Added housekeeping command to CLI. (#118)

Author: mmulqueen

alertaclient/api.py

@@ -265,6 +265,13 @@ def userinfo(self):
     def mgmt_status(self):
         return self.http.get('/management/status')
 
+    def housekeeping(self):
+        # This endpoint isn't currently JSON-encoded.
+        url = self.http.endpoint + "/management/housekeeping"
+        response = self.http.session.get(url, auth=self.http.auth, timeout=self.http.timeout)
+        if response.status_code != 200:
+            raise UnknownError(response.text)
+
 
 class ApiAuth(AuthBase):
 

alertaclient/commands/cmd_housekeeping.py

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import click
+
+
+@click.command('housekeeping', short_help='Expired and clears old alerts.')
+@click.pass_obj
+def cli(obj):
+    """Trigger the expiration and deletion of alerts."""
+    client = obj['client']
+    client.housekeeping()