Basic get + set example.

Uses json for serialization and defaults for everything.

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/docs/basic_usage.rst b/docs/basic_usage.rst
index 92688df..67ec078 100644
--- a/docs/basic_usage.rst
+++ b/docs/basic_usage.rst
@@ -4,4 +4,29 @@
 Basic Usage
 ===========
 
-TODO - not yet written
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    import json
+    import kazoo.client
+
+    # No parameters assumes you want to connect to zookeeper on localhost:2181
+    # Make sure zookeeper is actually running there.
+    # For more information:
+    # http://kazoo.readthedocs.org/en/latest/api/client.html#kazoo.client.KazooClient
+    zk = kazoo.client.KazooClient()
+    zk.connect()
+
+    node_name = '/kazoo/test'
+    zk.ensure_path(node_name)
+    (json_data, zstat) = zk.get(node_name)
+    if json_data:
+        data = json.loads(json_data)
+        print 'Found goodies at', node_name
+        print data
+    else:
+        print 'No goodies found, setting some'
+        blob = {
+            'name': 'Nicholas',
+            'age': 1,
+        }
+        zk.set(node_name, json.dumps(blob))