text: import time
  
  import requests
  
  class http_interface(object):
  
      def __init__(self):
          self.url = None
          self.service_key = None
          self.isconnected = False
  
      def api_version(self):
  
          version = None
          try:
              headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json',
                         'X-Auth-API-Service-Key': self.service_key,
                         }
              version_url = self.url + '/dashboard/api/version'
  
              res = requests.get(url=version_url,
                                 headers=headers
                                 )
  
              response_json = res.json()
              version = response_json['version']
          except:
              print('HTTP Client: api_version failed for ' + version_url)
  
          return version
  
      def connected(self):
          return self.isconnected
  
  
      def connect(self, url, service_key):
  
          try:
  
              if url[-1] == '/':
                  url = url[:-1]
  
              self.url = url
              self.service_key = service_key
  
              if self.api_version() is not None:
                  self.isconnected = True
  
          except:
              print('HTTP Client: Failed to connect to ' + self.url)
  
          return self.isconnected
  
      #HTTP functions
      def add_repo_plugin(self, file_path, verify=False):
  
          # '/Users/cody/IdeaProjects/cepdemo/target/cepdemo-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar'
          data = open(file_path, 'rb').read()
          headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/octet-stream',
                     'X-Auth-API-Service-Key': self.service_key,
                     'Content-Type': 'application/java-archive'
                     }
          upload_url = self.http_url + '/dashboard/plugins/uploadplugin'
          res = requests.post(url=upload_url,
                              data=data,
                              headers=headers,
                              )
  
          plugin_info = res.json()
  
          if verify:
  
              isUploaded = False
  
              headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json',
                         'X-Auth-API-Service-Key': self.service_key,
                         }
              list_url = self.http_url + '/dashboard/plugins/listrepo'
  
              while not isUploaded:
                  res = requests.get(url=list_url,
                                     headers=headers
                                     )
                  plugin_list = res.json()
                  print(plugin_list)
                  for plugin in plugin_list['plugins']:
                      if plugin == plugin_info:
                          isUploaded = True
                  time.sleep(1)
  
          return plugin_info
  