mets 0.1.2

A CLI tool for searching and retrieving data from the Metropolitan Museum of Art API

mets (MetroSearch)

mets is a command-line interface (CLI) tool for searching and retrieving data from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's public API.

User Documentation

Features

• Search by title or tags only
• Optional JSON output
• Ascending / descending sort order by objectBeginDate
• Asynchronous image downloading
• Customizable image download path
• Progress bar for downloads

Installation

1. Clone the repository and build the package:

   git clone https://gitlab.com/cgs2824870/mets.git
   cd mets
   pip install .
   

Usage

python -m mets <search_term> [options]

Options:

• -i, --images: Only return objects with images. Default: True
• -n, --num: Maximum number of results to return. Default: 80
• -s, --sort: Sort results by date (0: ascending, 1: descending, other: no sort). Default: 0
• -o, --output: Output JSON filename. Prints to stdout if not provided.
• -m, --time: Delay between API requests in seconds. Default: 0.001
• -d, --download: Download object images
• -p, --path: Folder to save downloaded images. Default: 'images'
• -t, --title: Search in title only
• -g, --tags: Search in tags only

Defaults:

• Search performed by classification string by default
• Only search for objects with images
• Maximum number of objects to return is 80
• Sort results by date ascending
• Images are NOT downloaded by default
• Default images output folder is 'images'

Example

python -m mets paintings
python -m mets sunflower -o out -d

This searches for objects containing "sunflower", returns up to 5 results sorted by date descending, saves the output to out.json, and downloads the associated images.

Developer Documentation

Project Structure

mets/
├── src/
│   └── mets/
│       ├── __init__.py
│       └── mets.py
├── tests/
│   └── test_mets.py
├── pyproject.toml
└── README.md

Architecture

mets consists of two main classes:

1. MetroSearch: Handles API interactions with the Metropolitan Museum.
2. MetroCLI: Manages the command-line interface and user interactions.

API Endpoints

• Search: https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/search
• Object details: https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/objects/[objectID]

Dependencies

• httpx: For making HTTP requests
• argparse: For parsing command-line arguments
• asyncio: For asynchronous operations
• aiofiles: For asynchronous file operations
• tqdm: For progress bars

Development Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://gitlab.com/cgs2824870/mets.git
   cd mets
   

2. Install the package in editable mode with development dependencies:

   pip install -e .[test]
   

3. Run tests:

   pytest
   

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.