cpauto is a client library, written in Python, for the web APIs exposed via Check Point R80 management server software. The Check Point R80 management APIs provide automation and integration capabilities that were not available in previous versions of Check Point management server software.
https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/R80/APIs/#introduction
Behold, the power of cpauto:
>>> import cpauto
>>> cc = cpauto.CoreClient('admin', 'vpn123', '10.6.9.81')
>>> r = cc.login()
>>> r.status_code
200
>>> r.json()
{u'last-login-was-at': {u'posix': 1478636363481, u'iso-8601': u'2016-11-08T15:19-0500'}, u'uid': ...}
>>> n = cpauto.Network(cc)
>>> r = n.add('net_mgmt', { 'subnet': '10.6.9.0', 'subnet-mask': '255.255.255.0' })
>>> r.status_code
200
>>> r.json()
{u'domain': {u'domain-type': u'domain', u'name': u'SMC User', u'uid': u'41e821a0-3720-11e3-aa6e-0800200c9fde'}, ...}
>>> r = cc.publish()
>>> r.status_code
200
>>> r.json()
{u'task-id': u'01234567-89ab-cdef-8b0a-92e9635a47d3'}
>>> r = cc.logout()
>>> r.status_code
200
>>> r.json()
{u'message': u'OK'}
To install cpauto, simply:
$ pip install cpauto
Enjoy.
Copious documentation is available at: http://cpauto.readthedocs.io/