chessdata-pyclient 0.0.0

Python library for interacting with the CHESS metadata service

chessdata-pyclient

Python library for interacting with the CHESS metadata service

Installation

1. In an environment of your choosing, run python setup.py install
2. Set the environment variable REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE to a path to a CA bundle to use (for SSL).
3. (optional, but recommended) Run kinit -c ~/krb5_ccache <user>

Examples

• Search the CHESS metadata database for records on tomography scans taken at ID3A:

  from chessdata import query
  records = query('{"beamline":"3a" "technique":"tomography"}')
  

• Submit a new record to the CHESS metadata database from a file, record.json, under the 'test' schema:

  from chessdata import insert
  insert('record.json', 'test')