motuclient 1.8.4 and Python script

[GeoTuxMan]

Hello !

After I install motuclient 1.8.4 (with pip), I try to run motuclient from a Python script:

`import datetime
import time
from datetime import timedelta

time_min = datetime.date.today().isoformat()
time_max = (datetime.date.today()+timedelta(days=3)).isoformat()
nc_name = time.strftime("%d_%m_%Y_%H_%M.nc")

os.system("C:\Python27\python.exe -m motuclient -u lbuga -p 9YxKdFEK -m http://nrt.cmems-du.eu/motu-web/Motu -s BLKSEA_ANALYSIS_FORECAST_PHYS_007_001-TDS -d sv03-bs-cmcc-tem-an-fc-h -t time_min -T time_max -x 28.5 -X 32.5 -y 42.5 -Y 46.0 -z 2.501 -Z 266.0668 -v votemper -o out_dir/NC -f nc_name %*")`

and I got this error:
motuclient is a package and cannot be directly executed

Look forward for some tips.

Cheers !
George

[clstoulouse]

Hi,

Can you try from a command line:
motuclient -h

Then from python script:

import os
os.system("motuclient -h")
Usage: motuclient [options]
...

Have you the same display ?

Regards

[GeoTuxMan]

C:\Python27\motuclient -h
'motuclient' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

import os
os.system("motuclient -h")
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[GeoTuxMan]

Solved with this:

`cmems_user= "lbuga"
cmems_pass= "9YxKdFEK"
motu_server ="http://nrt.cmems-du.eu/motu-web/Motu"
product_id="BLKSEA_ANALYSIS_FORECAST_PHYS_007_001-TDS"
dataset_id="sv03-bs-cmcc-tem-an-fc-h"
lon_min="28.5"
lon_max="32.5"
lat_min="42.5"
lat_max="46.0"
date_min=datetime.date.today().isoformat()
date_max=(datetime.date.today()+timedelta(days=3)).isoformat()
variable1 = "votemper"
Out_dir = "out_dir/NC"
nc_name = time.strftime("%d_%m_%Y_%H_%M.nc")

command_string = "python -m motuclient --user " + str(cmems_user) + " --pwd " + str(cmems_pass) +" --motu " + str(motu_server) + " --service-id " + str(product_id) + " --product-id " + str(dataset_id) + " --longitude-min " + str(lon_min) + " --longitude-max " + str(lon_max) + " --latitude-min " + str(lat_min) + " --latitude-max " + str(lat_max) + " --date-min " + str(date_min) + " --date-max " + str(date_max) + " --variable " + str(variable1) + " --out-dir " + str(Out_dir) + " --out-name " + str(nc_name)

os.system(command_string)`

[johanvdw]

From a python script, you can also fake a motu client:

 from motu_utils import motu_api
 from optparse import OptionParser

     print("getting update from %s to %s" % (date_min, date_max))
     options = {'log_level': None, 'user': xxx, 'pwd': xxx,
                'auth_mode': 'cas', 'proxy':False, 'proxy_server': None,
                'proxy_user': None, 'proxy_pwd': None,
                'motu': 'https://nrt.cmems-du.eu/motu-web/Motu',
                'service_id': service_id,
                'product_id': 'MetO-NWS-PHY-dm-BED', 'date_min': date_min,
                'date_max': date_max,
                'latitude_min': 51.0, 'latitude_max': 56.0,
                'longitude_min': 1.0, 'longitude_max': 8.0, 'depth_min': None,
                'depth_max': None, 'variable': ['bottomT', 'bottomT'], 'sync': None,
                'describe': None, 'size': None, 'out_dir': path,
                'out_name': f'{service_id}_{date_min}_{date_max}.nc',
                'block_size': 65536, 'socket_timeout': None, 'user_agent': None, 'outputWritten': None,
                'console_mode': None, 'config_file': None}
 
     # we create a fake option parser because this is what the motu api expects:
     # a parsed result from optionparser rather than a normal dict
     op = OptionParser()
     for o in options:
         op.add_option('--'+o, dest=o, default=options[o])
     (_options, args) = op.parse_args()
 
     motu_api.execute_request(_options)

This is a dirty workaround, but works. Would be nicer though if the api supported using a dict rather than only an optionparser result.

[camrinbraun]

Is there a solution to this? I'm still getting the same error as OP