Bynder Python SDK

The main goal of this SDK is to speed up the integration of Bynder customers who use Python. Making it easier to connect to the Bynder API (http://docs.bynder.apiary.io) and execute requests on it.

Requirements and dependencies

The Python SDK requires the following in order to fully work:

• Python >= 3.5, older versions of Python won't work.

Pip should handle all the dependencies automatically.

Installation

This SDK depends on a few libraries in order to work, installing it with pip should take care of everything automatically.

Before you install the SDK we recommend you to setup a virtual environment:

virtualenv -p python3 venv  # create virtual environment
source venv/bin/activate    # activate virtual environment

After you have successfully setup a virtual environment you can install the SDK with pip. Run the following command while your virtual environment is active.

pip install bynder-sdk

To use the SDK, you have to import it at the top of your file:

from bynder_sdk import BynderClient 

How to use it

This is a simple example on how to retrieve data from the Bynder asset bank. For a more detailed example of implementation refer to the sample code.

Before executing any request to the Bynder API we need to instantiate the BynderClient class, the following example shows how to do this:

    bynder_client = BynderClient(
        base_url=config.get('BYNDER_TOKENS', 'base_url'),
        consumer_key=config.get('BYNDER_TOKENS', 'consumer_key'),
        consumer_secret=config.get('BYNDER_TOKENS', 'consumer_secret'),
        token=config.get('BYNDER_TOKENS', 'token'),
        token_secret=config.get('BYNDER_TOKENS', 'token_secret')
    )

We encourage you to store the tokens in a configuration file or as envrioment variables. This will help you to keep your tokens safe.

After getting the BynderClient configured successfully we need to get an instance of the AssetBankClient in order to do any of the API calls relative to the Bynder Asset Bank module:

     asset_bank_client = bynder_client.asset_bank_client
     collection_client = bynder_client.collection_client # Works the same

And with this, we can start our request to the API, listed in the Methods Available section following. Short example of getting all the Media Items:

    media_list = asset_bank_client.media_list()

This call will return a list with all the Media Items available in the Bynder environment. Note that some of the calls accept a query array in order to filter the results via the API call params (see Bynder API Docs) for more details. For instance, if we only wanted to retrieve 2 images here is what the call would look like:

    media_list = asset_service.media_list({
        'limit': 2,
        'type': 'image'
    })

Methods Available

These are the methods currently availble on the Bynder Python SDK, refer to the Bynder API Docs for more specific details on the calls.

BynderClient:

Get an instance of the Asset Bank Client or the Collection Client if already with access tokens set up. Also allows to generate and authenticate request tokens, which are necessary for the rest of the Asset Bank and Collection calls.

    asset_bank_client
    collection_client
    login()
    request_token()
    authorise_url()
    access_token()
    logout()
    derivatives()

asset_bank_client:

All the Asset Bank related calls, provides information and access to Media management.

    brands()
    media_list(query)
    media_info(media_id, query)
    meta_properties()
    tags()
    media_download_url()
    set_media_properties(media_id, query)
    delete_media(media_id)
    create_usage(itegration_id, asset_id, query)
    usage(query)
    delete_usage(integration_id, asset_id, query)
    upload_file(file_path, brand_id, media_id, query)

With the upload_file method you can do two things. You can upload a new asset, or you can upload a new version of an exising asset. You can control this by sending a media_id or not.

collection_client:

All the collection related calls.

    collections(query)
    collections_info(collection_id)
    create_collection(name, query)
    delete_collection(collection_id)
    collection_media_ids(collection_id)
    add_media_to_collection(collection_id, media_ids)
    remove_media_from_collection(collection_id, meedia_ids)
    share_collection(collection_id, collection_option, recipients, query)

Tests

You can run the tests by using the command below. This will install the packages required and execute the tests for all the clients.

make test