sliderule python client

SlideRule's Python client makes it easier to interact with SlideRule from a Python script.

Detailed documentation on installing and using this client can be found at slideruleearth.io.

I. Installing the SlideRule Python Client

conda install -c conda-forge sliderule

Basic functionality of sliderule-python depends on requests, numpy, and geopandas. See requirements.txt for a full list of the requirements.

II. Example Usage

# import
from sliderule import sliderule, icesat2

# initialize
sliderule.init(verbose=False)

# region of interest
region = [ {"lon":-105.82971551223244, "lat": 39.81983728534918},
           {"lon":-105.30742121965137, "lat": 39.81983728534918},
           {"lon":-105.30742121965137, "lat": 40.164048017973755},
           {"lon":-105.82971551223244, "lat": 40.164048017973755},
           {"lon":-105.82971551223244, "lat": 39.81983728534918} ]

# request parameters
parms = {
    "poly": region,
    "srt": icesat2.SRT_LAND,
    "cnf": icesat2.CNF_SURFACE_HIGH,
    "len": 40.0,
    "res": 20.0,
    "fit": {}
}

# make request
gdf = sliderule.run("atl03x", parms)

III. Reference and User's Guide

Please see our documentation page for reference and user's guide material.