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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+'''
+Created on 4-Jun-2013
+
+@author: Anil Kumar (anilkumar.s@paxterrasolutions.com)
+
+
+    TestON is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    TestON is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with TestON.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.        
+
+
+onosrestapidriver is the basic driver which will handle the onorestapi functions
+'''
+
+import struct
+import fcntl
+import os
+import signal
+import re
+import sys
+import time 
+
+sys.path.append("../")
+from drivers.common.apidriver import API
+import urllib
+import __builtin__
+
+
+class OnosRestApiDriver(API):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(API, self).__init__()
+                                                
+
+    def connect(self,**connectargs):
+        for key in connectargs:
+            vars(self)[key] = connectargs[key]
+        
+        self.name = self.options['name']
+        self.handle = super(OnosRestApiDriver,self).connect()
+        main.log.info(self.options['topology_url'])
+        try :
+            self.handle = urllib.urlopen(self.options['topology_url'])
+        except Exception,e:
+            main.log.error(e)
+            
+        self.logFileName = main.logdir+"/"+self.name+".session"
+        
+        if self.handle:
+            return self.handle
+        else :
+            return main.FALSE
+
+    def execute(self):
+        main.log.info(self.options['topology_url'])
+        response = main.FALSE
+        for i in [1,2] :
+            time.sleep(2)
+            response = self.http_request()
+        return response
+        
+    def http_request(self):
+        try :
+            self.handle = urllib.urlopen(self.options['topology_url'])
+
+            resonse_lines = self.handle.readlines()
+            print resonse_lines
+            return resonse_lines
+        except Exception,e:
+            main.log.error(e)
+            return "url error"
+   
+    def disconnect(self,handle):
+        response = ''
+        '''
+        if self.handle:
+            self.handle = handle
+            response = self.execute(cmd="exit",prompt="(.*)",timeout=120)
+        else :
+            main.log.error("Connection failed to the host")
+            response = main.FALSE
+        '''
+        return response  
+    
+    
+   
+