def test_config(config):
settings = ReadConfig.parse_settings(config, 'DEFAULT')
# set up a request based on the settings we created
# do it here so that we are not dependent on other API client files
headers = {b'Version': settings['version'], b'Accept': settings['accept']}
if 'auth_token' in settings:
auth = {'SEC': settings['auth_token']}
else:
auth = {'Authorization': settings['authorization']}
headers.update(auth)
request = Request(
'https://' + settings['server_ip'] + '/restapi/api/help/capabilities', headers=headers)
try:
# returns response object for opening url.
return urlopen(request)
except HTTPError as e:
# an object which contains information similar to a request object
return e
