# Importing python library - the wrong way? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maker\ **Created:** [November 11, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/importing-python-library-the-wrong-way/40527 "2020-11-11T13:02:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
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You can also skip the SDK approach entirely, and just build your own using `system.net.httpClient()`. You can even wrap that up in your own mini-SDK (it doesn't look like the Ambient Weather REST API is very complex) to make it a bit easier to use. I went into the (very broad strokes) here: > [@Ignition and (Docker) Portainer API. (HTTP queries)](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-and-docker-portainer-api-http-queries/36725/2): > > Http bindings aren’t going to work well for this purpose - they’re not very good at authentication right now. I’d recommend [system.net.httpClient()](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/system.net.httpClient). You could wrap things in a class to make accessing the API a little friendlier: class PortainerClient(object): def \_\_init\_\_(self, baseUrl, username, password, \*\*kwargs): self.baseUrl = baseUrl self.client = system.net.httpClient(\*\*kwargs) response = self.client.post(baseUrl + "auth", data={"Username": username, "Password": password}) self… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/importing-python-library-the-wrong-way/40527)._