Package: ecmwf-api-client
ecmwf-api-clientInstallationInstall via pip with:$ pip install ecmwf-api-clientConfigureAnonymous access (default, not recommended)Anonymous access is the default type of access, with no configuration needed.However, anonymous access is only available for a limited set of datasets, and comes with a much lower quality of service. For access to all the available datasets, and an improved quality of service, please use registered access (see below).Registered access (recommended)Register with ECMWF athttps://apps.ecmwf.int/registration/.Login athttps://apps.ecmwf.int/auth/login/.Retrieve you API access key athttps://api.ecmwf.int/v1/key/.Note that the API access key expires in 1 year. You will receive an email to the registered email address 1 month before the expiration date with the renewal instructions. To check the expiry date of your current key, log intowww.ecmwf.int, and go tohttps://api.ecmwf.int/v1/key/.Copy and paste the API access key into the file $HOME/.ecmwfapirc (Unix/Linux) or %USERPROFILE%\.ecmwfapirc (Windows: usually in C:\Users\<USERNAME>\.ecmwfapirc).Your $HOME/.ecmwfapirc (Unix/Linux) or %USERPROFILE%\.ecmwfapirc (Windows) should look something like this:{
    "url"   : "https://api.ecmwf.int/v1",
    "key"   : "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
    "email" : "john.smith@example.com"
}Alternatively, one can use a file of their own liking, and point to it using environment variableECMWF_API_RC_FILE.ECMWF_API_RC_FILEshould be set to the full path of the given file. This method takes priority of the previous method of using a .ecmwfapirc file.As yet another option, one can set the API access key values directly in the environment using variablesECMWF_API_KEY(key),ECMWF_API_URL(url),ECMWF_API_EMAIL(email). This method takes priority over the previous method of using environment variableECMWF_API_RC_FILE.ExampleYou can test this small python script to retrieve TIGGE (https://apps.ecmwf.int/datasets/data/tigge) data. Note that access to TIGGE data requires registered access, and is subject to accepting a licence athttps://apps.ecmwf.int/datasets/data/tigge/licence/.#!/usr/bin/env python
from ecmwfapi import ECMWFDataServer

# To run this example, you need an API key
# available from https://api.ecmwf.int/v1/key/

server = ECMWFDataServer()
server.retrieve({
    'origin'    : "ecmf",
    'levtype'   : "sfc",
    'number'    : "1",
    'expver'    : "prod",
    'dataset'   : "tigge",
    'step'      : "0/6/12/18",
    'area'      : "70/-130/30/-60",
    'grid'      : "2/2",
    'param'     : "167",
    'time'      : "00/12",
    'date'      : "2014-11-01",
    'type'      : "pf",
    'class'     : "ti",
    'target'    : "tigge_2014-11-01_0012.grib"
})LoggingLogging messages by default are emitted tostdoutusing Python'sprintstatement.To change that behaviour, one can define their own logging function and use it like so:import logging
from ecmwfapi import ECMWFDataServer

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)

def my_logging_function(msg):
    logging.info(msg)

server = ECMWFDataServer(log=my_logging_function)LicenseCopyright 2019 European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
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