python-icat — Python interface to ICAT and IDS

python-icat provides a collection of modules for writing Python programs that access an ICAT service using the SOAP interface. It is based on Suds and extends it with ICAT specific features.

Module reference

• icat.cgi — Common Gateway Interface support
• icat.client — Provide the Client class
  • ICAT API methods
  • Custom API methods
  • Custom IDS methods
• icat.config — Manage configuration
  • Predefined configuration variables
• icat.dumpfile — Backend for icatdump and icatingest
  • ICAT data files
• icat.dumpfile_xml — XML data file backend
• icat.dumpfile_yaml — YAML data file backend
• icat.entities — Provide classes corresponding to the ICAT schema
• icat.entity — Provide the Entity class
• icat.eval — Evaluate expression in the context of an ICAT session
• icat.exception — Exception handling
  • Helper
  • Exceptions thrown by the ICAT or IDS server
  • Exceptions thrown by python-icat
  • Exception hierarchy
• icat.helper — A collection of internal helper routines
• icat.icatcheck — Check compatibility with the ICAT server
• icat.ids — Provide the IDSClient class
• icat.listproxy — Provide the ListProxy class
• icat.query — Provide the Query class
• icat.sslcontext — Helper functions and classes related to SSL contexts

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