Getting Started

Installation

Requires Python 3.6, 3.7 or 3.8.

To install the Python Client Library:

                        pip install indico-client

                      

To upgrade the Python Client Library:

                        pip install --upgrade indico-client

                      

Afterwards, proper installation can be verified with the following in a python shell:

                        import indico
print(indico.__version__)

Authentication

The Indico Platform and Client Libraries use JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for user authentication. You can download a token from your user dashboard by clicking the large, blue “Download new API Token” button. Most browsers will download the API token as indico_api_token.txt and place it in your Downloads directory. You should move the token file from Downloads to either your home directory or another location in your development environment.

Configuration

Environment Variables

You can use environment variables to control the default configuration of the Python Client Library as follows:

Environment Variable	Description
INDICO_HOST	Hostname for your Indico Platform. try.indico.io. by default but likely different for your install.
INDICO_API_TOKEN_PATH	Full path to your indico_api_token.txt file. The Python Client Library will look for the token file in your home directory by default.

IndicoConfig Class

The IndicoConfig class gives you the maximum control over Python Client Library configuration. Here’s how you might instantiate an IndicoConfig object and set the host and token path:

                          from indico import IndicoClient, IndicoConfig

my_config = IndicoConfig(
    host='app.mycompany.com',
    api_token_path='path/to/indico_api_token.txt'
)

                        

API Client

The Indico Platform uses GraphQL to communicate with ALL clients including the company’s own web application and also the Indico Python Client. You’ll use an IndicoClient object to pass GraphQL queries to the Indico Platform. Here’s a simple way to create a client:

                        client = IndicoClient()

                      

The IndicoClient constructor will read configuation options from the environment variables described above. If you would like to manually set configuration options in an IndicoConfig object then you can pass your config to IndicoClient as follows:

                        client = IndicoClient(config=my_config)

                      

If you want to learn more about GraphQL, the How to GraphQL tutorial is a great place to start.

Indico GraphQL Schema

The Indico Platform ships with a built-in sandbox environment that both documents and allows you to interactively explore the Platform’s GraphQL schema. You can find the sandbox at /graph/api/graphql on your Indico Platform installation. If your Platform’s host is indico.my_company.com then the full sandbox URL would be https://indico.my_company.com/graph/api/graphql

Pre-Built GraphQL queries

GraphQL is extremely powerful, flexible and efficient but can be a bit verbose. To make things easier for day-to-day use of the Platform and Client Library, the developers at Indico created a collection of Python Classes to generate the most often used queries for you. You can find the collection documented in the Reference section of the Client Libreary Docs.