[Question] sharing context with subprocess

[MartykQ]

Hello,

is there a way to share a context with subprocess library, for example:

import openshift as oc
import subprocess

HOST = 'https://localhost:6443'
USER = 'ocuser'
PASSWORD = 'password'
PROJECT = 'my-proj'

with oc.api_server(HOST):
    with oc.login(USER, PASSWORD):
        with oc.project(PROJECT):
            subprocess.run('oc get pods | grep ABCD')

I would like to execute some commands directly from the subprocess library, making sure I'm in the correct server/project context

[bradmwilliams]

Hi @MartykQ,
The majority of the actions performed by this library are already issued through the subprocess library: https://github.com/openshift/openshift-client-python/blob/main/packages/openshift/action.py#L351

To accomplish what you've asked above, you could simply do something like:

import openshift as oc

HOST = 'https://localhost:6443'
USER = 'ocuser'
PASSWORD = 'password'
PROJECT = 'my-proj'

with oc.api_server(HOST):
    with oc.login(USER, PASSWORD):
        with oc.project(PROJECT):
            pods = oc.selector('pods').objects()
            for pod in pods:
                if 'abcd' in pod.name():
                    result = pod.execute(cmd_to_exec=['ls', '-al'])
                    print(f'Result: {result.out()}')

[MartykQ]

Thanks @bradmwilliams! I think that one combined with oc.invoke will be enough for my use case