Add rest api
diff --git a/src/emuvim/api/rest/compute.py b/src/emuvim/api/rest/compute.py
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+import logging
+import threading
+from flask import Flask, request
+from flask_restful import Resource,Api
+import json
+
+
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+
+
+dcs = {}
+
+class RestApiEndpoint(object):
+
+    """
+    Simple API endpoint that offers a REST
+    interface. This interface will be used by the
+    default command line client.
+    """
+    global dcs
+
+    def __init__(self, listenip, port):
+        self.ip = listenip
+        self.port = port
+
+        # setup Flask
+        self.app = Flask(__name__)
+        self.api = Api(self.app)
+
+        # setup endpoints
+        self.api.add_resource(ComputeList, "/restapi/compute/<dc_label>")
+        self.api.add_resource(ComputeStart, "/restapi/compute/<dc_label>/<compute_name>/start")
+        self.api.add_resource(ComputeStop, "/restapi/compute/<dc_label>/<compute_name>/stop")
+        self.api.add_resource(ComputeStatus, "/restapi/compute/<dc_label>/<compute_name>")
+        self.api.add_resource(DatacenterList, "/restapi/datacenter")
+        self.api.add_resource(DatacenterStatus, "/restapi/datacenter/<dc_label>")
+
+        logging.debug("Created API endpoint %s(%s:%d)" % (self.__class__.__name__, self.ip, self.port))
+
+
+    def connectDatacenter(self, dc):
+        dcs[dc.label] = dc
+        logging.info("Connected DC(%s) to API endpoint %s(%s:%d)" % (dc.label, self.__class__.__name__, self.ip, self.port))
+
+    def start(self):
+        thread = threading.Thread(target= self._start_flask, args=())
+        thread.daemon = True
+        thread.start()
+        logging.info("Started API endpoint @ http://%s:%d" % (self.ip, self.port))
+
+
+    def _start_flask(self):
+        self.app.run(self.ip, self.port, debug=True, use_reloader=False)
+
+
+class ComputeStart(Resource):
+    """
+    Start a new compute instance: A docker container (note: zerorpc does not support keyword arguments)
+    :param dc_label: name of the DC
+    :param compute_name: compute container name
+    :param image: image name
+    :param command: command to execute
+    :param network: list of all interface of the vnf, with their parameters (id=id1,ip=x.x.x.x/x),...
+    :return: networks list({"id":"input","ip": "10.0.0.254/8"}, {"id":"output","ip": "11.0.0.254/24"})
+    """
+    global dcs
+
+    def put(self, dc_label, compute_name):
+        logging.debug("API CALL: compute start")
+        try:
+
+            image = json.loads(request.json).get("image")
+            network = json.loads(request.json).get("network")
+            command = json.loads(request.json).get("docker_command")
+            c = dcs.get(dc_label).startCompute(
+                compute_name, image= image, command= command, network= network)
+            # return docker inspect dict
+            return  c. getStatus(), 200
+        except Exception as ex:
+            logging.exception("API error.")
+            return ex.message, 500
+
+class ComputeStop(Resource):
+
+    global dcs
+
+    def get(self, dc_label, compute_name):
+        logging.debug("API CALL: compute stop")
+        try:
+            return dcs.get(dc_label).stopCompute(compute_name), 200
+        except Exception as ex:
+            logging.exception("API error.")
+            return ex.message,500
+
+
+class ComputeList(Resource):
+
+    global dcs
+
+    def get(self, dc_label):
+        logging.debug("API CALL: compute list")
+        try:
+            if dc_label == 'None':
+                # return list with all compute nodes in all DCs
+                all_containers = []
+                for dc in dcs.itervalues():
+                    all_containers += dc.listCompute()
+                return [(c.name, c.getStatus()) for c in all_containers], 200
+            else:
+                # return list of compute nodes for specified DC
+                return [(c.name, c.getStatus())
+                    for c in dcs.get(dc_label).listCompute()], 200
+        except Exception as ex:
+            logging.exception("API error.")
+            return ex.message, 500
+
+
+class ComputeStatus(Resource):
+
+    global dcs
+
+    def get(self, dc_label, compute_name):
+
+        logging.debug("API CALL: compute list")
+
+        try:
+            return dcs.get(dc_label).containers.get(compute_name).getStatus(), 200
+        except Exception as ex:
+            logging.exception("API error.")
+            return ex.message, 500
+
+class DatacenterList(Resource):
+
+    global dcs
+
+    def get(self):
+        logging.debug("API CALL: datacenter list")
+        try:
+            return [d.getStatus() for d in dcs.itervalues()], 200
+        except Exception as ex:
+            logging.exception("API error.")
+            return ex.message, 500
+
+class DatacenterStatus(Resource):
+
+    global dcs
+
+    def get(self, dc_label):
+        logging.debug("API CALL: datacenter status")
+        try:
+            return dcs.get(dc_label).getStatus(), 200
+        except Exception as ex:
+            logging.exception("API error.")
+            return ex.message, 500