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+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from datetime import datetime
+from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
+
+
+from .clients import blazar
+from .context import get, RESOURCE_API_URL
+
+import requests
+import json
+import logging
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+@dataclass
+class Node:
+    site_name: str
+    node_name: str
+    node_type: str
+    architecture: dict
+    bios: dict
+    gpu: dict
+    main_memory: dict
+    network_adapters: List[dict]
+    placement: dict
+    processor: dict
+    storage_devices: List[dict]
+    uid: str
+    version: str
+
+    def next_free_timeslot(self) -> Tuple[datetime, datetime]:
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+def get_nodes(
+        all_sites: bool = False,
+        filter_reserved: bool = False,
+        gpu: Optional[bool] = None,
+        number_cpu: Optional[int] = None,
+    ) -> List[Node]:
+
+    site = get("region_name")
+    endpoint = f"sites/{site.split('@')[1].lower()}/clusters/chameleon/nodes"
+    data = _call_api(endpoint)
+    nodes = []
+
+    for node_data in data:
+        node = Node(
+            site_name=site,
+            node_name=node_data.get("name"),
+            node_type=node_data.get("type"),
+            architecture=node_data.get("architecture"),
+            bios=node_data.get("bios"),
+            gpu=node_data.get("gpu"),
+            main_memory=node_data.get("main_memory"),
+            network_adapters=node_data.get("network_adapters"),
+            placement=node_data.get("placement"),
+            processor=node_data.get("processor"),
+            storage_devices=node_data.get("storage_devices"),
+            uid=node_data.get("uid"),
+            version=node_data.get("version"),
+        )
+        nodes.append(node)
+    return nodes
+
+def _call_api(endpoint):
+    url = "{0}/{1}.{2}".format(RESOURCE_API_URL, endpoint, "json")
+    LOG.info("Requesting %s from reference API ...", url)
+    resp = requests.get(url)
+    LOG.info("Response received. Parsing to json ...")
+    data = resp.json()
+    return data
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