Quilt API

config(*catalog_url, **config_values)

Set or read the QUILT configuration.

To retrieve the current config, call directly, without arguments:

    >>> import quilt3
    >>> quilt3.config()

To trigger autoconfiguration, call with just the navigator URL:

    >>> quilt3.config('https://example.com')

To set config values, call with one or more key=value pairs:

    >>> quilt3.config(navigator_url='http://example.com',
    ...               elastic_search_url='http://example.com/queries')

Default config values can be found in quilt3.util.CONFIG_TEMPLATE.

Arguments

• catalog_url: A (single) URL indicating a location to configure from

• **config_values: key=value pairs to set in the config

Returns

QuiltConfig: (an ordered Mapping)

delete_package(name, registry=None, top_hash=None)

Delete a package. Deletes only the manifest entries and not the underlying files.

Arguments

• name (str): Name of the package

• registry (str): The registry the package will be removed from

• top_hash (str): Optional. A package hash to delete, instead of the whole package.

list_package_versions(name, registry=None)

Lists versions of a given package.

Returns an iterable of (version, hash) of a package in a registry. If the registry is None, default to the local registry.

Arguments

• name (str): Name of the package

• registry (str): location of registry to load package from.

Returns

An iterable of tuples containing the version and hash for the package.

list_packages(registry=None)

Lists Packages in the registry.

Returns an iterable of all named packages in a registry. If the registry is None, default to the local registry.

Arguments

• registry (str): location of registry to load package from.

Returns

An iterable of strings containing the names of the packages

logged_in()

Return catalog URL if Quilt client is authenticated. Otherwise return None.

login()

Authenticate to your Quilt stack and assume the role assigned to you by your stack administrator. Not required if you have existing AWS credentials.

Launches a web browser and asks the user for a token.

logout()

Do not use Quilt credentials. Useful if you have existing AWS credentials.

search(query, limit=10)

Execute a search against the configured search endpoint.

Arguments

• query (str): query string to search

• limit (number): maximum number of results to return. Defaults to 10

Query Syntax: simple query string query​

Returns

a list of objects with the following structure:

[{
`"_id"`: <document unique id>
`"_index"`: <source index>,
`"_score"`: <relevance score>
    "_source":
`"key"`: <key of the object>,
`"size"`: <size of object in bytes>,
`"user_meta"`: <user metadata from meta= via quilt3>,
`"last_modified"`: <timestamp from ElasticSearch>,
`"updated"`: <object timestamp from S3>,
`"version_id"`: <version_id of object version>
`"_type"`: <document type>
}, ...]