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PyMetacat |
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Python library to work with Metacat XML Databases. |
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Python client library to work with Metacat XML Databases.
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Author: Matthew Perry |
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Date: 12/06/2006 |
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Installation |
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To install pymetcat, copy the metacat.py file into your python site-packages directory (or anywhere in $PYTHONPATH ).
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To install pymetcat, copy the metacat.py file into your python site-packages directory (eg. /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages) or anywhere in $PYTHONPATH including the current working directory.
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Examples |
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Along with transferEml.py (a full working example of pymetacat usage), here are some basic usage examples: |
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# Load the metacat library |
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import metacat |
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# Initialize |
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# Initialize a metacat client connection
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mc = metacat.MetacatClient('www.server.net','/context/metacat') |
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# Inspect the methods available through the MetacatClient object |
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dir(mc) |
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# Print the url |
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print mc.getMetacatUrl() |
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# http://www.server.net/context/metacat |
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# Login |
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response = mc.login('uid=user,o=ORG,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org','PassW0Rd!') |
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# Read the eml |
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docid = 'org.99.4.1' |
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eml = mc.read(docid) |
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#print eml
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print eml |
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# Insert the read document as a new copy w/ new docid |
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newdocid = 'anotherorg.905' |
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<returnfield>dataset/title</returnfield> |
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<returndoctype></returndoctype> |
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<querygroup operator="UNION"> |
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<queryterm casesensitive="false" searchmode="contains"> |
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<value>%</value> |
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</queryterm> |
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<queryterm casesensitive="false" searchmode="contains"> |
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<value>%</value> |
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</queryterm> |
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<queryterm casesensitive="false" searchmode="contains"> |
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<value>Africa</value> |
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<pathexpr>keyword</pathexpr> |
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</queryterm> |
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</pathquery> |
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response = mc.squery(pathquery) |
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print response |
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response = mc.logout() |
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print "logout : ", response |
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