def create_address_book(name):
session = requests.session()
session.auth = (username, password)
token = get_request_token(session)
r = request(
'POST',
base + '/index.php/apps/contacts/addressbook/local/add',
data=dict(displayname=name, uri=name, description=''),
headers=dict(requesttoken=token),
session=session
).json()
return r['uri']
def get_request_token(session):
r = request('GET', base + '/', session=session)
tree = lxml.html.fromstring(r.content)
return tree.find('head').attrib['data-requesttoken']
