Create a Python Client Application
This sample Python application demonstrates communication with the Morgan Stanley API offering. It requires some simple security configuration based on setup with Morgan Stanley.
Configuring the Python Client
Properties
Open the sample application below in your favourite text editor and make the following changes to the Client config.json
Property Name
Description
client_id
The client id that will be sent to you from your Morgan Stanley contact
scope
The scope/s that will be sent to from your Morgan Stanley contact
thumbprint
The thumbprint that is from the public_key.cer
private_key_file
The path to the private_key.pem that has been created
Note You may receive a Thumbprint in the formal 12:AB:FC:12, please remove the ":" so the thumbprint would be 12ABFC12
Endpoint
The application is pre-configured to call the "Hello" endpoint (https://api.morganstanley.com/hello/services). Some applications may not have access to this endpoint, therefore please wait to be told what endpoint to use. This endpoint usage (configured to /hello/services) is visible in the python file client-application.py. You may change this endpoint to another of the API endpoints if you wish or if you are told to do so.
Sample Application
The sample code below can be copied into your IDE of choice or alternatively you can download the code here.
Running the Python Client Application
It is important to ensure that you have Python3 on your machine. To check if python is on your machine perform the following:
py --version
python --version
If the command is not recognised then you will need to install Python on your machine. This can be done by visiting https://www.python.org/downloads/ where you can follow the instructions to download and install python.
Once Python is installed you can run following to launch the application. Please refer to the docs for current best practice on creating a virtual environment https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html:
py -m venv virtualenv
.\virtualenv\Scripts\activate
py -m pip install -r requirements.txt
py client-application.py config.json
python -m venv virtualenv
. virtualenv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python client-application.py config.json.
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