache 2.4 and later:

              Require all granted

              # For Apache 2.2 and earlier, instead use:

              # Order allow,deny

              # Allow from all

            </Proxy>

            #important !

            #Directive to properly generate url (clone url) for pylons

            ProxyPreserveHost On

            #kallithea instance

            ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:5000/

            ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:5000/

            #to enable https use line below

            #SetEnvIf X-Url-Scheme https HTTPS=1

    </VirtualHost>

Additional tutorial

http://pylonsbook.com/en/1.1/deployment.html#using-apache-to-proxy-requests-to-pylons

Apache as subdirectory

----------------------

Apache subdirectory part:

.. code-block:: apache

    <Location /<someprefix> >

      ProxyPass http://127.0.0.1:5000/<someprefix>

      ProxyPassReverse http://127.0.0.1:5000/<someprefix>

      SetEnvIf X-Url-Scheme https HTTPS=1

    </Location>

Besides the regular apache setup you will need to add the following line

into ``[app:main]`` section of your .ini file::

    filter-with = proxy-prefix

Add the following at the end of the .ini file::

    [filter:proxy-prefix]

    use = egg:PasteDeploy#prefix