After IBM® SPSS® Collaboration and Deployment Services - Essentials for Python is
installed, run an API command to verify that it is working properly.
Before you begin
IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services Repository against
which the API command is run must be installed and available.
Procedure
- Verify that Python is included in the system path variable.
- Run the following command.
python <Python installation directory>/Scripts/CADSTool.py createFolder --source <folder path>
--host <host name> --port <port number> --user <user name> --password <password>
--server_url <server url>
| Parameter |
Description |
|---|
| --source |
The path of the folder to be created in the IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services Repository. |
| --host |
IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services Repository host
name or network address. |
| --port |
IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services Repository port
number. |
| --user |
IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services Repository user
name. |
| --password |
IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services Repository user
password. |
| --server_url |
If IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services Repository URL
includes a context root, the full URL. |
Example:
python c:\Python24\Scripts\CADSTool.py createFolder --source "/Test" --host cds_host.mycompany.com
--port 18000 --user admin --password password123
Results
If the command completes successfully and a corresponding
message is displayed,
IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services - Essentials for Python is
installed correctly. For more information about the API, see
IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services - Essentials for Python documentation.