acis-python

Overview

The acis-python library provides tools for ACIS Web Services client applications. There is also a PHP version.

Requirements

• Python 2.6 - 2.7
• dateutil
• numpy (optional; required for result_array() function)
• simplejson (optional; improved performance with Python 2.6)
• unittest2 (optional; required to run tests with Python 2.6)

Requirements can be installed using pip:

pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install -r optional-requirements.txt

Testing

The test suite can run using the test script or a setup script command (unittest2 required for Python 2.6).

python test/run_tests.py
python setup.py test

Installation

Place the acis directory in the Python module search path. The setup script can be used to install the library in the user or system site-packages directory.

python setup.py install --user  # install for the current user

Usage

The library requires a single import:

import acis

RequestQueue is not part of the core library yet and requires a separate import:

import acis.queue

The tutorial has examples of how to use the library.

Known Issues/Limitations

• MultiStnDataResult will give the wrong dates when iterating over "groupby" results.
• GridDataResult cannot be used with image output.
• RequestQueue should be considered experimental.