This library provides a simple Python client to interact with SoftLayer's XML-RPC API.

A command-line interface is also included and can be used to manage various SoftLayer products and services.

Documentation for the Python client is available at http://softlayer.github.io/softlayer-python/.

Additional API documentation can be found on the SoftLayer Development Network:

• SoftLayer API reference
• Object mask information and examples

Install via pip:

$ pip install softlayer

Or you can install from source. Download source and run:

$ python setup.py install

The most up-to-date version of this library can be found on the SoftLayer GitHub public repositories at http://github.com/softlayer. Please post to the SoftLayer forums at http://forums.softlayer.com/ or open a support ticket in the customer portal if you have any questions regarding use of this library.

• Python 2.7, 3.3, or 3.4.
• A valid SoftLayer API username and key.
• A connection to SoftLayer's private network is required to use our private network API endpoints.

This software is Copyright (c) 2015 SoftLayer Technologies, Inc.

See the bundled LICENSE file for more information.