Onyx-client
Overview
A command-line interface and Python API for interacting with the Onyx database. Onyx-client provides both CLI commands and Python methods for:
- Viewing projects, and their field specifications
- Creating/updating/deleting project records and analyses
- Retrieving full details and change history of an individual record/analysis
- Granular filtering/aggregation functionality across multiple records and analyses
- Exporting of data in JSON/CSV/TSV formats
- Matching anonymised identifiers to their original values
For more information, check out the documentation.
Setup
Install from conda-forge
$ conda create --name onyx --channel conda-forge climb-onyx-client
Install from PyPI
$ pip install climb-onyx-client
Build from source
Download and install the client into a Python virtual environment:
$ git clone https://github.com/CLIMB-TRE/onyx-client.git
$ cd onyx-client/
$ python -m venv .venv
$ source .venv/bin/activate
$ pip install .
Check it works:
$ onyx
Usage: onyx [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
API for Pathogen Metadata.
For documentation, see: https://climb-tre.github.io/onyx-client/
╭─ Options ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --domain -d TEXT Domain name for connecting to Onyx. [env var: ONYX_DOMAIN] │
│ [default: None] │
│ --token -t TEXT Token for authenticating with Onyx. [env var: ONYX_TOKEN] │
│ [default: None] │
│ --username -u TEXT Username for authenticating with Onyx. [env var: ONYX_USERNAME] │
│ [default: None] │
│ --password -p TEXT Password for authenticating with Onyx. [env var: ONYX_PASSWORD] │
│ [default: None] │
│ --version -v Show the client version number and exit. │
│ --help -h Show this message and exit. │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Commands ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ auth Authentication commands. │
│ admin Admin commands. │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Info ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ projects View available projects. │
│ types View available field types. │
│ lookups View available lookups. │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Records ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ fields View the field specification for a project. │
│ choices View options for a choice field in a project. │
│ get Get a record from a project. │
│ filter Filter multiple records from a project. │
│ history View the history of a record in a project. │
│ analyses View analyses of a record in a project. │
│ identify Get the anonymised identifier for a value on a field. │
│ create Create a record in a project. │
│ update Update a record in a project. │
│ delete Delete a record in a project. │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Analyses ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ analysis-fields View the analysis field specification for a project. │
│ analysis-choices View options for an analysis choice field. │
│ get-analysis Get an analysis from a project. │
│ filter-analysis Filter multiple analyses from a project. │
│ analysis-history View the history of an analysis in a project. │
│ analysis-records View records involved in an analysis in a project. │
│ create-analysis Create an analysis in a project. │
│ update-analysis Update an analysis in a project. │
│ delete-analysis Delete an analysis in a project. │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Accounts ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ profile View profile information. │
│ activity View latest profile activity. │
│ siteusers View users from the same site. │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
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