Create a Package Management Environment

POST /api/v1.2/package/create_environment

Use this API to create a package management environment.

Note

This feature is not available by default. Create a ticket with Qubole Support to enable this feature on the QDS account.

Required Role

The following users can make this API call:

• Users who belong to the system-user or system-admin group.

• Users who belong to a group associated with a role that allows creating an environment. See Managing Groups and Managing Roles for more information.

Parameters

Note

Parameters marked in bold are mandatory. Others are optional and have default values.

Parameter	Description
name	Provide a name to the environment and it is mandatory.
description	You can add a brief description about the environment.
python_version	The default Python version is 2.7. The other supported version is 3.5. In the new package management, the default Python version is 3.7. The other supported version is 2.7.
r_version	It is the version of R. The supported and default version is 3.3. In the new package management, the supported and default version is 3.5.

Request API Syntax

Here is the syntax to create an environment.

curl -X POST -H "X-AUTH-TOKEN: <API-TOKEN>" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" \
-d '{"name": "<EnvironmentName>", "description": "<Description>", "python_version":"<Supported Python Version>",
      "r_version":"<Supported R version>"}' \ "https://api.qubole.com/api/v1.2/package/create_environment"

Note

The above syntax uses https://api.qubole.com as the endpoint. Qubole provides other endpoints to access QDS that are described in Supported Qubole Endpoints on Different Cloud Providers.

Sample API Request

Here is a sample API call to create an environment.

curl -X POST -H "X-AUTH-TOKEN: <API-TOKEN>" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" \
-d '{"name": "PackageEnv", "description": "Environment for adding packages", "python_version":"3.5",
    "r_version":"3.3"}' \ "https://api.qubole.com/api/v1.2/package/create_environment"

If you do not specify the Python and R versions, the default Python 2.7 and R 3.3 versions would be installed. A newly created environments gets a list of Python and R packages installed by default. For more information, see Using the Default Package Management UI.

Response

{ "environment":
    {
        "account_id": 1,
        "cluster_id": null,
        "created_at": "2017-11-22T12:19:40Z",
        "description": "Environment for adding packages",
        "env_predefine_python_id": 1,
        "env_predefine_r_id": 3,
        "env_python_detail_id": 200,
        "env_r_detail_id": null,
        "id": 81,
        "name": "PackageEnv",
        "python_version_ui": "3.5",
        "qbol_user_id": 88,
        "r_version_ui": "3.3",
        "status": true,
        "updated_at": "2017-12-06T12:05:48Z"
    }
}