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# CLOUD SERVER API DOCUMENTATION
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# Name: createLoadBalancer
# Language: Python
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# Description: this function creates a load balancer
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from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
import urllib
import json

#ID access to API
TOKEN = "{YOUR_API_TOKEN}" # e.g.: "f03c3c76cc853ee690b879909c9c6f2a"
url = "https://cloudpanel-api.ionos.com/v1"

def _createLoadBalancer(content):
    #Configure the request
    _command = url + "/load_balancers"
    _method = 'POST'
    request = Request(_command, data=content.encode(encoding='utf_8'), 
                      headers={'X-TOKEN':TOKEN, 'content-type':'application/json'}, 
                      method=_method)
    
    #Try to get the response
    try:
        response = urlopen(request)
        content = response.read()
        return (content.decode())
    #Fetch error
    except urllib.error.URLError as e:
        return("Error " + str(e.code) + ":" + e.reason) 

#PARAMETERS
name = 'My load balancer api test'
description = 'My load balancer api test description'
health_check_test = 'TCP'
health_check_interval = 40
persistence = True
persistence_time = 1200
method = 'ROUND_ROBIN'
rules = [{"protocol":"TCP", "port_balancer":22, 'port_server':22, 'source':'0.0.0.0'},
         {"protocol":"TCP", "port_balancer":8080, 'port_server':8080, 'source':'0.0.0.0'}]

data = json.dumps({'name':name, 'description':description, 
                   'health_check_test': health_check_test,
                   'health_check_interval':health_check_interval,
                   'persistence':persistence,
                   'persistence_time':persistence_time,
                   'method':method,
                   'rules':rules})

#Create load balancer
print(_createLoadBalancer(data))