stac-validator 2.3.0

A package to validate STAC files

SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) Validator

Validate STAC json files against the STAC spec.

stac_validator https://raw.githubusercontent.com/radiantearth/stac-spec/master/examples/extended-item.json
[
    {
        "version": "1.0.0",
        "path": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/radiantearth/stac-spec/master/examples/extended-item.json",
        "schema": [
            "https://stac-extensions.github.io/eo/v1.0.0/schema.json",
            "https://stac-extensions.github.io/projection/v1.0.0/schema.json",
            "https://stac-extensions.github.io/scientific/v1.0.0/schema.json",
            "https://stac-extensions.github.io/view/v1.0.0/schema.json",
            "https://stac-extensions.github.io/remote-data/v1.0.0/schema.json",
            "https://schemas.stacspec.org/v1.0.0/item-spec/json-schema/item.json"
        ],
        "valid_stac": true,
        "asset_type": "ITEM",
        "validation_method": "default"
    }
]

Requirements

• Python 3.6+
  • Requests
  • Click
  • Pytest
  • Pystac
  • Jsonschema

Install

Installation from PyPi

pip install stac-validator

Installation from Repo

pip install .

or (for development)

pip install --editable .["test"]

The Makefile has convenience commands if Make is installed.

make help

Versions supported

STAC
0.8.0
0.8.1
0.9.0
1.0.0-beta.1
1.0.0-beta.2
1.0.0-rc.1
1.0.0-rc.2
1.0.0-rc.3
1.0.0-rc.4
1.0.0

---

CLI

Basic Usage

stac_validator --help

Usage: stac_validator [OPTIONS] STAC_FILE

Options:
  --core                   Validate core stac object only without extensions.
  --extensions             Validate extensions only.
  --links                  Additionally validate links. Only works with
                           default mode.
  --assets                 Additionally validate assets. Only works with
                           default mode.
  -c, --custom TEXT        Validate against a custom schema (local filepath or
                           remote schema).
  -r, --recursive INTEGER  Recursively validate all related stac objects. A
                           depth of -1 indicates full recursion.
  -v, --verbose            Enables verbose output for recursive mode.
  --log_file TEXT          Save full recursive output to log file (local
                           filepath).
  --version                Show the version and exit.
  --help                   Show this message and exit.

---

Deployment

Docker

The validator can run using docker containers.

docker build -t stac_validator:2.2.0 .
docker run stac_validator:2.2.0 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stac-extensions/projection/main/examples/item.json
[
    {
        "version": "1.0.0",
        "path": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stac-extensions/projection/main/examples/item.json",
        "schema": [
            "https://stac-extensions.github.io/projection/v1.0.0/schema.json",
            "https://schemas.stacspec.org/v1.0.0/item-spec/json-schema/item.json"
        ],
        "valid_stac": true,
        "asset_type": "ITEM",
        "validation_method": "default"
    }
]

AWS (CDK)

An example AWS CDK deployment is available in cdk-deployment

cd cdk-deployment
cdk diff

---

Python

Remote source

from stac_validator import stac_validator

stac = stac_validator.StacValidate("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stac-utils/pystac/main/tests/data-files/examples/0.9.0/collection-spec/examples/landsat-collection.json")
stac.run()
print(stac.message)
[
    {
        "version": "0.9.0",
        "path": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stac-utils/pystac/main/tests/data-files/examples/0.9.0/collection-spec/examples/landsat-collection.json",
        "schema": [
            "https://cdn.staclint.com/v0.9.0/collection.json"
        ],
        "valid_stac": true,
        "asset_type": "COLLECTION",
        "validation_method": "default"
    }
]

Local file

from stac_validator import stac_validator

stac = stac_validator.StacValidate("tests/test_data/1beta1/sentinel2.json", extensions=True)
stac.run()
print(stac.message)
[
    {
        "version": "1.0.0-beta.1",
        "path": "tests/test_data/1beta1/sentinel2.json",
        "schema": [
            "https://cdn.staclint.com/v1.0.0-beta.1/collection.json"
        ],
        "valid_stac": true,
        "asset_type": "COLLECTION",
        "validation_method": "extensions"
    }
]

---

Testing

make test
# or
pytest -v

See the tests files for examples on different usages.

---

Additional Examples

--core

stac_validator https://raw.githubusercontent.com/radiantearth/stac-spec/master/examples/extended-item.json --core
[
    {
        "version": "1.0.0",
        "path": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/radiantearth/stac-spec/master/examples/extended-item.json",
        "schema": [
            "https://schemas.stacspec.org/v1.0.0/item-spec/json-schema/item.json"
        ],
        "valid_stac": true,
        "asset_type": "ITEM",
        "validation_method": "core"
    }
]

--custom

stac_validator https://radarstac.s3.amazonaws.com/stac/catalog.json --custom https://cdn.staclint.com/v0.7.0/catalog.json
[
    {
        "version": "0.7.0",
        "path": "https://radarstac.s3.amazonaws.com/stac/catalog.json",
        "schema": [
            "https://cdn.staclint.com/v0.7.0/catalog.json"
        ],
        "asset_type": "CATALOG",
        "validation_method": "custom",
        "valid_stac": true
    }
]

--extensions

stac_validator https://raw.githubusercontent.com/radiantearth/stac-spec/master/examples/extended-item.json --extensions
[
    {
        "version": "1.0.0",
        "path": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/radiantearth/stac-spec/master/examples/extended-item.json",
        "schema": [
            "https://stac-extensions.github.io/eo/v1.0.0/schema.json",
            "https://stac-extensions.github.io/projection/v1.0.0/schema.json",
            "https://stac-extensions.github.io/scientific/v1.0.0/schema.json",
            "https://stac-extensions.github.io/view/v1.0.0/schema.json",
            "https://stac-extensions.github.io/remote-data/v1.0.0/schema.json"
        ],
        "valid_stac": true,
        "asset_type": "ITEM",
        "validation_method": "extensions"
    }
]

--recursive

stac_validator https://spot-canada-ortho.s3.amazonaws.com/catalog.json --recursive 1 --verbose
[
    {
        "version": "0.8.1",
        "path": "https://canada-spot-ortho.s3.amazonaws.com/canada_spot_orthoimages/canada_spot4_orthoimages/collection.json",
        "schema": "https://cdn.staclint.com/v0.8.1/collection.json",
        "asset_type": "COLLECTION",
        "validation_method": "recursive",
        "valid_stac": true
    },
    {
        "version": "0.8.1",
        "path": "https://canada-spot-ortho.s3.amazonaws.com/canada_spot_orthoimages/canada_spot5_orthoimages/collection.json",
        "schema": "https://cdn.staclint.com/v0.8.1/collection.json",
        "asset_type": "COLLECTION",
        "validation_method": "recursive",
        "valid_stac": true
    },
    {
        "version": "0.8.1",
        "path": "https://spot-canada-ortho.s3.amazonaws.com/catalog.json",
        "schema": "https://cdn.staclint.com/v0.8.1/catalog.json",
        "asset_type": "CATALOG",
        "validation_method": "recursive",
        "valid_stac": true
    }
]