Features

This package provides a python interface to DATATRAILS.

The definitive guide to the REST API is defined here: https://docs.datatrails.ai

This python SDK offers a number of advantages over a simple REST api (in any language):

  • versioned package for the python 3.8,3.9,3.10,3.11,3.12 ecosystem.

  • automatic confirmation of assets and events: just set confirm=True when creating the asset or event and a sophisticated retry and exponential backoff algorithm will take care of everything.

  • list() method: one can easily get an iterable of assets or events that correspond to a particular signature. The list method is optimized for use in loop (for a in arch.assets.list():...) but can easily be converted to a list using the python list() function.

  • simple count() method: one can easily get a count of assets or events that correspond to a particular signature.

  • a wait_for_confirmed() method that waits for all assets or events that meet certain criteria to become confirmed.

  • a read_by_signature() method that allows one to retrieve an asset or event with a unique signature without knowing the identity.

  • predefined fixtures that allow specifying common attributes of assets/events

  • a story runner where a yaml file can be used to exercise the various methods in the PythonSDK.

  • comprehensive exception handling - clear specific exceptions.

  • easily extensible - obeys the open-closed principle of SOLID where new endpoints can be implemented by extending the package as opposed to modifying it.

  • fully unittested - 100% coverage.

  • code style managed and enforced using pycodestyle, pylint and black.

See the examples/ directory for example code.