Weebly Cloud Client: Python

Installation

To install the Weebly cloud client with pip run:

pip install weeblycloud

Tested on Python 2.7 and 3.5

Setup and Authentication

To use the Weebly Cloud client libraries import the weeblycloud module and configure your API keys.

import weeblycloud

weeblycloud.CloudClient.API_KEY = "[YOUR-API-KEY]"
weeblycloud.CloudClient.API_SECRET = "[YOUR-API-SECRET]"

All future calls will use that API key and secret pairing.

Examples

Creating a user and site, get a login link

try:
	account = weeblycloud.Account()
	user = account.create_user("[email protected]")
	site = user.create_site("domain.com", site_title="My Website")
	print(site.login_link())
except weeblycloud.ResponseError as err:
	print("Error: " + err.message)

Printing the name of all pages in a site matching the query "help"

try:
	pages = site.list_pages(query="help")
	for page in pages:
		print(page.get_property("title"))
except weeblycloud.ResponseError as err:
	print("Error: " + err.message)

Error Handling

If a request is unsuccessful, a ResponseError exception is raised. This can be caught as follows:

from weeblycloud import ResponseError

try:
	account = weeblycloud.Account()
	user = account.create_user("[email protected]")
	site = user.create_site("domain.com", site_title="My Website")
	print(site.login_link())
except ResponseError as err:
	print(err.code) # Prints the error code
	print(err.message) # Prints the error message

Resources

Iterable Results

Methods beginning with list_ return an iterable list of results. Use a standard for loop to access the response. For instance:

sites = user.list_sites()
for site in sites:
	print(site.get_property("name"))

Using and Modifying Resources

• The method resource.get_property(name) of a resource will return the property name of resource. If the property does not exist it will return None.
• The method resource.set_property(name, value) will set the propety name of resource to value and returns True. If the property does not exist, it will return False. Changes will not be saved until the resource.save() method is called. The Weebly Cloud API does not suppot modifying every resource type nor every property of resource types it supports. For more information, reference the Cloud API Documentation for the resource in question's PUT method.
• The method resource.id() will return the resource ID.
• Use Python's str() function to print a JSON representation of the resource's property (i.e. str(account)). To get the resources properties as a dict, use resource.properties.

Optional parameters

Requests that take serveral optional parameters (i.e. filters or object properties) can have them passed with keyword arguments.

For instance, to sort all pages by title:

site.list_pages(filterby="title", fitlerfor="menu")

And to create a new site:

user.create_site("example.com", plan_id=4, brand_name="Brand Name")

Resource Types

Account

API Documentation

• create_user(email, **properties) Creates a User. Requires the user's email, and optionally accepts keyword arguments of additional properties. Returns a User resource on success.
• get_user(user_id) Return the User with the given ID.
• list_plans() Returns a iterable of all Plan resources.
• get_plan(plan_id) Return the Plan with the given ID.

User

API Documentation

• enable() Enables a user account after an account has been disabled. Enabling a user account will allow users to log into the editor. When a user is created, their account is automatically enabled.
• disable() Disables a user account. When a user account is disabled, the user will no longer be able to log into the editor. If an attempt to create a login link is made on a disabled account, an error is thrown.
• login_link() Generates a one-time link that will direct users to the editor for the last site that was modified in the account. This method requires that the account is enabled and that the account has at least one site.
• list_themes( **filters) Returns a iterable of Theme resources for a given user subject to keyword argument filters.
• list_sites( **filters) Returns a iterable of Site resources for a given user subject to keyword argument filters.
• get_site(site_id) Return the Site with the given ID.
• create_theme(name, zip_url) Creates a Theme with name name. Requires a zip_url and returns a Theme object.
• create_site(domain, **properties) Creates a Site. Requires the site's domain and optionally accepts keyword arguments of additional properties. Returns a User resource.

Site

API Documentation

• delete() delete the site.
• publish() Publishes the site.
• unpublish() Unpublishes the site.
• login_link() Generates a one-time link that will direct users to the site specified. This method requires that the account is enabled.
• set_publish_credentials( **options) Sets publish credentials to fields set in keyword arguments. If a user's site will not be hosted by Weebly, publish credentials can be provided. When these values are set, the site will be published to the location specified.
• restore(url) When a site is restored the owner of the site is granted access to it in the exact state it was when it was deleted, including the Weebly plan assigned. Restoring a site does not issue an automatic publish
• disable() Suspends access to the given user's site in the editor by setting the suspended parameter to true. If a user attempts to access the site in the editor, an error is thrown.
• enable() Re-enables a suspended site by setting the suspended parameter to false. Users can access the editor for the site. Sites are enabled by default when created.
• list_pages( **filters) Returns a iterable of Page resources for a given site subject to keyword argument filters.
• list_members( **filters) Returns a iterable of Member resources for a given site subject to keyword argument filters.
• list_groups( **filters) Returns a iterable of Group resources for a given site subject to keyword argument filters.
• list_forms( **filters) Returns a iterable of Form resources for a given site subject to keyword argument filters.
• list_blogs( **filters) Returns a iterable of Blog resources for a given site subject to keyword argument filters.
• get_page(page_id) Return the Page with the given id.
• get_member(member_id) Return the Member with the given id.
• get_group(group_id) Return the Group with the given id.
• get_form(form_id) Return the Form with the given id.
• get_blog(blog_id) Return the Blog with the given id.
• get_plan() Returns the Plan resource for the site.
• set_plan(plan_id, term=None) Sets the site's plan to plan_id with an optional term length. If no term is provided the Weebly Cloud default is used (check API documentation).
• set_theme(theme_id, is_custom) Sets the site's theme to theme_id. Requires a parameter is_custom, distinguishing whether the theme is a Weebly theme or a custom theme.
• create_member(email, name, password, **properties) Creates a Member. Requires the member's email, name, password, and optionally accepts keyword arguments of additional properties. Returns a Member resource.
• create_group(name) Creates a Group. Requires the group's name. Returns a Group resource.

Theme

API Documentation

There are no Theme specific methods.

Blog

API Documentation

• list_blog_posts( **filters) Returns a iterable of BlogPost resources for a given blog subject to keyword argument filters.
• get_blog_post(blog_post_id) Return the BlogPost with the given id.
• create_blog_post(post_body, **properties) Creates a BlogPost. Requires the post's body and optionally accepts keyword arguments of additional properties. Returns a BlogPost resource.

BlogPost

API Documentation

• delete() delete the blog post.

Form

API Documentation

• list_form_entries( **filters) Returns a iterable of FormEntry resources for a given form subject to keyword argument filters.
• get_form_entry(form_entry_id) Return the FormEntry with the given id.

FormEntry

API Documentation

There are no FormEntry specific methods.

Page

API Documentation

• change_title(title) Changes the title of the page to title. Does not require calling the save() method.

Plan

API Documentation

There are no Plan specific methods.

Group

API Documentation

• delete() Delete the group.

Member

API Documentation

• delete() Delete the Member.

Making Raw API Calls

Not every resource has a cooresponding resource class. It is possible to make a raw API call using a CloudClient object.

client = weeblycloud.CloudClient()

Using that client, call get, post, put, patch, or delete which take the parameters:

• endpoint: the endpoint to request.
• content: a python dictionary of the request's body. (opt.)
• params: query string parameters. (opt.)
• page_size (get only): page size of results (opt., default is 25)

Request examples

Get cloud admin account account

# Create client
client = weeblycloud.CloudClient()

# Request the /account endpoint
client.get("account")

Update a page title

# Create client
client = weeblycloud.CloudClient()

# build endpoint with parameters
endpoint = "user/{0}/site/{1}/page/{2}".format(USER_ID, SITE_ID, PAGE_ID)

# Make the request
client.patch(endpoint, content={"title":"New Title"})

Get all sites for a user (with filters)

# Create client
client = weeblycloud.CloudClient()

# build endpoint with parameters
endpoint = "/user/{0}/site".format(USER_ID)

# Make the request
client.get(endpoint, params={"role":"owner"})

Handling Responses

All requests return a WeeblyCloudResponse object or throw an Exception (see error handling). Accessing the response is easy:

response = client.get("account") # Make a request
print(str(response)) # get the response as a JSON string
# or
print(response.dict()) # get the response as a Python dictionary

If the results of a get request are paginated, then response.is_paginated will be True. To page through the results, treat the response as a Python iterator.

response.max_page contains the total number of pages. response.records is the number of total results.

###Pagination example

client = weeblycloud.WeeblyCloud()
response = client.get("user/USER_ID/site")

for page in response:
	print(page) # prints the JSON object

	# print the title for each weebly site in this page of results
	for site in page['sites']:
		print(site['site_title'])

If a pagination method is called on a WeeblyCloudResponse that isn't paginated, a PaginationError exception is raised.