### Install haproxyadmin from source

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/introduction.html

Installs the library from source using setup.py.

```bash
sudo python setup.py install
```

--------------------------------

### Install haproxyadmin with pip

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/introduction.html

Installs the haproxyadmin library using pip.

```bash
pip install haproxyadmin
```

--------------------------------

### Example output of utils.info2dict

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Shows the dictionary structure generated from the 'show info' command output.

```python
{
    Name: HAProxy
    Version: 1.4.24
    Release_date: 2013/06/17
    Nbproc: 1
    Process_num: 1
    Pid: 1155
    Uptime: 5d 4h42m16s
    Uptime_sec: 448936
    Memmax_MB: 0
    Ulimit-n: 131902
    Maxsock: 131902
    Maxconn: 65536
    Maxpipes: 0
    CurrConns: 1
    PipesUsed: 0
    PipesFree: 0
    Tasks: 819
    Run_queue: 1
    node: node1
    description:
}
```

--------------------------------

### Get all servers across all backends

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/backend.html

Iterates over all backends from hap.backends() and prints backend name, requests, process_nb, and then each server's name and requests. The output shows multiple backends and their servers.

```python
>>> for backend in backends:
>>> backends = hap.backends()
...    print(backend.name, backend.requests, backend.process_nb)
...    servers = backend.servers()
...    for server in servers:
...       print(" ", server.name, server.requests)
...
backend_proc2 100 [2]
  bck_proc2_srv4_proc2 25
  bck_proc2_srv3_proc2 25
  bck_proc2_srv1_proc2 25
  bck_proc2_srv2_proc2 25
haproxy 0 [4, 3, 2, 1]
backend1_proc34 16 [4, 3]
  bck1_proc34_srv1 6
  bck_all_srv1 5
  bck1_proc34_srv2 5
backend_proc1 29 [1]
  member2_proc1 14
  member1_proc1 15
  bck_all_srv1 0
backend2_proc34 100 [4, 3]
  bck2_proc34_srv2 97
  bck2_proc34_srv1 2
  bck_all_srv1 1
>>>
```

--------------------------------

### Check if a backend exists

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/backend.html

Uses the hap.backends() method to get a list of backends and checks membership with the 'in' operator. The example shows that 'backend1_proc34' is present and prints 'have it', while 'backend1_proc34foo' is not and produces no output.

```python
>>> backends = hap.backends()
>>> if 'backend1_proc34' in backends:
...    print('have it')
...
have it
>>> if 'backend1_proc34foo' in backends:
...    print('have it')
...
>>>
```

--------------------------------

### Retrieve total frontend requests

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Demonstrates how to get the total number of requests for a specific frontend.

```python
>>> from haproxyadmin import haproxy
>>> hap = haproxy.HAProxy(socket_dir='/run/haproxy')
>>> frontend = hap.frontend('frontend2_proc34')
>>> frontend.requests
5
```

--------------------------------

### Get server status with check_status and status

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/server.html

Retrieves the status of a server using attributes like last_agent_check, check_status, check_code, and status. The example shows a server in 'DOWN' state with check_status 'L4TOUT'.

```python
>>> backend = hap.backend('backend1_proc34')
>>> server = backend.server('bck_all_srv1')
>>> server.last_agent_check
''
>>> server.check_status
'L4TOUT'
>>> server.check_
server.check_code    server.check_status
>>> server.check_code
''
>>> server.status
'DOWN'
>>>
```

--------------------------------

### Example structure of utils.stat2dict

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Shows the nested dictionary structure generated from 'show stat' CSV data.

```python
{
    'backends': {
        'acq-misc': {
                        'stats': { _CSVLine object },
                        'servers': {
                            'acqrdb-01': { _CSVLine object },
                            'acqrdb-02': { _CSVLine object },
                            ...
                            }
                    },
        ...
        },
    'frontends': {
        'acq-misc': { _CSVLine object },
        ...
        },
    ...
}
```

--------------------------------

### Get a specific server from a backend

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/backend.html

Uses backend.server('bck1_proc34_srv2') to retrieve a server object and prints its name, backendname, status, requests, and weight. The output shows the server is UP with 9 requests and weight 1.

```python
>>> s1 = backend.server('bck1_proc34_srv2')
>>> s1.name, s1.backendname, s1.status, s1.requests, s1.weight
('bck1_proc34_srv2', 'backend1_proc34', 'UP', 9, 1)
```

--------------------------------

### Get servers of a specific backend

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/backend.html

Gets a backend object and iterates over its servers, printing name, status, and weight. The output shows three servers all with status UP and weight 1.

```python
>>> backend = hap.backend('backend1_proc34')
>>> for s in backend.servers():
...    print(s.name, s.status, s.weight)
...
bck1_proc34_srv2 UP 1
bck_all_srv1 UP 1
bck1_proc34_srv1 UP 1
>>>
```

--------------------------------

### CSVLine Usage Example

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Demonstrates how to use the CSVLine class to map CSV field values to object attributes based on a provided header list.

```python
>>> from haproxyadmin import utils
>>> heads = ['pxname', 'type', 'lbtol']
>>> parts = ['foor', 'backend', '444']
>>> utils.CSVLine.heads = heads
>>> csvobj = utils.CSVLine(parts)
>>> csvobj.pxname
'foor'
>>> csvobj.type
'backend'
>>> csvobj.lbtol
'444'
>>> csvobj.bar
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/.../haproxyadmin/haproxyadmin/utils.py", line 341, in __getattr__
    _index = self.heads.index(attr)
ValueError: 'bar' is not in list
```

--------------------------------

### Get HAProxy uptime

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Returns the uptime of the HAProxy process as a formatted string.

```python
>>> from haproxyadmin import haproxy
>>> hap = haproxy.HAProxy(socket_dir='/run/haproxy')
>>> hap.uptime
'4d 0h16m26s'
```

--------------------------------

### Get HAProxy version

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Returns the version string of the HAProxy process.

```python
>>> from haproxyadmin import haproxy
>>> hap = haproxy.HAProxy(socket_dir='/run/haproxy')
>>> hap.version
'1.5.8'
```

--------------------------------

### Retrieve backend statistics with BACKEND_METRICS

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/backend.html

Gets a backend object via hap.backend('backend1_proc34') and iterates over BACKEND_METRICS to print each metric name and value. The output shows values for metrics like act, bck, downtime, and weight. Also demonstrates accessing process_nb, requests_per_process(), and requests attributes.

```python
>>> backend = hap.backend('backend1_proc34')
>>> for m in BACKEND_METRICS:
...     print("name {} value {}".format(m, backend.metric(m)))
...
name act value 3
name bck value 0
name bin value 0
name bout value 0
name chkdown value 2
name cli_abrt value 0
name comp_byp value 0
name comp_in value 0
name comp_out value 0
name comp_rsp value 0
name ctime value 0
name downtime value 8237
name dreq value 0
name dresp value 0
name econ value 0
name eresp value 0
name hrsp_1xx value 0
name hrsp_2xx value 0
name hrsp_3xx value 0
name hrsp_4xx value 0
name hrsp_5xx value 0
name hrsp_other value 0
name lastchg value 11373
name lastsess value -1
name lbtot value 0
name qcur value 0
name qmax value 0
name qtime value 0
name rate value 0
name rate_max value 0
name rtime value 0
name scur value 0
name slim value 200000
name smax value 0
name srv_abrt value 0
name stot value 0
name ttime value 0
name weight value 3
name wredis value 0
name wretr value 0
>>>
>>>
>>> backend.process_nb
[4, 3]
>>> backend.requests_per_process()
[(4, 2), (3, 3)]
>>> backend.requests
5
>>>
```

--------------------------------

### Change maximum connections for a specific frontend

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/frontend.html

Changes the maximum connections for a specific frontend by name. The example shows the initial maxconn, the setmaxconn() call returning True, and the updated maxconn value.

```python
>>> frontend = hap.frontend('frontend1_proc34')
>>> frontend.maxconn
20000
>>> frontend.setmaxconn(50000)
True
>>> frontend.maxconn
100000
```

--------------------------------

### Get HAProxy uptime in seconds

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Returns the uptime of the HAProxy process as an integer representing seconds.

```python
>>> from haproxyadmin import haproxy
>>> hap = haproxy.HAProxy(socket_dir='/run/haproxy')
>>> hap.uptimesec
346588
```

--------------------------------

### Using haproxyadmin to list frontends and backends

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/introduction.html

Shows how to instantiate HAProxy and iterate over frontends and backends, printing their names, request counts, and process numbers. The output demonstrates the aggregated statistics across multiple HAProxy processes.

```python
>>> from haproxyadmin import haproxy
>>> hap = haproxy.HAProxy(socket_dir='/run/haproxy')
>>> frontends = hap.frontends()
>>> for frontend in frontends:
...     print(frontend.name, frontend.requests, frontend.process_nb)
...
frontend_proc2 0 [2]
haproxy 0 [4, 3, 2, 1]
frontend_proc1 0 [1]
frontend1_proc34 0 [4, 3]
frontend2_proc34 0 [4, 3]
>>>
>>>
>>> backends = hap.backends()
>>> for backend in backends:
...    print(backend.name, backend.requests, backend.process_nb)
...    servers = backend.servers()
...    for server in servers:
...       print(" ", server.name, server.requests)
...
backend_proc2 100 [2]
  bck_proc2_srv4_proc2 25
  bck_proc2_srv3_proc2 25
  bck_proc2_srv1_proc2 25
  bck_proc2_srv2_proc2 25
haproxy 0 [4, 3, 2, 1]
backend1_proc34 16 [4, 3]
  bck1_proc34_srv1 6
  bck_all_srv1 5
  bck1_proc34_srv2 5
backend_proc1 29 [1]
  member2_proc1 14
  member1_proc1 15
  bck_all_srv1 0
backend2_proc34 100 [4, 3]
  bck2_proc34_srv2 97
  bck2_proc34_srv1 2
  bck_all_srv1 1
>>>
```

--------------------------------

### Build source archive for haproxyadmin

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/introduction.html

Creates a source distribution archive using setup.py sdist.

```bash
python setup.py sdist
```

--------------------------------

### Initialize and view MAPs

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/haproxy.html

Initialize the HAProxy connection and display MAP entries.

```python
>>> from haproxyadmin import haproxy
>>> hap = haproxy.HAProxy(socket_dir='/run/haproxy')
>>> hap.show_map(map=6)
['# id (file) description',
"0 (/etc/haproxy/v-m1-bk) pattern loaded ...... line 82",
'']
>>> hap.show_map(0)
['0x1a78ab0 0 www.foo.com-0', '0x1a78b20 1 www.foo.com-1', '']
```

--------------------------------

### Server.port property

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Gets or sets the assigned port of the server.

```APIDOC
## Server.port property

### Description
Gets or sets the assigned port of the server.

### Getter
Returns the port as a string.

### Setter
Sets the port. Parameters: port (string) - port to set. Returns bool.
```

--------------------------------

### _Frontend.__init__(hap_process, name, iid)

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Constructor for the _Frontend class. Initializes a frontend object associated with a single HAProxy process.

```APIDOC
## _Frontend.__init__(hap_process, name, iid)

### Description
Constructor for the _Frontend class. Initializes a frontend object associated with a single HAProxy process.

### Parameters
- **hap_process** (_HAProxyProcess) - Required - A _HAProxyProcess object.
- **name** (string) - Required - Frontend name.
- **iid** (integer) - Required - Unique proxy id of the frontend.

```

--------------------------------

### Server.address property

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Gets or sets the assigned address of the server.

```APIDOC
## Server.address property

### Description
Gets or sets the assigned address of the server.

### Getter
Returns the address as a string.

### Setter
Sets the address. Parameters: address (string) - address to set. Returns bool.
```

--------------------------------

### Retrieve frontend requests per process

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Demonstrates how to initialize an HAProxy instance, select a specific frontend, and retrieve the number of requests per process.

```python
>>> from haproxyadmin import haproxy
>>> hap = haproxy.HAProxy(socket_dir='/run/haproxy')
>>> frontend = hap.frontend('frontend2_proc34')
>>> frontend.requests_per_process()
[(4, 2), (3, 3)]
```

--------------------------------

### _Frontend.command(cmd)

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Runs a command to HAProxy and returns the first line of the output.

```APIDOC
## _Frontend.command(cmd)

### Description
Runs a command to HAProxy and returns the first line of the output.

### Parameters
- **cmd** (string) - Required - A valid command to execute.

### Returns
- **string** - 1st line of the output.

```

--------------------------------

### HAProxy.__init__

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Constructor for the HAProxy object, the main interface to interact with HAProxy.

```APIDOC
## HAProxy.__init__

### Description
Build a user-created HAProxy object for HAProxy. This is the main class to interact with HAProxy and provides methods to create objects for managing frontends, backends and servers. It also provides an interface to interact with HAProxy as a way to retrieve settings/statistics but also change settings. ACLs and MAPs are also managed by HAProxy class.

### Method
Constructor

### Signature
`HAProxy(socket_dir=None, socket_file=None, retry=2, retry_interval=2)`

### Parameters
- **socket_dir** (string) - Optional - A directory with HAProxy stats files.
- **socket_file** (string) - Optional - Absolute path of HAProxy stats file.
- **retry** (integer or None) - Optional - Number of times to retry to open a UNIX socket connection after a failure occurred. Possible values: None => don't retry, 0 => retry indefinitely, 1..N => times to retry.
- **retry_interval** (integer) - Optional - Sleep time between the retries.

### Returns
- **HAProxy** - A user-created HAProxy object.
```

--------------------------------

### Get total frontend requests

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Returns the total number of requests processed by all frontends.

```python
>>> from haproxyadmin import haproxy
>>> hap = haproxy.HAProxy(socket_dir='/run/haproxy')
>>> hap.requests
457
```

--------------------------------

### Get HAProxy release date

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Retrieves the release date of the HAProxy process as a string.

```python
>>> from haproxyadmin import haproxy
>>> hap = haproxy.HAProxy(socket_dir='/run/haproxy')
>>> hap.releasedate
'2014/10/31'
```

--------------------------------

### info2dict(raw_info)

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Builds a dictionary structure from the output of the 'show info' command. The input is a list of raw data lines, and the output is a dictionary with keys like Name, Version, Pid, etc.

```APIDOC
## info2dict(raw_info)

### Description
Builds a dictionary structure from the output of the 'show info' command.

### Parameters
- **raw_info** (list) - Required - Data returned by the 'show info' UNIX socket command.

### Returns
- **dict** - A dictionary with keys/values as shown in the example below.

### Example Output
```
{
    Name: HAProxy
    Version: 1.4.24
    Release_date: 2013/06/17
    Nbproc: 1
    Process_num: 1
    Pid: 1155
    Uptime: 5d 4h42m16s
    Uptime_sec: 448936
    Memmax_MB: 0
    Ulimit-n: 131902
    Maxsock: 131902
    Maxconn: 65536
    Maxpipes: 0
    CurrConns: 1
    PipesUsed: 0
    PipesFree: 0
    Tasks: 819
    Run_queue: 1
    node: node1
    description:
}
```
```

--------------------------------

### Build source RPMs for haproxyadmin

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/introduction.html

Builds source RPMs by cleaning and running bdist_rpm.

```bash
python setup.py clean --all; python setup.py bdist_rpm
```

--------------------------------

### server(hostname, backend=None)

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Builds Server objects for a given server hostname. If a backend is specified, the lookup is limited to that backend. Returns a list of Server objects.

```APIDOC
## server(hostname, backend=None)

### Description
Build Server objects for a given server. If backend is specified, lookup is limited to that backend. If a server is a member of more than one backend, multiple objects for the same server are returned.

### Method
N/A (Python method)

### Parameters
- **hostname** (string) - Required - Servername to look for.
- **backend** (string) - Optional - Backend name to look in.

### Returns
- A list of Server objects.

### Return Type
list
```

--------------------------------

### servers(backend=None)

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Builds Server objects for each server. If a backend is specified, the lookup is limited to that backend. Returns a list of Server objects.

```APIDOC
## servers(backend=None)

### Description
Build Server objects for each server. If backend is specified, lookup is limited to that backend.

### Method
N/A (Python method)

### Parameters
- **backend** (string) - Optional - Backend name.

### Returns
- A list of Server objects.

### Return Type
list
```

--------------------------------

### Set Server State with setstate

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Demonstrates how to disable and enable a server using the setstate method and the corresponding state constants.

```python
>>> from haproxyadmin import haproxy, STATE_DISABLE, STATE_ENABLE
>>> hap = haproxy.HAProxy(socket_dir='/run/haproxy')
>>> server = hap.server('member_bkall', backend='backend_proc1')[0]
>>> server.setstate(haproxy.STATE_DISABLE)
True
>>> server.status
'MAINT'
>>> server.setstate(haproxy.STATE_ENABLE)
True
>>> server.status
'no check'
```

--------------------------------

### Get total cumulative requests

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Returns the total cumulative number of requests processed by all processes, including both frontends and backends.

```python
>>> from haproxyadmin import haproxy
>>> hap = haproxy.HAProxy(socket_dir='/run/haproxy')
>>> hap.totalrequests
457
```

--------------------------------

### List all frontend objects

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/haproxy.html

Retrieve a list of all available frontend objects.

```python
>>> frontends = hap.frontends()
>>> for f in frontends:
...    print(f.name)
...
frontend_proc1
haproxy
frontend1_proc34
frontend2_proc34
frontend_proc2
```

--------------------------------

### Retrieve frontend process numbers

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Demonstrates how to list the process numbers where a specific frontend is configured.

```python
>>> from haproxyadmin import haproxy
>>> hap = haproxy.HAProxy(socket_dir='/run/haproxy')
>>> frontend = hap.frontend('frontend2_proc34')
>>> frontend.process_nb
[4, 3]
```

--------------------------------

### Check if a frontend exists

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/frontend.html

Use the hap.frontends() method to get a list of frontend names and check if a specific frontend exists.

```APIDOC
## Check if a frontend exists

### Description
Use the `hap.frontends()` method to retrieve a list of frontend names and check if a specific frontend exists.

### Method
`hap.frontends()`

### Parameters
None

### Returns
A list of frontend names.

### Example
```python
>>> frontends = hap.frontends()
>>> if 'frontend2_proc34' in frontends:
...    print('have it')
...
have it
```
```

--------------------------------

### info()

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Dump info about haproxy stats on current process.

```APIDOC
## info()

### Description
Dump info about haproxy stats on current process.

### Returns
A list of dict for each process.

### Return Type
list
```

--------------------------------

### HAProxy ACL Management

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Demonstrates initializing the HAProxy object and performing basic ACL operations like adding and showing entries.

```python
>>> from haproxyadmin import haproxy
>>> hap = haproxy.HAProxy(socket_dir='/run/haproxy')
>>> hap.command('show stats')
['0x23181c0 /static/css/']
>>> hap.add_acl(acl=4, pattern='/foo/' )
True
>>> hap.show_acl(acl=4)
['0x23181c0 /static/css/', '0x238f790 /foo/']
```

--------------------------------

### Terminate server sessions with server.shutdown()

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/server.html

Terminates all sessions attached to a server using server.shutdown(). The example shows the current session count (scur) dropping from 8 to 0 after shutdown.

```python
>>> backend = hap.backend('backend1_proc34')
>>> server = backend.server('bck_all_srv1')
>>> server.metric('scur')
8
>>> server.shutdown()
True
>>> server.metric('scur')
0
```

--------------------------------

### Initialize HAProxy object

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/guide.html

Create a HAProxy object named 'hap' to interact with HAProxy processes. Ensure you have write permissions for the specified socket directory.

```python
>>> from haproxyadmin import haproxy
>>> hap = haproxy.HAProxy(socket_dir='/run/haproxy')
```

--------------------------------

### Frontend.enable(die)

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Enables the frontend. Returns True if successful, otherwise False. If die is True, raises CommandFailed or MultipleCommandResults on error.

```APIDOC
## Frontend.enable(die)

### Description
Enable the frontend.

### Method
Python method

### Signature
`enable(die)`

### Parameters
- **die** (bool) - control the handling of errors.

### Returns
- **bool** - True if frontend is enabled otherwise False.

### Raises
- `haproxyadmin.exceptions.CommandFailed` or `haproxyadmin.exceptions.MultipleCommandResults` if die is True and something bad happens, otherwise returns False.
```

--------------------------------

### _Server(backend, name, sid)

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Constructor for the _Server class. Creates an object to interact with a server of a backend in one HAProxy.

```APIDOC
## _Server(backend, name, sid)

### Description
Class for interacting with a server of a backend in one HAProxy.

### Parameters
- **backend** - a _Backend object in which server is part of.
- **name** (string) - server name.
- **sid** (string) - server id (unique inside a proxy).

```

--------------------------------

### Manage a specific server across all backends

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/haproxy.html

Iterate through all instances of a server across different backends and update their state.

```python
>>> s1 = hap.server(hostname='bck_all_srv1')
>>> for x in s1:
...    print(x.name, x.backendname, x.status)
...    x.setstate(haproxy.STATE_DISABLE)
...    print(x.status)
...
bck_all_srv1 backend1_proc34 DOWN
True
MAINT
bck_all_srv1 backend_proc1 DOWN
True
MAINT
bck_all_srv1 backend2_proc34 no check
True
MAINT
```

--------------------------------

### List all backend objects

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/haproxy.html

Retrieve a list of all available backend objects.

```python
>>> backends = hap.backends()
>>> for b in backends:
...    print(b.name)
...
haproxy
backend1_proc34
backend_proc2
backend_proc1
backend2_proc34
```

--------------------------------

### HAProxy.backend

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Build a Backend object.

```APIDOC
## HAProxy.backend

### Description
Build a Backend object.

### Method
backend

### Signature
`backend(name)`

### Parameters
- **name** (string) - Required - Backend name to look up.

### Raises
- ValueError when backend isn't found or more than 1 backend is found.
```

--------------------------------

### HAProxy.backends

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Build a list of Backend objects.

```APIDOC
## HAProxy.backends

### Description
Build a list of Backend objects.

### Method
backends

### Signature
`backends(name=None)`

### Parameters
- **name** (string) - Optional - Backend name to look up.

### Returns
- **list** - List of Backend objects.
```

--------------------------------

### Retrieve server statistics with backend.servers() and server.metric()

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/server.html

Iterates over all servers in a backend and prints each server's name and all metrics from SERVER_METRICS using server.metric(). The output shows the metric names and values for each server.

```python
>>> backend = hap.backend('backend1_proc34')
>>> for server in backend.servers():
...    print(server.name)
...    for m in SERVER_METRICS:
...       print("name {} value {}".format(m, server.metric(m)))
...    print("-----------")
...
bck1_proc34_srv2
name qcur value 0
name qmax value 0
name scur value 0
name smax value 0
name stot value 0
name bin value 0
name bout value 0
name dresp value 0
name econ value 0
name eresp value 0
name wretr value 0
name wredis value 0
name weight value 1
name act value 1
name bck value 0
name chkfail value 6
name chkdown value 4
name lastchg value 39464
name downtime value 47702
name qlimit value 0
name throttle value 0
name lbtot value 0
name rate value 0
name rate_max value 0
name check_duration value 5001
name hrsp_1xx value 0
name hrsp_2xx value 0
name hrsp_3xx value 0
name hrsp_4xx value 0
name hrsp_5xx value 0
name hrsp_other value 0
name cli_abrt value 0
name srv_abrt value 0
name lastsess value -1
name qtime value 0
name ctime value 0
name rtime value 0
name ttime value 0
-----------
bck1_proc34_srv1
name qcur value 0
name qmax value 0
name scur value 0
name smax value 0
name stot value 0
name bin value 0
name bout value 0
name dresp value 0
name econ value 0
name eresp value 0
name wretr value 0
name wredis value 0
name weight value 1
name act value 1
name bck value 0
name chkfail value 6
name chkdown value 4
name lastchg value 39464
name downtime value 47702
name qlimit value 0
name throttle value 0
name lbtot value 0
name rate value 0
name rate_max value 0
name check_duration value 5001
name hrsp_1xx value 0
name hrsp_2xx value 0
name hrsp_3xx value 0
name hrsp_4xx value 0
name hrsp_5xx value 0
name hrsp_other value 0
name cli_abrt value 0
name srv_abrt value 0
name lastsess value -1
name qtime value 0
name ctime value 0
name rtime value 0
name ttime value 0
-----------
bck_all_srv1
name qcur value 0
name qmax value 0
name scur value 0
name smax value 0
name stot value 0
name bin value 0
name bout value 0
name dresp value 0
name econ value 0
name eresp value 0
name wretr value 0
name wredis value 0
name weight value 1
name act value 1
name bck value 0
name chkfail value 6
name chkdown value 4
name lastchg value 39462
name downtime value 47700
name qlimit value 0
name throttle value 0
name lbtot value 0
name rate value 0
name rate_max value 0
name check_duration value 5001
name hrsp_1xx value 0
name hrsp_2xx value 0
name hrsp_3xx value 0
name hrsp_4xx value 0
name hrsp_5xx value 0
name hrsp_other value 0
name cli_abrt value 0
name srv_abrt value 0
name lastsess value -1
name qtime value 0
name ctime value 0
name rtime value 0
name ttime value 0
-----------
>>>
```

--------------------------------

### _Backend.command(cmd)

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Sends a command to HAProxy and returns the output.

```APIDOC
## _Backend.command(cmd)

### Description
Send command to HAProxy.

### Parameters
- **cmd** (string) - command to send.

### Returns
- The output of the command (string).

```

--------------------------------

### _Backend.servers(name=None)

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Returns a list of _Server objects for each server of the backend.

```APIDOC
## _Backend.servers(name=None)

### Description
Return a list of _Server objects for each server of the backend.

### Parameters
- **name** (string) - (optional) server name to lookup, defaults to None.

### Returns
- List of _Server objects.

```

--------------------------------

### List all server objects

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/haproxy.html

Retrieve a list of all server objects. If a server is a member of multiple backends, multiple objects are returned for that server.

```python
>>> servers = hap.servers()
>>> for s in servers:
...    print(s.name, s.backendname)
...
bck1_proc34_srv1 backend1_proc34
bck1_proc34_srv2 backend1_proc34
bck_all_srv1 backend1_proc34
bck_proc2_srv3_proc2 backend_proc2
bck_proc2_srv1_proc2 backend_proc2
bck_proc2_srv4_proc2 backend_proc2
bck_proc2_srv2_proc2 backend_proc2
member1_proc1 backend_proc1
bck_all_srv1 backend_proc1
member2_proc1 backend_proc1
bck2_proc34_srv1 backend2_proc34
bck_all_srv1 backend2_proc34
bck2_proc34_srv2 backend2_proc34
```

--------------------------------

### _Backend(hap_process, name, iid)

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Constructor for the _Backend class. Creates an object to interact with a backend in a single HAProxy process.

```APIDOC
## _Backend(hap_process, name, iid)

### Description
Class for interacting with a backend in one HAProxy process.

### Parameters
- **hap_process** - a HAProxyProcess object.
- **name** (string) - backend name.
- **iid** (integer) - unique proxy id of the backend.

```

--------------------------------

### Retrieve frontend status

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Demonstrates how to check the current status of a frontend.

```python
>>> from haproxyadmin import haproxy
>>> hap = haproxy.HAProxy(socket_dir='/run/haproxy')
>>> frontend = hap.frontend('frontend2_proc34')
>>> frontend.status
'OPEN'
```

--------------------------------

### Backend.server(name)

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Returns a Server object for the specified server name.

```APIDOC
## Backend.server(name)

### Description
Returns a Server object for the specified server name.

### Method
server

### Parameters
- **name** (string) - Required - Name of the server

### Returns
Server object

### Return Type
haproxyadmin.Server
```

--------------------------------

### frontend(name)

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Build a Frontend object for the given frontend name. Raises ValueError if not found or more than one found.

```APIDOC
## frontend(name)

### Description
Build a Frontend object.

### Parameters
- **name** (string) - Required - frontend name to look up.

### Returns
A Frontend object for the frontend.

### Return Type
Frontend

### Raises
ValueError when frontend isn't found or more than 1 frontend is found.
```

--------------------------------

### Backend.servers(name=None)

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Returns a list of Server objects for each server, optionally filtered by name.

```APIDOC
## Backend.servers(name=None)

### Description
Returns Server object for each server, optionally filtered by name.

### Method
servers

### Parameters
- **name** (string) - Optional - servername to look for. Defaults to None.

### Returns
A list of Server objects

### Return Type
list
```

--------------------------------

### Convert values with utils.converter

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Demonstrates converting input values to integers or strings, returning None for invalid conversions.

```python
>>> from haproxyadmin import utils
>>> utils.converter('0')
0
>>> utils.converter('13.5')
13
>>> utils.converter('13.5f')
'13.5f'
>>> utils.converter('')
>>> utils.converter(' ')
>>> utils.converter('UP')
'UP'
>>> utils.converter('UP 1/2')
'UP 1/2'
>>>
```

--------------------------------

### Create signed tag for release

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/introduction.html

Creates a signed tag for the release version.

```bash
git tag -s 0.1.3 -m 'bump release'
```

--------------------------------

### Server.name property

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Returns the name of the server.

```APIDOC
## Server.name property

### Description
Returns the name of the server.

### Return Type
string
```

--------------------------------

### backends(name=None)

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Builds backend objects for each backend. Optionally filters by backend name.

```APIDOC
## backends(name=None)

### Description
Builds backend objects for each backend. Optionally filters by backend name.

### Parameters
- **name** (string) - Optional - Backend name, defaults to None

### Returns
- A list of backend objects for each backend (type: list)
```

--------------------------------

### frontends(name=None)

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Build a list of Frontend objects, optionally filtered by a given frontend name.

```APIDOC
## frontends(name=None)

### Description
Build a list of Frontend objects.

### Parameters
- **name** (string) - Optional - frontend name to look up.

### Returns
List of Frontend objects.

### Return Type
list
```

--------------------------------

### Disable and enable a frontend

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/frontend.html

Disables and then enables a frontend. The status changes from 'OPEN' to 'STOP' after disable() and back to 'OPEN' after enable(), with both methods returning True.

```python
>>> frontend = hap.frontend('frontend1_proc34')
>>> frontend.status
'OPEN'
>>> frontend.disable()
True
>>> frontend.status
'STOP'
>>> frontend.enable()
True
>>> frontend.status
'OPEN'
```

--------------------------------

### proc_info()

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Returns a dictionary containing information about the HAProxy daemon.

```APIDOC
## proc_info()

### Description
Returns a dictionary containing information about the HAProxy daemon.

### Returns
- A dictionary (see utils.info2dict() for details)
```

--------------------------------

### Change server weight across all backends with hap.server()

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/server.html

Changes the weight of a server across all backends using hap.server() and server.setweight(). The loop prints the backend name and weight before and after setting the weight to 8.

```python
>>> server_per_backend = hap.server('bck_all_srv1')
>>> for server in server_per_backend:
...    print(server.backendname, server.weight)
...    server.setweight(8)
...    print(server.backendname, server.weight)
...
backend2_proc34 1
True
backend2_proc34 8
backend1_proc34 0
True
backend1_proc34 8
backend_proc1 100
True
backend_proc1 8
>>>
```

--------------------------------

### _Frontend.stats()

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Builds a dictionary for all statistics reported by HAProxy.

```APIDOC
## _Frontend.stats()

### Description
Builds a dictionary for all statistics reported by HAProxy.

### Returns
- **dict** - A dictionary with statistics.

```

--------------------------------

### command(command, full_output=False)

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Sends a command to HAProxy over UNIX stats socket. Returns the first line of output or the full output as a list.

```APIDOC
## command(command, full_output=False)

### Description
Sends a command to HAProxy over UNIX stats socket. Newline characters are stripped.

### Parameters
- **command** (string) - Required - A valid command to execute
- **full_output** (bool) - Optional - Return all output, by default returns only the 1st line of the output

### Returns
- 1st line of the output (string) or the whole output as a list if full_output is True
```

--------------------------------

### version

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Returns the version of HAProxy.

```APIDOC
## version

### Description
Return version of HAProxy.

### Method
Property (read-only)

### Return Type
string

### Usage
```python
>>> from haproxyadmin import haproxy
>>> hap = haproxy.HAProxy(socket_dir='/run/haproxy')
>>> hap.version
'1.5.8'
```
```

--------------------------------

### _Server.stats()

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Builds a dictionary for all statistics reported by HAProxy.

```APIDOC
## _Server.stats()

### Description
Build dictionary for all statistics reported by HAProxy.

### Returns
- A dictionary with statistics (dict).

```

--------------------------------

### Frontend.stats_per_process()

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Returns all stats of the frontend per process as a list of tuples.

```APIDOC
## Frontend.stats_per_process()

### Description
Return all stats of the frontend per process.

### Method
Python method

### Signature
`stats_per_process()`

### Returns
- **list** - a list of tuples with 2 elements: 1. process number, 2. a dict with all stats
```

--------------------------------

### _Backend.stats()

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Builds a dictionary for all statistics reported by HAProxy.

```APIDOC
## _Backend.stats()

### Description
Build dictionary for all statistics reported by HAProxy.

### Returns
- A dictionary with statistics (dict).

```

--------------------------------

### Change server weight with server.setweight()

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/server.html

Changes the weight of a server in a backend using server.setweight(). A value ending with '%' sets the weight relative to the initially configured weight; absolute weights are allowed between 0 and 256.

```python
>>> backend = hap.backend('backend1_proc34')
>>> server = backend.server('bck_all_srv1')
>>> server.weight
100
>>> server.setweight('20%')
True
>>> server.weight
20
>>> server.setweight(58)
True
>>> server.weight
58
```

--------------------------------

### Server.process_nb property

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Returns a list of process numbers in which the backend server is configured.

```APIDOC
## Server.process_nb property

### Description
Returns a list of process numbers in which the backend server is configured.

### Return Type
list
```

--------------------------------

### Frontend.name

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Returns the name of the frontend.

```APIDOC
## Frontend.name

### Description
Return the name of the frontend.

### Returns
- **string** - return type
```

--------------------------------

### Add an entry to a map

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Demonstrates adding a key-value pair to a map using the add_map method.

```python
>>> from haproxyadmin import haproxy
>>> hap = haproxy.HAProxy(socket_dir='/run/haproxy')
>>> hap.show_map(0)
['0x1a78b20 1 www.foo.com-1']
>>> hap.add_map(0, '9', 'foo')
True
>>> hap.show_map(0)
['0x1a78b20 1 www.foo.com-1', '0x1b15c80 9 foo']
```

--------------------------------

### Change maximum connections for all frontends

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/frontend.html

Iterates over all frontends and changes the maximum connections to 10000 using setmaxconn(). The output shows the before and after maxconn values for each frontend, with setmaxconn() returning True.

```python
>>> frontends = hap.frontends()
>>> for f in frontends:
...    print(f.maxconn, f.name)
...    f.setmaxconn(10000)
...    print(f.maxconn, f.name)
...    print('---------------')
...
3000 haproxy-stats2
True
10000 haproxy-stats2
---------------
6000 frontend1_proc34
True
20000 frontend1_proc34
---------------
6000 frontend2_proc34
True
20000 frontend2_proc34
---------------
3000 frontend_proc2
True
10000 frontend_proc2
---------------
3000 haproxy-stats
True
10000 haproxy-stats
---------------
3000 haproxy-stats3
True
10000 haproxy-stats3
---------------
3000 haproxy-stats4
True
10000 haproxy-stats4
---------------
3000 frontend_proc1
True
10000 frontend_proc1
---------------
```

--------------------------------

### Frontend.process_nb

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Returns a list of process numbers in which the frontend is configured.

```APIDOC
## Frontend.process_nb

### Description
Return a list of process number in which frontend is configured.

### Returns
- **list** - return type

### Usage Example
```python
>>> from haproxyadmin import haproxy
>>> hap = haproxy.HAProxy(socket_dir='/run/haproxy')
>>> frontend = hap.frontend('frontend2_proc34')
>>> frontend.process_nb
[4, 3]
```
```

--------------------------------

### uptime

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Returns the uptime of the HAProxy process.

```APIDOC
## uptime

### Description
Return uptime of HAProxy process.

### Method
Property (read-only)

### Return Type
string

### Usage
```python
>>> from haproxyadmin import haproxy
>>> hap = haproxy.HAProxy(socket_dir='/run/haproxy')
>>> hap.uptime
'4d 0h16m26s'
```
```

--------------------------------

### Backend.name

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Returns the name of the backend.

```APIDOC
## Backend.name

### Description
Returns the name of the backend.

### Return Type
string
```

--------------------------------

### haproxyadmin.FRONTEND_METRICS

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

A list of metric names for retrieving various statistics for frontends.

```APIDOC
## haproxyadmin.FRONTEND_METRICS

### Description
A list of metric names for retrieving various statistics for frontends.

### Type
list

```

--------------------------------

### Server.stats_per_process()

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Returns all stats of the server per process.

```APIDOC
## Server.stats_per_process()

### Description
Returns all stats of the server per process.

### Method
stats_per_process

### Return Type
A list of tuple 2 elements: 1. process number, 2. a dict with all stats.
```

--------------------------------

### _HAProxyProcess(socket_file, retry=3, retry_interval=2)

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Constructor for creating an object to communicate with a single HAProxy process via a UNIX stats socket. It accepts the socket file path and optional retry settings.

```APIDOC
## _HAProxyProcess(socket_file, retry=3, retry_interval=2)

### Description
Creates an object to communicate with a single HAProxy process via a UNIX stats socket.

### Parameters
- **socket_file** (string) - Required - Full path of socket file.
- **retry** (integer) - Optional - Number of connect retries (defaults to 3)
- **retry_interval** (integer) - Optional - Interval time in seconds between retries (defaults to 2)
```

--------------------------------

### HAProxy.command

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Send a command to the HAProxy process.

```APIDOC
## HAProxy.command

### Description
Send a command to the HAProxy process. This allows a user to send any kind of command to haproxy. No sanitization is performed on input or output.

### Method
command

### Signature
`command(cmd)`

### Parameters
- **cmd** (string) - Required - A command to send to haproxy process.

### Returns
- **list** - List of 2-item tuples: (HAProxy process number, what the method returned).
```

--------------------------------

### show_map(mapid=None)

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Dumps info about maps. Without an argument, returns the list of all available maps. If a mapid is specified, its contents are dumped. Returns a list.

```APIDOC
## show_map(mapid=None)

### Description
Dump info about maps. Without argument, the list of all available maps is returned. If a mapid is specified, its contents are dumped.

### Method
N/A (Python method)

### Parameters
- **mapid** (integer or string) - Optional - Map id or a file path.

### Returns
- A list with the maps.

### Return Type
list

### Usage Example
```
>>> from haproxyadmin import haproxy
>>> hap = haproxy.HAProxy(socket_dir='/run/haproxy')
>>> hap.show_map()
['# id (file) description',
 "0 (/etc/haproxy/v-m1-bk) pattern loaded ...... line 82",
 ]
>>> hap.show_map(mapid=0)
['0x1a78ab0 0 www.foo.com-0', '0x1a78b20 1 www.foo.com-1']
```
```

--------------------------------

### _Server.sid

Source: https://haproxyadmin.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dev/api.html

Property that returns the server id.

```APIDOC
## _Server.sid

### Description
Return server id.

```