# Python bindings to the OpenStack Watcher API

This is a client for OpenStack Watcher API. There’s a Python API (the `watcherclient` modules), and a command-line script (installed as watcher). Each implements the entire OpenStack Watcher API.

- Command-line Tool Reference
  - watcher Command-Line Interface (CLI)
  - openstack Command-Line Interface (CLI) with Watcher plugin
  - Infrastructure Optimization service (watcher) command-line client
- Python Library Reference
  - watcherclient
  - watcherclient Python API
  - watcherclient Modules
- Installation
- Contributing to python-watcherclient
  - Developer Certificate of Origin
  - LaunchPad Project
  - Project Hosting Details

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