Tutorial - Add Python Plugin To Your Gateway

API settings

To add a Python plugin to your API, you must specify the bundle name using the custom_middleware_bundle field:

{
  "name": "Tyk Test API",
  "api_id": "1",
  "org_id": "default",
  "definition": {
    "location": "header",
    "key": "version"
  },
  "auth": {
      "auth_header_name": "authorization"
  },
  "use_keyless": true,
  "version_data": {
    "not_versioned": true,
    "versions": {
      "Default": {
        "name": "Default",
        "expires": "3000-01-02 15:04",
        "use_extended_paths": true,
        "extended_paths": {
          "ignored": [],
          "white_list": [],
          "black_list": []
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "proxy": {
    "listen_path": "/quickstart/",
    "target_url": "http://httpbin.org",
    "strip_listen_path": true
  },
  "custom_middleware_bundle": "test-bundle"
}

Global settings

To enable Python plugins you need to add the following block to tyk.conf:

"coprocess_options": {
  "enable_coprocess": true,
  "python_path_prefix": "/opt/tyk-gateway"
},
"enable_bundle_downloader": true,
"bundle_base_url": "http://dummy-bundle-server.com/bundles/",
"public_key_path": "/path/to/my/pubkey",

enable_coprocess: enables the rich plugins feature.

python_path_prefix: Sets the path to built-in Tyk modules, this will be part of the Python module lookup path. The value used here is the default one for most installations.

enable_bundle_downloader: enables the bundle downloader.

bundle_base_url: is a base URL that will be used to download the bundle, in this example we have test-bundle specified in the API settings, Tyk will fetch the URL for your specified bundle server (in the above example): dummy-bundle-server.com/bundles/test-bundle. You need to create and then specify your own bundle server URL.

public_key_path: sets a public key, this is used for verifying signed bundles, you may omit this if unsigned bundles are used.