ecl-api

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The Electronic Collaboration Logbook (ECL) is an e-logbook used at FNAL. This package allows retrieving and posting entries via Python using the ECL XML/REST API.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• License

Installation

pip install ecl-api

Usage

Start a connection with the ECL:

from ecl_api import ECL, ECLEntry

password = "your_ecl_pwd"
url = "your_ecl_link" # e.g. 'https://dbweb9.fnal.gov:8443/ECL/sbnd/E'

ecl = ECL(url=url, user='sbndprm', password=password)

Post a generic entry:

entry = ECLEntry(category='Purity Monitors', text='Example text', preformatted=True)

entry.add_image(name='Image Name', filename='/path/to/image.png')

ecl.post(entry, do_post=False)

Post a form:

entry = ECLEntry(category='Shift', formname='Shift run start checklist - v1')

form = {
    "Maximize the window": "Yes",
    "Date": "07/23/24",
    "Time": "19:39:58",
    "Run number": "00000",
    "DAQ Components": "testentry",
    "Configuration": "testentry" 
}

entry.set_form_elements(form)

print(entry.show(pretty=True))

ecl.post(entry, do_post=False)

Retrieve an entry

ecl.get_entry(entry_id=7252)

Retrieve the last N entries in a certain category

text = ecl.search(category='Shift', limit=3)

Unpack content of text:

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

xml = ET.fromstring(text)
entries = xml.findall('./entry')
for entry in entries:
	print(entry.attrib, entry.tag)
	...

License

ecl-api is distributed under the terms of the MIT license.