#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

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""" Example of using the Gerrit client REST API. """

import logging
import optparse
import sys

from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth, HTTPDigestAuth

from pygerrit.rest import GerritRestAPI
from pygerrit.rest.auth import HTTPDigestAuthFromNetrc, HTTPBasicAuthFromNetrc


def _main():
    usage = "usage: %prog [options]"
    parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage=usage)

    parser.add_option('-g', '--gerrit-url', dest='gerrit_url',
                      help='gerrit server url')
    parser.add_option('-b', '--basic-auth', dest='basic_auth',
                      action='store_true',
                      help='use basic auth instead of digest')
    parser.add_option('-u', '--username', dest='username',
                      help='username')
    parser.add_option('-p', '--password', dest='password',
                      help='password')
    parser.add_option('-n', '--netrc', dest='netrc',
                      action='store_true',
                      help='Use credentials from netrc')
    parser.add_option('-v', '--verbose', dest='verbose',
                      action='store_true',
                      help='enable verbose (debug) logging')

    (options, _args) = parser.parse_args()

    level = logging.DEBUG if options.verbose else logging.INFO
    logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s',
                        level=level)

    if not options.gerrit_url:
        parser.error("Must specify Gerrit URL with --gerrit-url")

    if options.username and options.password:
        if options.netrc:
            logging.warning("--netrc option ignored")
        if options.basic_auth:
            auth = HTTPBasicAuth(options.username, options.password)
        else:
            auth = HTTPDigestAuth(options.username, options.password)
    elif options.netrc:
        if options.basic_auth:
            auth = HTTPBasicAuthFromNetrc(url=options.gerrit_url)
        else:
            auth = HTTPDigestAuthFromNetrc(url=options.gerrit_url)
    else:
        auth = None

    rest = GerritRestAPI(url=options.gerrit_url, auth=auth)

    changes = rest.get("/changes/?q=owner:self%20status:open")
    logging.info("%d changes", len(changes))
    for change in changes:
        logging.info(change['change_id'])

if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(_main())

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