transientNamer 0.1.4

Command-line tools for working with and interacting with the Transient Naming Server

transientNamer
=========================

*A python package and command-line tools for working with and interacting with the Transient Naming Server*.

Here's a summary of what's included in the python package:

.. include:: /classes_and_functions.rst

Command-Line Usage
==================

.. code-block:: bash


Documentation for transientNamer can be found here: http://transientNamer.readthedocs.org/en/stable

Usage:
transientNamer [-c] search <ra> <dec> <arcsecRadius> [<render> | mysql <tableNamePrefix>] [-o directory]
transientNamer [-c] search <name> [<render> | mysql <tableNamePrefix>] [-o directory]
transientNamer [-c] new <discInLastDays> [<render> | mysql <tableNamePrefix>] [-o directory]

Commands:
search search the TNS and return the results
new list newly discovered TNS objects

Arguments:
ra
dec
arcsecRadius
name the name of the object the search for (TNS or survey name)
render output format for results. Options include json, csv, table, markdown, yaml
tableNamePrefix the prefix for the tables to write the mysql insert statements for
dirPath path to the directory to save the output to

Options:
-h, --help show this help message
-v, --version show version
-s, --settings the settings file
-c, --withComments return TNS comments in result sets
-o directory --output=directory output to files in the directory path


Documentation
=============

Documentation for transientNamer is hosted by `Read the Docs <http://transientNamer.readthedocs.org/en/stable/>`__ (last `stable version <http://transientNamer.readthedocs.org/en/stable/>`__ and `latest version <http://transientNamer.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>`__).

Installation
============

The easiest way to install transientNamer us to use ``pip``:

.. code:: bash

pip install transientNamer

Or you can clone the `github repo <https://github.com/thespacedoctor/transientNamer>`__ and install from a local version of the code:

.. code:: bash

git clone [e-mail]:thespacedoctor/transientNamer.git
cd transientNamer
python setup.py install

To upgrade to the latest version of transientNamer use the command:

.. code:: bash

pip install transientNamer --upgrade


Development
-----------

If you want to tinker with the code, then install in development mode.
This means you can modify the code from your cloned repo:

.. code:: bash

git clone [e-mail]:thespacedoctor/transientNamer.git
cd transientNamer
python setup.py develop

`Pull requests <https://github.com/thespacedoctor/transientNamer/pulls>`__
are welcomed!

Sublime Snippets
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If you use `Sublime Text <https://www.sublimetext.com/>`_ as your code editor, and you're planning to develop your own python code with transientNamer, you might find `my Sublime Snippets <https://github.com/thespacedoctor/transientNamer-Sublime-Snippets>`_ useful.

Issues
------

Please report any issues
`here <https://github.com/thespacedoctor/transientNamer/issues>`__.

License
=======

Copyright (c) 2016 David Young

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
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