joslarson/lds-org

Access LDS.org unit information

LDS-org

Most times, I can quickly jump on LDS.org and get the exact information I need. However, there are those repeated tasks I don't really want to to run time and time again. Hmm... sounds like a job for a computer.

In my current role as Clerk, reports and information are my life. I want to make it easier to get that information.

Install

For install you can use pip:

pip install lds-org

QuickStart

Using the command line, see the available endpoints and your current ID.

python -m lds-org --ask
python -m lds-org --ask -e current-user-id

Now lets get the same in python.

import lds_org

lds = lds_org.LDSOrg()
lds.signin(username, password)
rv = lds.get('current-user-id')
print(rv.json())
print(sorted(k for k, v in lds.endpoints.items()
      if isinstance(v, basestring) and v.startswith('http')))

Working endpoints

There are some endpoints, while published, don't appear to be working. Here is a list of working endpoint providing JSON. See https://tech.lds.org/wiki/LDS_Tools_Web_Services for more information.

• current-user-detail
• current-user-id
• current-user-unit
• current-user-units
• leader-access
• member-assignments
• organization-list-url
• stake-leadership
• stake-units
• unit-leadership
• unit-leadership-new
• unit-members-and-callings
• unit-members-and-callings-v2
• unit-membership
• cal2x-event
• cal2x-events

Calendar requests appear to be working but the descriptions at https://tech.lds.org/wiki/LDS_Tools_Web_Services appear to be out of date. For an example see the testing suite.

Secure your username and password

You need to keep your username and password secret. However, you also want to automate the process of getting and processing information from LDS.org. You could put your username and password in your code, but the possibility of sharing your information is very possible when you show or share your code.

This module can use environment variables containing your username and password. In *nix based systems, you can add the following to your .bashrc or its equivelent.

LDSORG_USERNAME=username; export LDSORG_USERNAME
LDSORG_PASSWORD="password"; export LDSORG_PASSWORD

Personally, I create a seperate file to fix the command line environment. I take the above and put it in a file 'ldsorg-password.txt'. From the command line, type the following and you should see your LDS.org username.

source ldsorg-password.txt
echo $LDSORG_USERNAME

Once this is done, you no longer need to either use the '--ask' parameter or specify a username/password in your code.