# Access with Python

## Using the Integration API via Python[​](https://docs.mapsindoors.com/access-with-python#using-the-integration-api-via-python) <a href="#using-the-integration-api-via-python" id="using-the-integration-api-via-python"></a>

The Integration API can be access from python for automation of tasks such as updating data. In the example below we:

* Login using OAuth2 to the Mapspeople autorization server
* Define a GeoData object we want to change
* Send the updated GeoData to the integration API using the access token

> **Note** For this example to work you'll need to insert you own username and password in the second line of code

#### Login

There are two authentication flows you can use: username/password and Client Id/Secret.\
The difference boils down to the payload you will be sending to the authorization server.\
\
For User/Pass the payload should be formatted like this:

```
grant_type=password&client_id=client&username=example@example.com&password=your_password_here
```

For Client Id/Secret the payload should be formatted like this:

```
grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=your_client&client_secret=your_secret'
```

\
For more information about client Id/Secret you can read about it here:\\

{% content-ref url="client-credentials-flow" %}
[client-credentials-flow](https://docs.mapsindoors.com/sdks-and-frameworks/integration-api/integration-api-access/client-credentials-flow)
{% endcontent-ref %}

### Example script

The code below is meant as an example, not final production code. Eg. storing username/password in code is not recommended; It's only done here to keep things short and easy to read. Also do note that the example here tries to change data in the read-only demo solution **which will fail** - it's just an example. Change the solution ID, username password and json content to something in your solution and it will work though.

With this in mind, here is the example:

```python
import http.client
import json

# First create a connection to the Mapsindoors Authorization server and get an access token using username/password
#
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("auth.mapsindoors.com")
payload = 'grant_type=password&client_id=client&username=example@example.com&password=your_password_here'
headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}

conn.request("POST", "/connect/token", payload, headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
response = res.read().decode("utf-8")

# Got a response back from Mapspeople. Check if everything is ok
#
if res.status == 200:
    access_token = json.loads(response)["access_token"]
else:
    print(f"Authorization failed. Response: {response}")
    quit()

print("Got an access token from Mapspeople")

# Let's create an updated geojson as payload to a PUT request
#
payload = json.dumps([
    {
        "id": "c88c996b231746d096db5eaa",
        "parentId": "34c588fecbee45f199e8d67c",
        "datasetId": "550c26a864617400a40f0000",
        "baseType": "poi",
        "displayTypeId": "52c120dfae7e47269e930b80",
        "displaySetting": {
            "name": "default"
        },
        "geometry": {
            "coordinates": [
                9.95688874041662,
                57.0859076569953
            ],
            "type": "Point"
        },
        "anchor": {
            "coordinates": [
                9.95688874041662,
                57.0859076569953
            ],
            "type": "Point"
        },
        "aliases": [],
        "categories": [
            "5823246d07215b23a02e3cd9"
        ],
        "status": 3,
        "baseTypeProperties": {
            "administrativeid": "311a5837-395f-4e2b-9b88-c21b1b5c7833",
            "activefrom": "2015-01-16T07:09:00Z",
            "capacity": "0"
        },
        "properties": {
            "name@en": "Printing facilities1",
            "name@da": "Print new"
        }
    }
])

# Added our access token as Authorization to the server. Note: This needs 'bearer' in front of it.
#
headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': f'bearer {access_token}'
}

print("Attempting to change a geodata object")
conn.request("PUT", "https://integration.mapsindoors.com/550c26a864617400a40f0000/api/geodata", payload, headers)

res = conn.getresponse()
response = res.read().decode("utf-8")

if res.status != 204:
    print(f"Update failed. Response: {response}")
    quit()
else:
    print("Success. One geodata object was updated.")

```