snip-python 0.0.3

Python package to interface with Snip Lab Notebook

Snip

Python package to interface with Snip - our digital lab notebook.

Features

• Token management: Store and retrieve api tokens in a secure keyring or in a configuration files.
• Python API: Python API to create and upload snippets to your lab books.
• CLI: Command line interface to interact with the Snip API.

Quickstart

Snip-Lab is distributed on PyPI. To use the package:

1. Install the package using pip:

pip install snip-python

2. Use the snip command line interface (CLI) to interact with your lab books. For example, you can use the snip token command to store and retrieve your API tokens.

snip token --help

3. Create and upload snippets to your lab books programmatically using the Python API.

from snip import ImageSnip

snip = ImageSnip("path/to/image.png", book_id="[YOUR_BOOK_ID]")

# show a preview of the snippet
snip.preview()

# upload the snippet
snip.upload()

The upload will automatically search your tokens in the keyring or in the configuration file and use the correct token to upload the snippet.

For more information, visit documentation.