topic Re: What is the official Python package? in Network Platform API

What is the official Python package?

jmalcaide — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 14:47:59 GMT

Hello Meraki comunity,

I am starting to work with the Meraki API and this is my first post.

The question may seem trivial but I found several packages in PIP.

meraki (0.34) - Cisco Meraki Dashboard API Python 3.6 Module
meraki-api (1.1.3) - Meraki Dashboard API wrapper.
meraki-sdk (1.0.2) - Python client library for Meraki Dashboard API <-- https://developer.cisco.com points to this pck.
meraki-dashboard-api (1.0.0) - Meraki Dashboard API
merakicommons (1.0.9) - Common toolset for Meraki Analaytics projects

There is a lot of documentation (Meraki videos, labs, code exchange) but it seems that each one uses different packages.

Thank you

Re: What is the official Python package?

Nash — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 14:57:06 GMT

If you need to use an official package, I would use the SDK at this point.

Re: What is the official Python package?

Philip D'Ath — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 16:53:27 GMT

I've been using the "meraki" module myself.

Re: What is the official Python package?

Crash_Override — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 17:21:33 GMT

Im not sure what you mean by "official" but as @Philip D'Ath said, I have been using the Meraki module myself with no issue.

Re: What is the official Python package?

BrechtSchamp — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 22:40:23 GMT

Based on this post by @Shiyue Cheng I'd say both the module and the SDK are official:

https://community.meraki.com/t5/Developers-APIs/Python-API/m-p/45830/highlight/true#M1303

Re: What is the official Python package?

jmalcaide — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 09:57:34 GMT

Thank you all.

By "official" I meant a package that is up to date with the latest API endpoints and that Cisco Meraki includes in its documentation and examples.

Re: What is the official Python package?

Stephen Rodriguez — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 22:10:24 GMT

I think that meraki-sdk is the "official" release, though "merkai" that Shen has written will work as well.

meraki-sdk is based on the OpenAPI standard, and is what is documented on developer.cisco.com as you saw.

Keep in mind that there is going to be a lag between what gets committed to github (most current and up-to-date version), and auto generated in the docs and what is released on pypi.

Re: What is the official Python package?

Shiyue Cheng — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 22:04:20 GMT

FYI team, we just released a complete update of the Python SDK/library. You can find more details here on this post in the Early Access Developer Program: https://community.meraki.com/t5/Developer-Early-Access-Resources/Python-SDK-entirely-revamped-amp-updated-package/ba-p/69842