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Arkindex API Client
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**API documentation available at https://arkindex.gitlab.io/api-client/**
``arkindex-client`` provides an API client to interact with Arkindex servers.
Setup
-----
Install the client using ``pip``::
pip install arkindex-client
Usage
-----
To create a client and login using an email/password combo,
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.. code:: python
from arkindex import ArkindexClient
cli = ArkindexClient()
cli.login('EMAIL', 'PASSWORD')
This helper method will save the authentication token in your API client, so
that it is reused in later API requests.
If you already have an API token, you can create your client like so:
.. code:: python
from arkindex import ArkindexClient
cli = ArkindexClient('YOUR_TOKEN')
To perform a simple API request, you can use the ``request()`` method. The method
takes an operation ID as a name and the operation's parameters as keyword arguments:
Making requests
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. code:: python
corpus = cli.request('RetrieveCorpus', id='...')
The result will be a Python ``dict`` containing the result of the API request.
If the request returns an error, an ``apistar.exceptions.ErrorResponse`` will
be raised.
Dealing with pagination
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The Arkindex client adds another helper method for paginated endpoints that
deals with pagination for you: ``ArkindexClient.paginate``. This method
returns a ``ResponsePaginator`` instance, which is a classic Python
iterator that does not perform any actual requests until absolutely needed:
that is, until the next page must be loaded.
.. code:: python
for page in cli.paginate('ListCorpusPages', id=corpus['id']):
print(page['display_name'])
**Warning:** Using ``list`` on a ``ResponsePaginator`` may load dozens
of pages at once and cause a big load on the server. You can use ``len`` to
get the total item count before spamming a server.
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Using another server
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
By default, the API client is set to point to the main Arkindex server at
https://arkindex.teklia.com. If you need or want to use this API client on
another server, you can use the ``base_url`` keyword argument when setting up
your API client:
.. code:: python
cli = ArkindexClient(base_url='https://somewhere')
Examples
--------
Print all volumes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. code:: python
for volume in cli.paginate('ListElements'):
print(volume['name'])
Create transcriptions in bulk
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. code:: python
payload = {
"parent": "ELEMENT_ID",
"recognizer": "ML_TOOL_SLUG",
"transcriptions": [
{
# A polygon, as a list of at least 3 [x, y] points
"polygon": [
[100, 100],
[100, 300],
[200, 300],
[200, 100],
],
# The confidence score
"score": 0.8,
# Recognized text
"text": "Blah",
# Transcription type: page, paragraph, line, word, character
"type": "word",
},
# ...
]
}
cli.request('CreateTranscriptions', body=payload)
Download full logs for each Ponos task in a workflow
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. code:: python
workflow = cli.request('RetrieveWorkflow', id='...')
for task in workflow['tasks']:
with open(task['id'] + '.txt', 'w') as f:
f.write(cli.request('RetrieveTaskLog', id=task['id']))