piate

A python library and cli tool to interact with the IATE (Interactive Terminology for Europe) database.

• CLI tool
• Library

Installing

pip install piate

CLI tool

Currently working commands:

• iate list-collections
• iate list-domains
• iate list-institutions
• iate inventories list-languages
• iate inventories list-primarities
• iate inventories list-query-operators
• iate inventories list-reliabilities
• iate inventories list-searchable-fields
• iate inventories list-term-types

Filtering

It's suggested to use the jq to filter the responses on the command line.

For example, only select official languages:

iate inventories list-languages | jq '[.[] | select(.is_official == true)] | length'

Library

• client()
  • collections
    • pages()
  • institutions
    • pages()
  • domains
    • list()
  • inventories
    • pages_languages()
    • pages_query_operators()
    • pages_term_types()
    • pages_searchable_fields()
    • pages_primarities()
    • pages_reliabilities()

client(**kwargs)

The entrypoint into the library, allowing the provision of authentication.

Parameters

• username (string) -- Username to use to authenticate against the API. Conflicts with session. Requires password.
• password (string) -- Password to use to authenticate against the API. Conflicts with session. Requires username.
• session (piate.api.session.Session) -- Session object to use to authenticate against the API. Conflicts with username and password.

Examples

# Example with username and password
import piate

iate_client = piate.client(username="myusername", api_key="...")

# Example with session object
import piate
from piate.api.session import Session
from piate.api.credentials import Credentials

iate_client = piate.client(
    session=Session(
        credentials=Credentials(
            username="myusername", 
            api_key="..."
        )
    )
)

Collections

A resource representing collections

import piate

collections = piate.client(...).collections

These are the available methods:

• pages()

pages()

Iterate through pages of responses for Collections objects.

Examples

for page in collections.pages():
    for collection in page.items:
        print(collection.name)

Institutions

A resource representing institutions

import piate 

institutions = piate.client(...).institutions

These are the available methods:

• pages()

pages()

Iterate through pages of response for Institutions objects.

Examples

for page in institutions.pages():
    for institution in page.items:
        print(institution.name)

Domains

A resource representing domains

import piate

domains = piate.client(...).domains

These are the available methods:

• list()

list()

List all the available domains.

Examples

for domain in domains.list():
    print(domain.name)

Inventories

A resoure representing inventories

import piate

inventories = piate.client(...).inventories

These are the available methods:

• pages_languages()
• pages_query_operators()
• pages_term_types()
• pages_searchable_fields()
• pages_primarities()
• pages_reliabilities()

pages_languages(**kwargs)

Iterate through pages of response for language objects.

Parameters

• translation_language (string) -- Translation Language

Examples

for page in inventories.pages_languages(translation_language="en"):
    for language in page.items:
        print(language.name)

pages_query_operators(**kwargs)

Iterate through pages of response for language objects.

Parameters

• translation_language (string) -- Translation Language

Examples

for page in inventories.pages_query_operators(translation_language="en"):
    for query_operators in page.items:
        print(query_operators.name)

pages_term_types(**kwargs)

Iterate through pages of response for language objects.

Parameters

• translation_language (string) -- Translation Language

Examples

for page in inventories.pages_term_types(translation_language="en"):
    for term_types in page.items:
        print(term_types.name)

pages_searchable_fields(**kwargs)

Iterate through pages of response for language objects.

Parameters

• translation_language (string) -- Translation Language

Examples

for page in inventories.pages_searchable_fields(translation_language="en"):
    for searchable_field in page.items:
        print(searchable_field.name)

pages_primarities(**kwargs)

Iterate through pages of response for language objects.

Parameters

• translation_language (string) -- Translation Language

Examples

for page in inventories.pages_primarities(translation_language="en"):
    for primarities in page.items:
        print(primarities.name)

pages_reliabilities(**kwargs)

Iterate through pages of response for language objects.

Parameters

• translation_language (string) -- Translation Language

Examples

for page in inventories.pages_reliabilities(translation_language="en"):
    for reliabilities in page.items:
        print(reliabilities.name)