API Client

APIClient is a class for handling requests to the Civis API. An instantiated APIClient contains a set of resources (listed below) where each resource is an object with methods. By convention, an instantiated APIClient object is named client and API requests are made with the following syntax:

client = civis.APIClient()
response = client.resource.method(params)

The methods on APIClient are created dynamically at runtime by parsing an collections.OrderedDict representation of the Civis API specification. By default, this specification is downloaded from the /endpoints endpoint the first time APIClient is instantiated (and cached in memory for the remainder of the program’s run). In some circumstances, it may be useful to use a local cache of the API specification rather than downloading the spec. This can be done by passing the specification to the client through the parameter local_api_spec as either the collections.OrderedDict or a filename where the specification has been saved.

api_key = os.environ['CIVIS_API_KEY']
spec = civis.resources.get_api_spec(api_key)

# From OrderedDict
client = civis.APIClient(local_api_spec=spec)

# From file
with open('local_api_spec.json', 'w') as f:
    json.dump(spec, f)
client = civis.APIClient(local_api_spec='local_api_spec.json')
class civis.APIClient(api_key=None, return_type='snake', retry_total=6, api_version='1.0', resources='base', local_api_spec=None)[source]

The Civis API client.

Parameters:

api_key : str, optional

Your API key obtained from the Civis Platform. If not given, the client will use the CIVIS_API_KEY environment variable.

return_type : str, optional

The following types are implemented:

retry_total : int, optional

A number indicating the maximum number of retries for 429, 502, 503, or 504 errors.

api_version : string, optional

The version of endpoints to call. May instantiate multiple client objects with different versions. Currently only “1.0” is supported.

resources : string, optional

When set to “base”, only the default endpoints will be exposed in the client object. Set to “all” to include all endpoints available for a given user, including those that may be in development and subject to breaking changes at a later date.

local_api_spec : collections.OrderedDict or string, optional

The methods on this class are dynamically built from the Civis API specification, which can be retrieved from the /endpoints endpoint. When local_api_spec is None, the default, this specification is downloaded the first time APIClient is instantiated. Alternatively, a local cache of the specification may be passed as either an OrderedDict or a filename which points to a json file.

Attributes

announcements An instance of the Announcements endpoint
apps An instance of the Apps endpoint
clusters An instance of the Clusters endpoint
codes An instance of the Codes endpoint
credentials An instance of the Credentials endpoint
databases An instance of the Databases endpoint
endpoints An instance of the Endpoints endpoint
enhancements An instance of the Enhancements endpoint
exports An instance of the Exports endpoint
files An instance of the Files endpoint
groups An instance of the Groups endpoint
imports An instance of the Imports endpoint
jobs An instance of the Jobs endpoint
match_targets An instance of the Match_Targets endpoint
media An instance of the Media endpoint
models An instance of the Models endpoint
notebooks An instance of the Notebooks endpoint
notifications An instance of the Notifications endpoint
ontology An instance of the Ontology endpoint
predictions An instance of the Predictions endpoint
projects An instance of the Projects endpoint
queries An instance of the Queries endpoint
remote_hosts An instance of the Remote_Hosts endpoint
reports An instance of the Reports endpoint
results An instance of the Results endpoint
scripts An instance of the Scripts endpoint
search An instance of the Search endpoint
tables An instance of the Tables endpoint
templates An instance of the Templates endpoint
users An instance of the Users endpoint
workflows An instance of the Workflows endpoint
default_credential

The current user’s default credential.

get_aws_credential_id(cred_name, owner=None)

Find an AWS credential ID.

Parameters:

cred_name : str or int

If an integer ID is given, this passes through directly. If a str is given, return the ID corresponding to the AWS credential with that name.

owner : str, optional

Return the credential with this owner. If not provided, search for credentials under your username to disambiguate multiple credentials with the same name. Note that this function cannot return credentials which are not associated with an owner.
Returns:

aws_credential_id : int

The ID number of the AWS credentials.
Raises:

ValueError

If the AWS credential can’t be found.

Examples

>>> import civis
>>> client = civis.APIClient()
>>> client.get_aws_credential_id('jsmith')
1234

>>> client.get_aws_credential_id(1111)
1111

>>> client.get_aws_credential_id('shared-cred',
...                              owner='research-group')
99
get_database_credential_id(username, database_name)

Return the credential ID for a given username in a given database.

Parameters:

username : str or int

If an integer ID is given, this passes through directly. If a str is given, return the ID corresponding to the database credential with that username.

database_name : str or int

Return the ID of the database credential with username username for this database name or ID.
Returns:

database_credential_id : int

The ID of the database credentials.
Raises:

ValueError

If the credential can’t be found.

Examples

>>> import civis
>>> client = civis.APIClient()
>>> client.get_database_credential_id('jsmith', 'redshift-general')
1234

>>> client.get_database_credential_id(1111, 'redshift-general')
1111
get_database_id(database)

Return the database ID for a given database name.

Parameters:

database : str or int

If an integer ID is given, passes through. If a str is given the database ID corresponding to that database name is returned.
Returns:

database_id : int

The ID of the database.
Raises:

ValueError

If the database can’t be found.
get_table_id(table, database)

Return the table ID for a given database and table name.

Parameters:

table : str

The name of the table in format schema.table.

database : str or int

The name or ID of the database.
Returns:

table_id : int

The ID of the table. Only returns exact match to specified table.
Raises:

ValueError

If an exact table match can’t be found.
username

The current user’s username.