allow for passing directly the python dict string as response body

README.md

@@ -26,37 +26,51 @@ Suppose that the `Show API request` button generated the following Python code:
 ```python
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 import cdsapi
-c = cdsapi.Client()
-c.retrieve("insitu-glaciers-elevation-mass",
-{
-"variable": "all",
-"product_type": "elevation_change",
-"file_version": "20170405",
-"format": "tgz"
-},
-"download.tar.gz")
+
+dataset = "reanalysis-era5-single-levels"
+request = {
+    "product_type": ["reanalysis"],
+    "variable": [
+        "10m_u_component_of_wind",
+        "10m_v_component_of_wind"
+    ],
+    "year": ["2024"],
+    "month": ["12"],
+    "day": ["06"],
+    "time": ["16:00"],
+    "data_format": "netcdf",
+    "download_format": "unarchived",
+    "area": [58, 6, 55, 9]
+}
+
+client = cdsapi.Client()
+client.retrieve(dataset, request).download()
 ```
 
-You can obtain the same results in Julia with the following code:
+You can obtain the same results in Julia:
 
 ```julia
 using CDSAPI
 
-CDSAPI.retrieve("insitu-glaciers-elevation-mass",
-CDSAPI.py2ju("""
-{
-"variable": "all",
-"product_type": "elevation_change",
-"file_version": "20170405",
-"format": "tgz"
-}
-"""),
-"download.tar.gz")
+dataset = "reanalysis-era5-single-levels"
+request = """{
+    "product_type": ["reanalysis"],
+    "variable": [
+        "10m_u_component_of_wind",
+        "10m_v_component_of_wind"
+    ],
+    "year": ["2024"],
+    "month": ["12"],
+    "day": ["06"],
+    "time": ["16:00"],
+    "data_format": "netcdf",
+    "download_format": "unarchived",
+    "area": [58, 6, 55, 9]
+}""" # <- notice the multiline string.
+
+CDSAPI.retrieve(dataset, request, "download.nc")
 ```
 
-We've copied/pasted the code and called the `py2ju` function on the second argument of the `retrieve` function.
-The `py2ju` function simply converts the string containing a Python dictionary to an actual Julia dictionary.
-
 Besides the downloaded file, the `retrieve` function also returns a dictionary with metadata:
 
 ```

src/CDSAPI.jl

@@ -6,14 +6,19 @@ using JSON
 """
     retrieve(name, params, filename; wait=1.0)
 
-Retrieves data for `name` from the Climate Data Store
-with the specified `params` and stores it in the current
-directory as `filename`.
+Retrieves dataset with given `name` from the Climate Data Store
+with the specified `params` (JSON string) and stores it in the
+given `filename`.
 
-The client periodically requests the status of the retrieve request.
-`wait` is the maximum time (in seconds) between status updates.
+The client periodically checks the status of the request and one
+can specify the maximum time in seconds to `wait` between updates.
 """
-function retrieve(name, params, filename; wait=1.0)
+retrieve(name, params::AbstractString, filename; wait=1.0) =
+    retrieve(name, JSON.parse(params), filename; wait)
+
+# CDSAPI.parse can be used to convert the request params into a
+# Julia dictionary for additional manipulation before retrieval
+function retrieve(name, params::AbstractDict, filename; wait=1.0)
     creds = Dict()
     open(joinpath(homedir(), ".cdsapirc")) do f
         for line in readlines(f)
@@ -44,12 +49,11 @@ function retrieve(name, params, filename; wait=1.0)
         throw(e)
     end
 
-    body = JSON.parse(String(response.body))
-    data = Dict("status" => "queued")
+    data = JSON.parse(String(response.body))
+    endpoint = Dict(response.headers)["location"]
 
     while data["status"] != "successful"
-        data = HTTP.request("GET",
-            creds["url"] * "/retrieve/v1/jobs/" * string(body["jobID"]),
+        data = HTTP.request("GET", endpoint,
             ["PRIVATE-TOKEN" => creds["key"]]
         )
         data = JSON.parse(String(data.body))
@@ -70,7 +74,7 @@ function retrieve(name, params, filename; wait=1.0)
     end
 
     response = HTTP.request("GET",
-        creds["url"] * "/retrieve/v1/jobs/" * string(body["jobID"]) * "/results",
+        endpoint * "/results",
         ["PRIVATE-TOKEN" => creds["key"]]
     )
     body = JSON.parse(String(response.body))
@@ -80,45 +84,12 @@ function retrieve(name, params, filename; wait=1.0)
 end
 
 """
-    py2ju(dictstr)
-
-Takes a Python dictionary as string and converts it into Julia's `Dict`
-
-# Examples
-```julia-repl
-julia> str = \"""{
-               'format': 'zip',
-               'variable': 'surface_air_temperature',
-               'product_type': 'climatology',
-               'month': '08',
-               'origin': 'era_interim',
-           }\""";
-
-julia> CDSAPI.py2ju(str)
-Dict{String,Any} with 5 entries:
-  "format"       => "zip"
-  "month"        => "08"
-  "product_type" => "climatology"
-  "variable"     => "surface_air_temperature"
-  "origin"       => "era_interim"
-
-```
-"""
-function py2ju(dictstr)
-    dictstr_cpy = replace(dictstr, "'" => "\"")
-    lastcomma_pos = findlast(",", dictstr_cpy).start
-
-    # if there's no pair after the last comma
-    if findnext(":", dictstr_cpy, lastcomma_pos) == nothing
-        # remove the comma
-        dictstr_cpy = dictstr_cpy[firstindex(dictstr_cpy):(lastcomma_pos-1)] * dictstr_cpy[(lastcomma_pos+1):lastindex(dictstr_cpy)]
-    end
+    parse(string)
 
-    # removes trailing comma from a list
-    rx = r",[ \n\r\t]*\]"
-    dictstr_cpy = replace(dictstr_cpy, rx => "]")
+Equivalent to `JSON.parse(string)`.
+"""
+parse(string) = JSON.parse(string)
 
-    return JSON.parse(dictstr_cpy)
-end
+@deprecate py2ju(string) parse(string)
 
 end # module

test/runtests.jl

@@ -4,14 +4,85 @@ using GRIB, NetCDF
 
 using Test
 
-# list of tests
-testfiles = [
-    "py2ju.jl",
-    "retrieve.jl",
-]
+datadir = joinpath(@__DIR__, "data")
 
 @testset "CDSAPI.jl" begin
-    for testfile in testfiles
-        include(testfile)
+    @testset "ERA5 monthly preasure data" begin
+        filename = joinpath(datadir, "era5.grib")
+        response = CDSAPI.retrieve(
+            "reanalysis-era5-pressure-levels-monthly-means",
+            """{
+                "data_format": "grib",
+                "product_type": "monthly_averaged_reanalysis",
+                "variable": "divergence",
+                "pressure_level": "1",
+                "year": "2020",
+                "month": "06",
+                "area": [90,-180,-90,180],
+                "time": "00:00"
+            }""",
+            filename
+        )
+
+        @test typeof(response) <: Dict
+        @test isfile(filename)
+
+        GribFile(filename) do datafile
+            data = Message(datafile)
+            @test data["name"] == "Divergence"
+            @test data["level"] == 1
+            @test data["year"] == 2020
+            @test data["month"] == 6
+        end
+        rm(filename)
+    end
+
+    @testset "Sea ice type data" begin
+        filename = joinpath(datadir, "sea_ice_type.zip")
+        response = CDSAPI.retrieve(
+            "satellite-sea-ice-edge-type",
+            """{
+                "variable": "sea_ice_type",
+                "region": "northern_hemisphere",
+                "cdr_type": "cdr",
+                "year": "1979",
+                "month": "01",
+                "day": "02",
+                "version": "3_0",
+                "data_format": "zip"
+            }""",
+            filename
+        )
+
+        @test typeof(response) <: Dict
+        @test isfile(filename)
+
+        # extract contents
+        zip_reader = ZipFile.Reader(filename)
+        ewq_fileio = zip_reader.files[1]
+        ewq_file = joinpath(datadir, ewq_fileio.name)
+        write(ewq_file, read(ewq_fileio))
+        close(zip_reader)
+
+        # test file contents
+        @test ncgetatt(ewq_file, "Global", "time_coverage_start") == "19790102T000000Z"
+        @test ncgetatt(ewq_file, "Global", "time_coverage_end") == "19790103T000000Z"
+
+        # cleanup
+        rm(filename)
+        rm(ewq_file)
+    end
+
+    @testset "Bad requests errors are catched" begin
+        goodname = "reanalysis-era5-single-levels"
+        badname = "bad-dataset"
+        badrequest = """{
+            "this": "is",
+            "a": "bad",
+            "re": ["quest"]
+        }"""
+
+        @test_throws ArgumentError CDSAPI.retrieve(goodname, badrequest, "unreachable")
+        @test_throws ArgumentError CDSAPI.retrieve(badname, badrequest, "unreachable")
     end
 end