WIP: posting shiai to the wkKalendar via api

homepage/participo/testApi.py

@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ class TestApi:
         argParser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
             "testApi"
         )
-
+        argParser.add_argument(
+            "method",
+            choices=['GET', 'POST']
+        )
         argParser.add_argument(
             "--endpoint",
             default="shiai"
@@ -40,6 +43,11 @@ class TestApi:
             choices=_LOG_LEVEL,
             default="WARNING"
         )
+        argParser.add_argument(
+            "--input", "-i",
+            type=argparse.FileType("r"),
+            default="-"
+        )
 
         return argParser.parse_args()
 
@@ -59,33 +67,47 @@ class TestApi:
 
     def apiCall(self):
         return apiCall.call(
+            method=self.config.method,
             host=self.config.host,
             url="/".join([self.config.path, self.config.endpoint]),
             headers={
                 "Authorization": f"Basic {self.config.key}"
-            }
+            },
+            input=load_json(self.config.input)
         )
 
 
+def load_json(jsonFile):
+    import json
+    with jsonFile as f:
+        return json.load(f)
+
 class apiCall:
     @staticmethod
     def call(
+        method: str,
         host: str,
         url: str,
-        headers: dict = None
+        headers: dict = None,
+        input: dict = None,
     ) -> dict:
         import requests
 
-        r = requests.get(
-            url=f"http://{host}/{url}",
-            # @todo The client always awaits this timeout. Even when the
-            # meaningful body is already received.params=
-            # - I don't see any of the examples out there do it different from
-            #   me.
-            # - The browser doesn't seem to have this problem.
-            timeout=10,
-            headers=headers
-        )
+        if(method=="GET"):
+            r = requests.get(
+                url=f"http://{host}/{url}",
+                timeout=10,
+                headers=headers
+            )
+        elif(method=="POST"):
+            r = requests.post(
+                json=input,
+                url=f"http://{host}/{url}",
+                timeout=10,
+                headers=headers
+            )
+        else:
+            logging.error("This line should never been reached!")
 
         try:
             return r.json()