pywoudc package

Module contents

class pywoudc.WoudcClient(url='https://geo.woudc.org/ows', timeout=30)

Bases: object

WOUDC Client

about = None

The About Data Access page

get_contributor_metadata(raw=False)

Download WOUDC contributors metadata

Parameters:raw – a boolean specifying whether to return the raw GeoJSON payload as a string (default is False)
Returns:dictionary of GeoJSON payload
get_data(typename, **kwargs)

Download WOUDC observations

Parameters:
  • bbox – a list representing a bounding box spatial filter (minx, miny, maxx, maxy)
  • temporal –

    a list of two elements representing a time period (start, end) which accepts the following types:

  • filters – dict of key-value pairs of property names and values. Constructs exclusive search
  • variables – a list of variables to return as part of the response (default returns all)
  • sort_property – a string representing the property on which to sort results (default instance_datetime)
  • sort_order – a string representing sort order of response (asc or desc). Default is asc. Applied if sort_property is specified
Returns:

list of WOUDC observations GeoJSON payload
get_instrument_metadata(raw=False)

Download WOUDC instrument metadata

Parameters:raw – a boolean specifying whether to return the raw GeoJSON payload as a string (default is False)
Returns:dictionary of GeoJSON payload
get_station_metadata(raw=False)

Download WOUDC station metadata

Parameters:raw – a boolean specifying whether to return the raw GeoJSON payload as a string (default is False)
Returns:dictionary of GeoJSON payload
maxfeatures = None

The default limit of records to return

outputformat = None

The default outputformat when requesting WOUDC data

server = None

The main WOUDC server

timeout = None

Time (in seconds) after which requests should timeout

url = None

The URL of the WOUDC data service

pywoudc.date2string(dateval, direction='begin')

Utility function (private)