README.rst

pylawson

This package exposes a Python API to connect to Infor Lawson IOS services.

The pylawson.client package contains Session objects for authenticating on the lawson server: sec_api.SecApiSession for Windows utilizes the sec-api.dll library which is installed with the Lawson Excel Add-Ins; and ms_samlpr.SamlSession which uses requests to robotically authenticate through the SAML login session.

Simple use:

First create a json file with connection details (each value is optional and can alternatively be passed directly to the session instantiation):

{"lawson":
    {
        "lawson_server": "https://target.resource/sso/SSOServlet",
        "ident_server": "http://identity.provider/adfs",
        "ident_host": "identity.provider",
        "username": "username",
        "password": "password"
    }
}

Then write a couple of lines of code:

from pylawson.client import SamlSession as Ios
lawson = Ios(json_file='./pylawson.json')
response = lawson.tokens({'systemCode': 'GL'})

This authenticates on the server and returns Lawson's XML response in a string with the result of a ListTokens action for the GL system.

NOTE: The IOS URL's and parameters are documented in Infor's 'Doc for Developers: IOS Application Program Interfaces--Windows' available on the Infor Xtreme support site.