ocds-api.client.python

A python data retrieving and synchronization client for the OCDS API.

Installation

Simply run from command line:

pip install ocds-api.client.python

Usage

Retrieve

from ocds_client.clients import RecordClient

client = RecordClient('http://')

To get a single record by ocid use method get_record:

record = client.get_record('ocid')

To get multiple records bypage id use method get_records:

records = client.get_records({'size': n , 'page': 'page id'})

Similar actions can be taken with the client for Releases.

from ocds_client.clients import ReleaseClient

Use methods get_release and get_realeses.

Synchronization

To synchronize, use SyncClient when initializing the OCDS API host and the resource to synchronize with.

from ocds_client.sync import SyncClient
client = SyncClient('http://', 'record')
for record in client.get_resource_items ():
	# do smth with record