fink-client 1.0

Light-weight client to manipulate alerts from Fink

Fink client

fink-client is a light package to manipulate catalogs and alerts issued from the fink broker programmatically.

Installation

fink_client requires a version of Python 3.5+. To install it, just run

pip install fink-client

Registration

In order to connect and poll alerts from Fink, you need to get your credentials:

1. Subscribe to one or more Fink streams by filling this form.
2. After filling the form, we will send your credentials. Register them on your laptop by simply running:

fink_client_register -username <USERNAME> -group_id <GROUP_ID> ...

Usage

Once you have your credentials, you are ready to poll streams! Learn how to use fink-client by following the dedicated tutorial. It should not take long to learn it!