OpenServer

Code for running Petroleum Experts OpenServer API commands in Python. More general information about this API protocol can be found on Petroleum Experts' site.

Please have a look at the CONTRIBUTING.MD file if you want to contribute.

Python

Getting started

Install the required package:

pip install openserver

Example in Python

There are two ways of using the functions, either by importing a class called OpenServer or by importing all modules. The first is the most "pythonic" way which can be used to disconnect from the license server. The latter is easier for those converting from visual basic style coding environment.

The following code will import the OpenServer module, start Prosper, open a Prosper file named well_2 on C-drive and adding a comment into the comment section in Prosper.

by using the class

from openserver import OpenServer

c = OpenServer()
c.connect()

c.DoCmd('PROSPER.START()')
c.DoCmd('PROSPER.OPENFILE("C:\\well_2.OUT")')
c.DoSet('PROSPER.SIN.SUM.Comments', 'Testing OpenServer from Python')

c.disconnect()

or

from openserver import OpenServer

with OpenServer() as c:
    c.DoCmd('PROSPER.START()')
    c.DoCmd('PROSPER.OPENFILE("C:\\well_2.OUT")')
    c.DoSet('PROSPER.SIN.SUM.Comments', 'Testing OpenServer from Python')

by importing all modules

from openserver import *

DoCmd('PROSPER.START()')
DoCmd('PROSPER.OPENFILE("C:\\well_2.OUT")')
DoSet('PROSPER.SIN.SUM.Comments', 'Testing OpenServer from Python')

Remote OpenServer (PxOnlineServer)

In addition to the local COM client, the package ships a PxOnlineServer client that talks to a Petroleum Experts PxOnlineServer instance over its REST API. It runs the same DoCmd/DoSet/DoGet commands as the local client, but against a model hosted on the server - no local IPM install is required.

requests is used for the HTTP calls and is installed automatically.

Connecting to a session

A remote model lives in a master session on the server. On connect, the master session is copied into a temporary user session that your commands run against; the user session is removed again on disconnect.

from openserver import PxOnlineServer

with PxOnlineServer(
    base_url="http://my-pxserver:8056",
    master_session="my_master_session",  # a master session containing a PROSPER module
    module_name="IPM-OS",                # the server-side OpenServer module name
) as c:
    print(c.DoGet("PROSPER.SIN.SUM.Comments"))
    c.DoSet("PROSPER.SIN.SUM.Comments", "Testing remote OpenServer from Python")

To attach to an existing user session instead of creating one, pass guid and session instead of master_session.

Loading a model from the Model Catalogue

The Model Catalogue is the server's versioned file store. open_catalogue_file is the remote analogue of PROSPER.OPENFILE: it loads a catalogue model into the session so the familiar DoCmd/DoSet/DoGet calls operate on it. There is no PROSPER.START() remotely - the module is already running in the session.

from openserver import PxOnlineServer

with PxOnlineServer(base_url="http://my-pxserver:8056",
                    master_session="my_master_session",
                    module_name="IPM-OS") as c:
    # Remote equivalent of PROSPER.OPENFILE - give the catalogue host + file path
    c.open_catalogue_file(
        "Root/Region/Field/Company/ProsperModel/Well.Out",
        host_alias="MyCatalogueHost",
    )

    # ...then it's the same as the local COM client
    c.DoSet("PROSPER.SIN.SUM.Comments", "Testing remote OpenServer from Python")
    print(c.DoGet("PROSPER.SIN.SUM.Comments"))

open_catalogue_file returns the catalogue guid, so you can pass it back in as catalogue_guid=... to open further files without re-initialising the catalogue.

The file is uploaded under the existing main file's name, so the session's reported MainFile label is unchanged - but its contents (and everything DoGet/DoSet/DoCmd see) are the catalogue file you loaded.

See examples/px_online_server_basic.py for a complete, runnable walkthrough.

Limitations

PxOnlineServer currently targets a PxOnlineServer instance that requires no authentication - it sends no credentials.