Cookbooks

The cookbooks resource adds support for querying chef cookbooks.

Supported Operations

Index	Fetch a list of all of the groups
Exists	Check if a group exists
Contents	Get the list of files in a cookbook
Parse Filename	Splits up the path to a file in a cookbook
File Content	Read the contents of a file

API Reference

class pastry.resources.cookbooks.Cookbooks

Provides methods for interacting with chef cookbooks

classmethod contents(cookbook, version='_latest')

Fetches the cookbooks list of files that chef knows about

Parameters:

• cookbook (string) – The cookbook’s name
• version (string) – The cookbook’s version

Returns:

All of the files the cookbook knows about

Return type:

hash

classmethod exists(cookbook)

Checks if a cookbook exists on the chef server

Parameters:cookbook (string) – The Cookbook’s name Returns:If the cookbook exists Return type:boolean

classmethod file_content(cookbook, filename, version='_latest')

Fetches the contents of a specific file in a cookbook

Parameters:

• cookbook (string) – The cookbook’s name
• filename (string) – The name (and path) of the file to fetch
• version (string) – The cookbook’s version

Returns:

The raw contents of the specified file

Return type:

string

classmethod index()

Fetches all of the cookbooks (and versions) on the chef server

Returns:All the chef cookbooks and versions Return type:hash

classmethod parse_filename(filename)

Splits the file path so that it can be used to call the chef api

Parameters:filename (string) – The file’s path relative to the cookbook root Returns:The type of file, specificity, and filename Return type:iterable