API definition

General information

GET operations will be non-authenticated. POST operations will require authentication using username+password.

Password information is stored in the database using the SHA512 hash.

All data will be sent/received using JSON objects, unless stated otherwise.

API calls

GET /api/last_tested_repo

Get the last tested repo since a specific time.

If a job_id is specified, the order of precedence for the repo returned is:

  • The last tested repo within that timeframe for that CI job.

  • The last tested repo within that timeframe for any CI job, so we can have several CIs converge on a single repo.

  • The last “consistent” repo, if no repo has been tested in the timeframe.

If sequential_mode is set to true, a different algorithm is used. Another parameter previous_job_id needs to be specified, and the order of precedence for the repo returned is:

  • The last tested repo within that timeframe for the CI job described by previous_job_id.

  • If no repo for previous_job_id is found, an error will be returned

The sequential mode is meant to be used by CI pipelines, where a CI (n) job needs to use the same repo tested by CI (n-1).

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: 400, 404, 415

Request:

Parameter

Type

Description

max_age

integer

Maximum age (in hours) for the repo to be considered. Any repo tested or being tested after “now - max_age” will be taken into account. If set to 0, all repos will be considered.

success

boolean (optional)

If set to a value, find repos with a successful/unsuccessful vote (as specified). If not set, any tested repo will be considered.

job_id

string (optional)

Name of the CI that sent the vote. If not set, no filter will be set on CI.

sequential_mode

boolean (optional)

Use the sequential mode algorithm. In this case, return the last tested repo within that timeframe for the CI job described by previous_job_id. Defaults to false.

previous_job_id

string (optional)

If sequential_mode is set to true, look for jobs tested by the CI identified by previous_job_id.

Response:

Parameter

Type

Description

commit_hash

string

commit_hash of tested repo

distro_hash

string

distro_hash of tested repo

success

boolean

whether the test was successful or not

job_id

string

name of the CI sending the vote

in_progress

boolean

is this CI job still in-progress?

timestamp

integer

timestamp for the repo

user

string

user who created the CI vote

GET /api/repo_status

Get all the CI reports for a specific repository.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: 400, 404, 415

Request:

Parameter

Type

Description

commit_hash

string

commit_hash of the repo to fetch information for

distro_hash

string

distro_hash of the repo to fetch information for

success

boolean (optional)

If set to a value, only return the CI reports with the specified vote. If not set, return all CI reports.

Response:

The JSON output will contain an array where each item contains:

Parameter

Type

Description

job_id

string

name of the CI sending the vote

commit_hash

string

commit_hash of tested repo

distro_hash

string

distro_hash of tested repo

url

string

URL where to find additional information from the CI execution

timestamp

integer

Timestamp (in seconds since the epoch)

in_progress

boolean

False -> is this CI job still in-progress?

success

boolean

Was the CI execution successful?

notes

Text

Additional notes

user

string

user who created the CI vote

GET /api/promotions

Get all the promotions, optionally for a specific repository or promotion name. The output will be sorted by the promotion timestamp, with the newest first, and limited to 100 results per query.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: 400, 404, 415

Request:

Parameter

Type

Description

commit_hash

string (optional)

If set, commit_hash of the repo to use as filter key. Requires distro_hash.

distro_hash

string (optional)

If set, commit_hash of the repo to use as filter key. Requires commit_hash.

promote_name

string (optional)

If set to a value, filter results by the specified promotion name.

offset

integer (optional)

If set to a value, skip the initial <offset> promotions.

limit

integer (optional)

If set to a value, limit the returned promotions amount to <limit>.

The JSON output will contain an array where each item contains:

Parameter

Type

Description

commit_hash

string

commit_hash of the promoted repo

distro_hash

string

distro_hash of the promoted repo

repo_hash

string

Repository hash, composed of the commit_hash and short distro_hash

repo_url

string

Full URL of the promoted repository

promote_name

string

name used for the promotion

timestamp

integer

Timestamp (in seconds since the epoch)

user

string

user who created the promotion

The array will be sorted by the promotion timestamp, with the newest first.

GET /api/metrics/builds

Retrieve statistics on the number of builds during a certain period, optionally filtered by package name.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: 400, 415

Parameter

Type

Description

start_date

string

Start date for the period, in YYYY-mm-dd format. The start date is included in the reference period.

end_date

string

End date for the period, in YYYY-mm-dd format. The end date is not included in the period, so it is start_date <= date < end_date.

package_name

string (optional)

If set to a value, report metrics only for the specified package name.

Response:

Parameter

Type

Description

succeeded

integer

Number of commits that were built successfully in the period

failed

integer

Number of commits that failed to build in the period

total

integer

Total number of commits processed in the period

POST /api/last_tested_repo

Get the last tested repo since a specific time (optionally for a CI job), and add an “in progress” entry in the CI job table for this.

If a job_id is specified, the order of precedence for the repo returned is:

  • The last tested repo within that timeframe for that CI job.

  • The last tested repo within that timeframe for any CI job, so we can have several CIs converge on a single repo.

  • The last “consistent” repo, if no repo has been tested in the timeframe.

If sequential_mode is set to true, a different algorithm is used. Another parameter previous_job_id needs to be specified, and the order of precedence for the repo returned is:

  • The last tested repo within that timeframe for the CI job described by previous_job_id.

  • If no repo for previous_job_id is found, an error will be returned

The sequential mode is meant to be used by CI pipelines, where a CI (n) job needs to use the same repo tested by CI (n-1).

Normal response codes: 201

Error response codes: 404, 415

Request:

Parameter

Type

Description

max_age

integer

Maximum age (in hours) for the repo to be considered. Any repo tested or being tested after “now - max_age” will be taken into account. If set to 0, all repos will be considered.

reporting_job_id

string

Name of the CI that will add the “in progress” entry in the CI job table

success

boolean (optional)

If set to a value, find repos with a successful/unsuccessful vote (as specified). If not set, any tested repo will be considered.

job_id

string (optional)

name of the CI that sent the vote. If not set, no filter will be set on CI.

sequential_mode

boolean (optional)

Use the sequential mode algorithm. In this case, return the last tested repo within that timeframe for the CI job described by previous_job_id. Defaults to false.

previous_job_id

string (optional)

If sequential_mode is set to true, look for jobs tested by the CI identified by previous_job_id.

Response:

Parameter

Type

Description

commit_hash

string

commit_hash of tested repo

distro_hash

string

distro_hash of tested repo

success

boolean

whether the test was successful or not

job_id

string

name of the CI sending the vote

in_progress

boolean

True -> is this CI job still in-progress?

timestamp

integer

Timestamp for this CI Vote (taken from the DLRN system time)

user

string

user who created the CI vote

POST /api/report_result

Report the result of a CI job.

Normal response codes: 201

Error response codes: 400, 404, 415, 500

Request:

Parameter

Type

Description

job_id

string

name of the CI sending the vote

commit_hash

string

commit_hash of tested repo

distro_hash

string

distro_hash of tested repo

url

string

URL where to find additional information from the CI execution

timestamp

integer

Timestamp (in seconds since the epoch)

success

boolean

Was the CI execution successful?

notes

Text

Additional notes (optional)

Response:

Parameter

Type

Description

job_id

string

name of the CI sending the vote

commit_hash

string

commit_hash of tested repo

distro_hash

string

distro_hash of tested repo

url

string

URL where to find additional information from the CI execution

timestamp

integer

Timestamp (in seconds since the epoch)

in_progress

boolean

False -> is this CI job still in-progress?

success

boolean

Was the CI execution successful?

notes

Text

Additional notes

user

string

user who created the CI vote

POST /api/promote

Promote a repository. This can be implemented as a local symlink creation in the DLRN worker, or any other form in the future.

Note the API will refuse to promote using promote_name=”consistent” or “current”, since those are reserved keywords for DLRN.

Normal response codes: 201

Error response codes: 400, 403, 404, 415, 500

Request:

Parameter

Type

Description

commit_hash

string

commit_hash of the repo to be promoted

distro_hash

string

distro_hash of the repo to be promoted

promote_name

string

name to be used for the promotion. In the current implementation, this is the name of the symlink to be created

Response:

Parameter

Type

Description

commit_hash

string

commit_hash of the promoted repo

distro_hash

string

distro_hash of the promoted repo

repo_hash

string

Repository hash, composed of the commit_hash and short distro_hash

repo_url

string

Full URL of the promoted repository

promote_name

string

name used for the promotion

timestamp

integer

Timestamp (in seconds since the epoch)

user

string

user who created the promotion

POST /api/remote/import

Import a commit built by another instance. This API call mimics the behavior of the dlrn-remote command, with the only exception of not being able to specify a custom rdoinfo location.

Normal response codes: 201

Error response codes: 400, 415, 500

Request:

Parameter

Type

Description

repo_url

string

Base repository URL for remotely generated repo

Response:

Parameter

Type

Description

repo_url

string

Base repository URL for imported remote repo

Running the API server using WSGI

Requirements

It is possible to run the DLRN API server as a WSGI process in Apache. To do this, you need to install the following packages:

$ sudo yum -y install httpd mod_wsgi

WSGI file and httpd configuration

To run the application, you need to create a WSGI file. For example, create /var/www/dlrn/dlrn-api.wsgi with the following contents:

import os
import sys
sys.path.append('/home/centos-master/.venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/')

def application(environ, start_response):
    os.environ['CONFIG_FILE'] = environ['CONFIG_FILE']
    from dlrn.api import app
    return app(environ, start_response)

You need to change the path appended using sys.path.append to be the path to the virtualenv where you have installed DLRN.

Then, create an httpd configuration file to load the WSGI application. The following is an example file, named /etc/httpd/conf.d/wsgi-dlrn.conf:

<VirtualHost *>
    ServerName example.com

    WSGIDaemonProcess dlrn  user=centos-master group=centos-master threads=5
    WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/dlrn/dlrn-api-centos-master.wsgi
    SetEnv CONFIG_FILE /etc/dlrn/dlrn-api.cfg

    <Directory /var/www/dlrn>
        WSGIProcessGroup dlrn
        WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
        WSGIScriptReloading On
        WSGIPassAuthorization On
        Order deny,allow
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Set CONFIG_FILE to the path of the DLRN configuration file, and make sure you specify the right user and group for the WSGIDaemonProcess line.

DLRN API configuration

The DLRN API take a default configuration from file dlrn/api/config.py. Since it may not match your actual configuration when deployed as an WSGI application, you can create a configuration file, /etc/dlrn/dlrn-api.cfg in the above example, with the following syntax:

DB_PATH = 'sqlite:////home/centos-master/DLRN/commits.sqlite'
REPO_PATH = '/home/centos-master/DLRN/data/repos'
CONFIG_FILE = 'projects.ini'

Where DB_PATH is the path to the SQLite database for your environment, REPO_PATH will point to the base directory for the generated repositories, and CONFIG_FILE will point to the projects.ini file used when running DLRN.

User management

There is a command-line tool to manage DLRN API users:

User creation

Use the create subcommand to create a new user.

$ dlrn-user create --username foo --password bar

If you do not specify a password in the command-line, you will be prompted to enter one interactively.

User update

You can use the update subcommand to change user data. Currently, only the password can be changed.

$ dlrn-user update --username foo --password new

User deletion

Use the delete subcommand to delete a user.

$ dlrn-user delete --username foo

The command will ask for confirmation, and you have to type “YES” (without the quotes) in uppercase to delete the user. You can also avoid the confirmation request by adding the --force parameter.

$ dlrn-user delete --username foo --force