hievpy 1.2.0
Python 3 wrapper for the HIEv Data Capture Application API


# HIEvPy
HIEvPy is a python 3 wrapper around the API interface of the [HIEv](https://hiev.westernsydney.edu.au), a data capture 
application used by the [Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment](https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/hie) at [Western 
Sydney University](https://westernsydney.edu.au). 

A short overview of the HIEvPy library, including installation instructions, is given below. Full 
documentation, with examples, can be found on the project's [documentation pages](https://gdevine.github.io/hievpy).



### Pre-requisites
To use HIEvPY you must have an active account (and subsequently a HIEv API token) on the 
[**HIEv**](https://hiev.westernsydney.edu.au) application. To discuss registration please contact HIE's data manager, 
[Gerry Devine](mailto:g.devine@westernsydney.edu.au)


### Installation
**HIEvPy** can be installed via *pip*:

``` bash
$ pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ hievpy
```

> Note: HIEvPy is currently hosted on Test PyPi. This will soon be moved to the official PyPi repository

Once **HIEvPy** has been installed, you can import it into a python console or script using:

``` python
import hievpy as hp
```
(using the optional *as hp* as a shortcut)

### HIEvPy functions

##### Generic functions
- **search**: Return a list of HIEv records matching a set of input search parameters
- **search_download**: Perform a hievpy search and automatically downloads the matching files
- **upload**: Upload a file to HIEv with associated metadata
- **update_metadata**: Update metadata on a list of records returned by hievpy search

##### TOA5 functions
- **toa5_summary**: Returns toa5 summary information (variable names, units and measurement types) for a given
    individual search-returned record.
- **search_loaf_toa5df**: Performs a hievpy search and loads results into a pandas dataframe given the file records

See the project's [documentation pages](https://gdevine.github.io/hievpy) for a full explanation of all **HIEvPy** functions

### Examples
The __examples__ folder contains a number of example scripts outlining usage of the different **HIEvPy** functions. 

To run any of the example scripts you need to run hievpy.utils.make_credsfile() which creates a file github won't share called *credentials.py* and populates it with your HIEv API token

    import hievpy as hp
    hp.utils.make_credsfile()


### License
Copyright (c) 2018 Gerry Devine

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