Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: lasair
Version: 0.0.1
Summary: A client for the Lasair database
Home-page: https://github.com/lasair-uk/lasair_api
Author: RoyWilliams
Author-email: roy@roe.ac.uk
License: MIT
Description: # lasair_api
        Client package for Lasair
        
        NAME
            lasair - Lasair API
        
        DESCRIPTION
            This class enables programmatic access to the Lasair database and Sherlock service, 
            as described at http://lasair-iris.roe.ac.uk/api/.
            
            Args:
                token (string): The Calls are throttled by the lasair server, by use of an 
                'authorization token', as described in the api documentation above. 
                There is a free token listed there, but it is throttled at 10 calls per hour. 
                Once a user has an account at the Lasair webserver, they can get their own token
                allowing 100 calls per hour, or request to be a power user, with infinite usage.
            
                cache (string): Results can be cached on a local filesystem, by providing 
                the name of a writable directory. If the same calls are made repeatedly, 
                this will be much more efficient.
        
        CLASSES
            class lasair_client(builtins.object)
               lasair_client(token, cache=None)
               
               Methods defined here:
               
               __init__(self, token, cache=None)
                   Initialize self.  See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.
               
               cone(self, ra, dec, radius=5, requestType='all')
                   Run a cone search on the Lasair database.
                   Args:
                       ra (float): Right Ascension in decimal degrees
                       dec (float): Declination in decimal degrees
                       radius (float): cone radius in arcseconds (default is 5)
                       requestType: Can be 'all' to return all objects in the cone
                           Can be 'nearest', only the nearest object within the cone
                           Can be 'count', the number of objects within the cone
                   
                   Returns a dictionary with:
                       objectId: The ID of the nearest object
                       separation: the separation in arcseconds
               
               fetch(self, method, input)
               
               fetch_from_server(self, method, input)
               
               hash_it(self, input)
               
               lightcurves(self, objectIds)
                   Get simple lightcurves in machine-readable form
                   args:
                       objectIds: list of objectIds, maximum 10
                   return:
                       list of dictionaries, one for each objectId. Each of these
                       is a list of dictionaries, each having attributes
                       candid, fid, magpsf, sigmapsf, isdiffpos, mjd
               
               objects(self, objectIds)
                   Get object pages in machine-readable form
                   args:
                       objectIds: list of objectIds, maximum 10
                   return:
                       list of dictionaries, each being all the information presented
                       on the Lasair object page.
               
               query(self, selected, tables, conditions, limit=1000, offset=0)
                   Run a database query on the Lasair server.
                   args: 
                       selected (string): The attributes to be returned by the query
                       tables (string): Comma-separated list of tables to be joined
                       conditions (string): the "WHERE" criteria to restrict what is returned
                       limit: (int) (default 1000) the maximum number of records to return
                       offset: (int) (default 0) offset of record number
                   return:
                       a list of dictionaries, each representing a row
               
               sherlock_objects(self, objectIds, lite=True)
                   Query the Sherlock database for context information about objects
                       in the database.
                   args:
                       objectsIds: list of objectIds, maximum 10
                       lite (boolean): If true, get extended information including a 
                           list of possible crossmatches.
                   return:
                       list of dictionaries, one for each objectId.
               
               sherlock_position(self, ra, dec, lite=True)
                   Query the Sherlock database for context information about a position
                       in the sky.
                   args:
                       ra (float): Right Ascension in decimal degrees
                       dec (float): Declination in decimal degrees
                       lite (boolean): If true, get extended information including a 
                           list of possible crossmatches.
                   return:
                       dictionary of contect information
               
               streams(self, topic, limit=1000)
                   Get records from a given stream
                   args:
                       topic (string): Name of stream to be returned.
                   return:
                       list of dictionaries, each representing a row
               
               streams_topics(self, regex='.*', limit=1000)
                   Get a list of available streams that match a given expression.
                   args:
                       regex (string, default .*): Search for stream names that match a pattern
                       limit: (int, default 1000): Maximum number of stream names to return.
                   return:
                       List of stream names
               
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
Classifier: Topic :: Utilities
Requires-Python: >=3.6
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