Add rest api
diff --git a/src/emuvim/cli/rest/datacenter.py b/src/emuvim/cli/rest/datacenter.py
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+++ b/src/emuvim/cli/rest/datacenter.py
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+from requests import get
+from tabulate import tabulate
+import pprint
+import argparse
+
+pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)
+
+class RestApiClient():
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.cmds = {}
+
+    def execute_command(self, args):
+        if getattr(self, args["command"]) is not None:
+            # call the local method with the same name as the command arg
+            getattr(self, args["command"])(args)
+        else:
+            print("Command not implemented.")
+
+    def list(self,args):
+        list = get('%s/restapi/datacenter' % args.get('endpoint')).json()
+        table = []
+        for d in list:
+            # for each dc add a line to the output table
+            if len(d) > 0:
+                table.append([d.get("label"),
+                           d.get("internalname"),
+                           d.get("switch"),
+                           d.get("n_running_containers"),
+                           len(d.get("metadata"))])
+        headers = ["Label",
+               "Internal Name",
+               "Switch",
+               "# Containers",
+               "# Metadata Items"]
+        print (tabulate(table, headers=headers, tablefmt="grid"))
+
+    def status(self,args):
+        list = get('%s/restapi/datacenter/%s' % ( args.get("endpoint"), args.get("datacenter"))).json()
+        table = []
+        table.append([list.get('label'),
+                  list.get('internalname'),
+                  list.get('switch'),
+                  list.get('n_running_containers'),
+                  len(list.get('metadata'))])
+
+        headers = ["Label",
+               "Internal Name",
+               "Switch",
+               "# Containers",
+               "# Metadata Items"]
+
+        print (tabulate(table, headers=headers, tablefmt="grid"))
+
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='son-emu datacenter')
+parser.add_argument(
+    "command",
+    choices=['list', 'status'],
+    help="Action to be executed.")
+parser.add_argument(
+    "--datacenter", "-d", dest="datacenter",
+    help="Data center to which the command should be applied.")
+parser.add_argument(
+    "--endpoint", "-e", dest="endpoint",
+    default="http://127.0.0.1:5000",
+    help="UUID of the plugin to be manipulated.")
+
+
+def main(argv):
+    args = vars(parser.parse_args(argv))
+    c = RestApiClient()
+    c.execute_command(args)
+