Knock Python library

Knock API access for applications written in Python.

Documentation

See the documentation for Python usage examples.

Installation

To install from PyPi, run the following:

pip install knockapi

To install from source, clone the repo and run the following:

python setup.py install

Configuration

To use the library you must provide a secret API key, provided in the Knock dashboard.

from knockapi import Knock
client = Knock(api_key="sk_12345")

Usage

Identifying users

from knockapi import Knock
client = Knock(api_key="sk_12345")

client.users.identify(id="jhammond", data={"name": "John Hammond", "email": "[email protected]"})

Retrieving users

from knockapi import Knock
client = Knock(api_key="sk_12345")

client.users.get_user(id="jhammond")

Sending notifies

from knockapi import Knock
client = Knock(api_key="sk_12345")

client.notify(
  key="dinosaurs-loose",
  actor="dnedry",
  recipients=["jhammond", "agrant", "imalcolm", "esattler"],
  cancellation_key=alert.id,
  tenant="jurassic-park",
  data={
    "type": "trex",
    "priority": 1
  }
)

Canceling notifies

from knockapi import Knock
client = Knock(api_key="sk_12345")

client.workflows.cancel(
  key="dinosaurs-loose",
  cancellation_key=alert.id,
  recipients=["jhammond", "agrant", "imalcolm", "esattler"],
)

User preferences

from knockapi import Knock
client = Knock(api_key="sk_12345")

# Replaces the preferences for the user
client.preferences.update(
  user_id="jhammond",
  channel_types={'email': True},
  workflows={'dinosaurs-loose': False}
)

# Retrieve the current preferences
client.preferences.get(user_id="jhammond")

Signing JWTs

You can use the pyjwt package to sign JWTs easily. You will need to generate an environment specific signing key, which you can find in the Knock dashboard.

If you're using a signing token you will need to pass this to your client to perform authentication. You can read more about client-side authentication here.

import jwt
import os

private_key = os.getenv("KNOCK_SIGNING_KEY")
encoded = jwt.encode({"sub": "jhammond"}, private_key, algorithm="RS256")