[For review] - Proposed update to implementation for RESTCONF platforms

setup.py

@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ def find_version(*paths):
 
     # package dependencies
     install_requires=[
-        'requests >= 1.15.1',
+        'requests >= 2.10.0',
+        'PySocks >= 1.5.6',
         'dict2xml',
         'f5-icontrol-rest',
         'ciscoisesdk'

src/rest/connector/__init__.py

@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ def __getattribute__(self, name):
         # Selector of methods/attributes to pick from abstracted
         # Can't use __getattr__ as BaseConnection is abstract and some already
         # exists
-        if name in ['api', 'get', 'post', 'put', 'patch', 'delete',
-                    'connect', 'disconnect', 'connected']:
+        if name in ['api', 'options', 'head', 'get', 'post', 'put', 'patch',
+                    'delete', 'connect', 'disconnect', 'connected']:
             return getattr(self._implementation, name)
 
         # Send the rest to normal __getattribute__

src/rest/connector/implementation.py

@@ -67,6 +67,16 @@ def disconnect(self):
 
         raise NotImplementedError
 
+    def options(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        '''OPTIONS REST Command to retrieve supported methods'''
+
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def head(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        '''HEAD REST Command to retrieve header fields'''
+
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
     def get(self, *args, **kwargs):
         '''GET REST Command to retrieve information from the device'''