helpers.py

"""Intersight Formatting Helpers

This script provides formatting helper functions for use with the intersight python sdk

The following pip packages are required:

    - tabulate

"""

try:
    from tabulate import tabulate
except ImportError:
    print("tabulate is required to run this script.\nInstall using the following: `pip install tabulate`")

# Takes date object and returns formatted date string for use with intersight queries
def format_time(dt):
    s = dt.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f')
    return f"{s[:-3]}Z"

# Takes an array of results and creates a formatted table output (assumes all entries have the same keys)
def print_results_to_table(obj, ignored_fields=[]):
    headers = []
    if 'intersight' in str(type(obj[0])):
        headers = [ k for k in obj[0].to_dict().keys() if k not in ignored_fields ]
    else:
        headers = [ k for k in obj[0].keys() if k not in ignored_fields ]
    entries = []
    for entry in obj:
        row = []
        for h in headers:
            row.append(entry.get(h))
        entries.append(row)
    print(tabulate(entries, headers=headers, tablefmt='orgtbl'))