Create API and command to create a influxDB container

JIRA: YARDSTICK-425

This API is used to create a influxDB Container
Add command line to create a influxDB Container, too

Change-Id: If9c2d04b779924d492a5d5ea91f7968fa959570e
Signed-off-by: chenjiankun <chenjiankun1@huawei.com>

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/yardstick/common/httpClient.py b/yardstick/common/httpClient.py
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+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd and others.
+#
+# All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+# are made available under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+##############################################################################
+import json
+import logging
+
+import requests
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class HttpClient(object):
+
+    def post(self, url, data):
+        data = json.dumps(data)
+        headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
+        try:
+            response = requests.post(url, data=data, headers=headers)
+            result = response.json()
+            logger.debug('The result is: %s', result)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.debug('Failed: %s', e)