more convenience functions to create an api interface as a user or node.

diff --git a/monitor/wrapper/plc.py b/monitor/wrapper/plc.py
index 8f70c1f..6dc5a28 100644 (file)
--- a/monitor/wrapper/plc.py
+++ b/monitor/wrapper/plc.py
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ def getAuthAPI():
 def getCachedAuthAPI():
        return CachedPLC(auth.auth, auth.server)
 
+def getSessionAPI(session, server):
+       nodeauth = Auth(session=session)
+       return PLC(nodeauth.auth, server)
+def getUserAPI(username, password, server):
+       auth = Auth(username,password)
+       return PLC(auth.auth, server)
+
 def getTechEmails(loginbase):
        """
                For the given site, return all user email addresses that have the 'tech' role.