Examples how to use the openHAB REST API with Python. Whether via the cloud or locally.
For testing you can install the openhab_static_examples.
A good instruction how to work with the openHAB REST API can be found here.
Please replace <ip_address> with the ip address of you local openHAB instance. Also you have to replace <username> and <password> with the username and password of your local openHAB instance. Depending on the configuration, it may even be possible to omit authentication with user name and password when accessing a locally installed instance. In this case, you can remove the header altogether by inserting null.
You have to replace <email_address> and <password> with the email address and password of your openHAB Cloud account.