so far you can view and create vms

starrs.py

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+import psycopg2
+
+
+def connect_starrs(db, user, host, password):
+    try:
+        starrs = psycopg2.connect("dbname='{}' user='{}' host='{}' password='{}'".format(db, user, host, password))
+    except:
+        print("Unable to connect to STARRS database.")
+        raise
+    return starrs
+
+
+def get_next_ip(starrs, range_name):
+    c = starrs.cursor()
+    try:
+        c.execute("BEGIN")
+        c.callproc("api.initialize", ('root',))
+        c.callproc("api.get_address_from_range", (range_name,))
+        results = c.fetchall()
+        c.execute("COMMIT")
+    finally:
+        c.close()
+    return results
+
+
+def register_starrs(starrs, name, owner, mac, addr):
+    c = starrs.cursor()
+    try:
+        c.execute("BEGIN")
+        c.callproc("api.initialize", ('root',))
+        c.callproc("api.create_system_quick", (name, owner, 'members', mac, addr, 'csh.rit.edu', 'dhcp', True))
+        results = c.fetchall()
+        c.execute("COMMIT")
+    finally:
+        c.close()
+    return results
+
+
+def delete_starrs(starrs, name):
+    c = starrs.cursor()
+    try:
+        c.execute("BEGIN")
+        c.callproc("api.initialize", ('root',))
+        c.callproc("api.remove_system", (name,))
+        results = c.fetchall()
+        c.execute("COMMIT")
+    finally:
+        c.close()
+    return results