paramiko-expect 0.3.5
An expect-like extension for the Paramiko SSH library
License: MIT

Paramiko Expect
===============

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Introduction
------------

Paramiko Expect provides an expect-like extension for the Paramiko SSH library
which allows scripts to fully interact with hosts via a true SSH
connection.

The class is constructed with an SSH Client object (this will likely be
extended to support a transport in future for more flexibility).

Quick Start
-----------

To install paramiko-expect, simply run the following at your prompt:

.. code:: bash

    # from pypi
    pip install paramiko-expect

    # from source
    pip install git+https://github.com/fgimian/paramiko-expect.git

So let's check out how it works in general (please see
`paramiko_expect-demo.py <https://github.com/fgimian/paramiko-expect/blob/master/examples/paramiko_expect-demo.py>`_
for the complete code):

.. code:: python

    # Connect to the host
    client.connect(hostname=hostname, username=username, password=password)

    # Create a client interaction class which will interact with the host
    interact = SSHClientInteraction(client, timeout=10, display=True)
    interact.expect(prompt)

    # Run the first command and capture the cleaned output, if you want the output
    # without cleaning, simply grab current_output instead.
    interact.send('uname -a')
    interact.expect(prompt)
    cmd_output_uname = interact.current_output_clean

    # Now let's do the same for the ls command but also set a timeout for this
    # specific expect (overriding the default timeout)
    interact.send('ls -l /')
    interact.expect(prompt, timeout=5)
    cmd_output_ls = interact.current_output_clean

    # To expect multiple expressions, just use a list.  You can also selectively
    # take action based on what was matched.

    # Method 1: You may use the last_match property to find out what was matched
    interact.send('~/paramiko_expect-demo-helper.py')
    interact.expect([prompt, 'Please enter your name: '])
    if interact.last_match == 'Please enter your name: ':
        interact.send('Fotis Gimian')
        interact.expect(prompt)

    # Method 2: You may use the matched index to determine the last match (like pexpect)
    interact.send('~/paramiko_expect-demo-helper.py')
    found_index = interact.expect([prompt, 'Please enter your name: '])
    if found_index == 1:
        interact.send('Fotis Gimian')
        interact.expect(prompt)

    # Send the exit command and expect EOF (a closed session)
    interact.send('exit')
    interact.expect()

    # Print the output of each command
    print '-'*79
    print 'Cleaned Command Output'
    print '-'*79
    print 'uname -a output:'
    print cmd_output_uname
    print 'ls -l / output:'
    print cmd_output_ls

**Important**: Before running this script, be sure to place
`paramiko_expect-demo-helper.py <https://github.com/fgimian/paramiko-expect/blob/master/examples/paramiko_expect-demo-helper.py>`_
in ``~``.

The print statements at the bottom of the script provide the following
output:

.. code:: bash

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Cleaned Command Output
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    uname -a output:
    Linux fotsies-ubuntu-testlab 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 20:39:51 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

    ls -l / output:
    total 77
    drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 May  1 22:21 bin
    drwxr-xr-x  4 root root  1024 May  1 22:22 boot
    drwxr-xr-x 15 root root  4300 Jun 12 15:00 dev
    drwxr-xr-x 90 root root  4096 Jun 12 16:45 etc
    drwxr-xr-x  4 root root  4096 May  1 23:37 home
    lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    33 May  1 22:18 initrd.img -> /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-23-generic
    drwxr-xr-x 18 root root  4096 May  1 22:21 lib
    drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 May  1 22:17 lib64
    drwx------  2 root root 16384 May  1 22:17 lost+found
    drwxr-xr-x  4 root root  4096 May  1 22:18 media
    drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Apr 19 19:32 mnt
    drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 May  1 22:17 opt
    dr-xr-xr-x 84 root root     0 Jun 12 15:00 proc
    drwx------  3 root root  4096 May 30 23:32 root
    drwxr-xr-x 15 root root   560 Jun 12 17:02 run
    drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Jun  4 20:59 sbin
    drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Mar  6 04:54 selinux
    drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 May  1 22:17 srv
    drwxr-xr-x 13 root root     0 Jun 12 15:00 sys
    drwxrwxrwt  2 root root  4096 Jun 12 16:17 tmp
    drwxr-xr-x 10 root root  4096 May  1 22:17 usr
    drwxr-xr-x 12 root root  4096 Jun 12 13:16 var
    lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    29 May  1 22:18 vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic

For interacting with tail-like scripts, we can use the tail function (please see
`paramiko_expect-tail-demo.py <https://github.com/fgimian/paramiko-expect/blob/master/examples/paramiko_expect-tail-demo.py>`_
for the complete code):

.. code:: python

    # Connect to the host
    client.connect(hostname=hostname, username=username, password=password)

    # Create a client interaction class which will interact with the host
    interact = SSHClientInteraction(client, timeout=10, display=False)
    interact.expect(prompt)

    # Send the tail command
    interact.send('tail -f /var/log/auth.log')

    # Now let the class tail the file for us
    interact.tail(line_prefix=hostname+': ')

The true power of the tail function will become more apparent when you
check out the `Multi-SSH <https://github.com/fgimian/multissh>`_
library. Ever thought about tailing a log on multiple servers? Well
dream no more my friend, it's here!


Tests
-----

Not full coverage yet, and assumes you have docker setup:

.. code:: bash

    pip install -r requirements-test.txt
    docker run -d -p 2222:22 -v `pwd`/examples:/examples -v `pwd`/test/id_rsa.pub:/root/.ssh/authorized_keys  docker.io/panubo/sshd
    pytest -s --cov paramiko_expect --cov-report term-missing


Contributions
-------------

- Israel Fruchter (@fruch) - Tests / CI / Uploads to Pypi
- Kiseok Kim (@kiseok7) - Vagrent image


License
-------

Paramiko Expect is released under the **MIT** license. Please see the
`LICENSE <https://github.com/fgimian/paramiko-expect/blob/master/LICENSE>`_
file for more details.