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leonardo bravo
leonardo bravo

Reputation: 1

How to connect to a PI Webservice, using Python3

I am trying to connect to a PI Webservice of OSISoft, the official documentation is bad and for the moment I am using as an example https://github.com/SwatiAcharjee/PI-Web-API-Client-Python/blob/master/setup.py.

I installed :

pip3 install osipiconnect

but when trying to connect to the WS, by means of :

client = PIWebApiClient (" https://marc-rras.osisoft.int/piwebapi ", useKerberos = False, username =" marc.adm ", password =" kk ", verifySsl = False)

gives me an error of:

unexpected keyword argument 'useKerberos'

(Supposedly the WS uses Kerberos within the authentication process)

Some idea, or example of how to connect to a PI Webservice, using Python from a machine with GNU Linux??.

regards

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2838

Answers (1)

codea
codea

Reputation: 1549

OSIsoft's PI Web API has many authentication options, in many companies with a majority of Microsoft computers Kerberos authentication offers a single-sign-on experience. This is just one way (recommended, and secured) to use the PI Web API. But there are other ways. See the OSIsoft Live Library - PI Web API - Authentication options for more details. These settings require server-side configuration.

But taking a step back I would probably try to understand what you want to achieve. There are several ways to access and use the data with the PI System. And PI Web API is just one of them... Are you trying to use the right one? This is a typical case of XY Problem :).

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To get a quick start on the multiple ways to use the PI System as a developer have a look here: OSIsoft PI Developer Technologies

And specifically for PI Web API, you can watch training videos on youtube: PI Web API online Course

And to get started with the PI System, and understand what it is about, you should look here: What is the PI System?

Upvotes: 2

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