pyicat_plus.client.null.IcatNullClient#

class pyicat_plus.client.null.IcatNullClient(expire_datasets_on_close=True)[source]#

Bases: IcatClientInterface

add_files(*args, **kwargs)[source]#

Add missing files to a dataset already ingested.

Parameters:

dataset_id – The ICAT dataset identifier.

Return type:

None

disconnect()[source]#
property expire_datasets_on_close: bool#

A flag indicating whether the dataset expires when it is closed or if it is synchronized with the metadata catalog.

investigation_info(*args, **kwargs)[source]#

Return the information of the experiment session corresponding to a beamline, proposal and date.

Parameters:

  • beamline – The beamline name.

  • proposal – The proposal name.

  • date – The date of the proposal, current date by default.

  • allow_open_ended – If True, enable to select an unofficial experiment session.

  • timeout – Set a timeout for the ICAT request.

Return type:

None

Returns:

If found, return the proposal, beamline, e-logbbok url and data portal url of the experiment session.

investigation_info_string(*args, **kwargs)[source]#

Return the experiment session information as a string.

Parameters:

  • beamline – The beamline name.

  • proposal – The proposal name.

  • date – The date of the proposal, current date by default.

  • allow_open_ended – If True, enable to select an unofficial experiment session.

  • timeout – Set a timeout for the ICAT request.

Return type:

str

Returns:

If found, return the experiment session information from the metadata catalog as a string.

investigation_summary(*args, **kwargs)[source]#

Return the experiment session information as a Tuple.

Parameters:

  • beamline – The beamline name.

  • proposal – The proposal name.

  • date – The date of the proposal, current date by default.

  • allow_open_ended – If True, enable to select an unofficial experiment session.

  • timeout – Set a timeout for the ICAT request.

Return type:

List[Tuple]

Returns:

If found, return the experiment session information from the metadata catalog as a Tuple.

property reason_for_missing_information: str#

A string explaining why some information is missing in the metadata catalog.

registered_dataset_ids(*args, **kwargs)[source]#

Return the dataset list of an experiment session.

Parameters:

  • beamline – The beamline name of the proposal.

  • proposal – The proposal name.

  • date – The date of the proposal, current date by default.

  • allow_open_ended – If True, enable to select an unofficial experiment session.

  • timeout – Set a timeout for the ICAT request.

Return type:

None

Returns:

The list of datasets (name and path).

registered_datasets(*args, **kwargs)[source]#

Return the dataset information list of an experiment session.

Parameters:

  • beamline – The beamline name of the proposal.

  • proposal – The proposal name.

  • date – The date of the proposal, current date by default.

  • allow_open_ended – If True, enable to select an unofficial experiment session.

  • timeout – Set a timeout for the ICAT request.

Return type:

None

Returns:

The list of datasets (name, path, ICAT identifier, and DatasetMetadata).

send_binary_data(*args, **kw)[source]#

Send an image in base64 format to the proposal or beamline e-logbook.

Parameters:

  • data – The binary message content.

  • mimetype – {‘text/plain’, ‘text/html’}, optional.

  • beamline – The beamline name of the proposal or beamline e-logbook.

  • proposal – The proposal name of the e-logbook. Ignored if beamline_only is True.

  • beamline_only – if True, the message will be stored in the beamline e-logbook.

  • payload – Additional payload for the e-logbook message. It can contain tags (list of strings or list of dictionaries), the machine, the software.

send_binary_file(*args, **kw)[source]#

Send the content of a file as a binary image to the proposal or beamline e-logbook.

Parameters:

  • filename – The filename of the image to be sent.

  • beamline – The beamline name of the proposal or beamline e-logbook.

  • proposal – The proposal name of the e-logbook. Ignored if beamline_only is True.

  • beamline_only – if True, the message will be stored in the beamline e-logbook.

  • payload – Additional payload for the e-logbook message. It can contain tags (list of strings or list of dictionaries), the machine, the software.

send_message(*args, **kw)[source]#

Send a message to the proposal or beamline e-logbook.

Parameters:

  • msg – The message content.

  • msg_type – {‘comment’, ‘debug’, ‘info’, ‘error’, ‘commandLine’}, optional.

  • beamline – The beamline name of the proposal or beamline e-logbook.

  • proposal – The proposal name of the e-logbook. Ignored if beamline_only is True.

  • dataset – The specific dataset name to link the message to.

  • beamline_only – if True, the message will be stored in the beamline e-logbook.

  • editable – Used with the formatted field, to determine the category of message. Annotation characterizes editable and unformatted messages, while Notification charaterizes non-editable and formatted messages.

  • formatted – Used with the editable field, to determine the category of message. Annotation characterizes editable and unformatted messages, while Notification charaterizes non-editable and formatted messages.

  • mimetype – {‘text/plain’, ‘text/html’}, optional.

  • payload – Additional payload for the message. It can contain tags (list of strings or list of dictionaries), the machine, the software.

send_text_file(*args, **kw)[source]#

Send the content of a text file as a message to the proposal or beamline e-logbook.

Parameters:

  • filename – The filename containing the message to be sent.

  • beamline – The beamline name of the proposal or beamline e-logbook.

  • proposal – The proposal name of the e-logbook. Ignored if beamline_only is True.

  • beamline_only – if True, the message will be stored in the beamline e-logbook.

  • payload – Additional payload for the e-logbook message. It can contain tags (list of strings or list of dictionaries), the machine, the software.

start_investigation(*args, **kw)[source]#

Send a message to ActiveMQ to either synchronize the experiment session from the User Portal in ICAT or to create a test experiment session in ICAT.

Parameters:

  • beamline – The beamline name of the proposal.

  • proposal – The proposal name.

  • start_datetime – The start date of the experiment session, timezone local time. Current date time by default.

  • end_datetime – The end date of the experiment session, timezone local time.

store_dataset(*args, **kw)[source]#

Request icat to store raw dataset.

Parameters:
store_dataset_from_file(*args, **kw)[source]#

Send a message to ActiveMQ to store a dataset and the associated metadata from a xml file stored on the disk.

Parameters:

store_filename – The XML filename containing all dataset metadata.

store_processed_data(*args, **kw)[source]#

Request icat to store a processed dataset.

Parameters:
update_archive_restore_status(*args, **kwargs)[source]#

Update the archiving or restore status of a dataset.

Parameters:

  • dataset_id – The ICAT dataset identifier.

  • type – The type of the status, possible options are {‘archiving’, ‘restoration’}.

  • level – The level of the status message; possible options are {‘info’, ‘warning’, ‘error’}.

  • message – The optional status’ message.

Return type:

None

update_metadata(*args, **kwargs)[source]#

Update or create datasets metadata.

Parameters:

  • proposal – The proposal name.

  • beamline – The beamline name of the proposal.

  • dataset_paths – Comma-separated list of the dataset locations.

  • metadata_name – The name of the metadata to update.

  • metadata_value – The new value of the metadata.

Return type:

None