Indra v0.1.1

A CLI tool for fetching data from open data sources, to be extended to forecast as well. Currently, only the fetching data from CDS and ECPDS is implemented.

Installation

Using Pip

You can install using pip and github directly:

pip install git+https://github.com/dsih-artpark/indra

This will install from the default branch, i.e. production.

Update

pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/dsih-artpark/indra

Configuration

The application requires two configuration files:

1. Environment variables file (copy and modify example.env):

cp example.env .env

2. A YAML file for application settings (copy and modify example.yaml):

cp example.yaml config.yaml

CDS API Setup

1. Create an account on the Climate Data Store
2. Accept the Terms of Use
3. Create a .cdsapirc file in your home directory with your API key:

url: https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/v2
key: YOUR-API-KEY

Usage

Basic Commands

# Fetch CDS data for current month
indra fetch cds config.yaml

# Fetch CDS data with custom date range (specified in yaml)
indra fetch cds config.yaml --custom-date

# Enable debug mode
indra fetch cds config.yaml --debug

# Set custom log level and file
indra --log-level DEBUG --log-file "custom.log" fetch cds config.yaml

Command Options

Global Options

• --log-level, -l: Set logging level (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL)
• --log-file, -f: Specify custom log file

CDS Command Options

• --current-month/--custom-date, -c/-C: Use current month or dates from config
• --debug/--no-debug, -d/-D: Enable/disable debug mode

Configuration Files

YAML Configuration

The YAML configuration file contains settings for:

shared_params:
  local_data_dir: "~/.dsih-data/"
  email_recipients:
    "user@example.com": "User Name"
  s3_bucket: 'example-bucket-name'

cds:
  # CDS-specific configuration
  cds_dataset_name: "reanalysis-era5-single-levels"
  bounds_nwse:
    ka: [19,74,11,79]  # Example bounds
  variables:
    "2m_temperature": "2t"
    # ... other variables

ecpds:
  # ECPDS-specific configuration
  url: 'https://data.ecmwf.int/forecasts'
  # ... other settings

Environment Variables

Required environment variables in .env:

# CDS API Credentials
CDS_URL=https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/v2
CDS_KEY=YOUR_CDS_API_KEY

# AWS S3 Credentials
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=YOUR_AWS_ACCESS_KEY
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=YOUR_AWS_SECRET_KEY
AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=ap-south-1

# Email Configuration
SMTP_SERVER=smtp.gmail.com
PORT=587
EMAIL=your.email@gmail.com
PASSWORD=your_app_specific_password

Features

• Fetch ERA5 reanalysis data from CDS
• Download ECMWF operational forecasts
• Automatic S3 upload of downloaded data
• Email notifications for job status
• Configurable logging
• Support for multiple regions and variables
• Automatic file cleanup after S3 upload

Development

Prerequisites

• Python 3.11+
• AWS credentials ( if using S3. You can use the api and store files in your own server and skip the s3 set up)
• CDS API access

Setting up Development Environment

Poetry is required for development.

1. Install development dependencies:

poetry install --with dev

2. Install documentation dependencies:

poetry install --with docs

Documentation

Build the documentation:

cd docs
make html

License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Authors

• Sai Sneha sneha@artpark.in
• Aishwarya R aishwarya@artpark.in
• Akhil Babu akhil@artpark.in
• Swarna AN swarna@artpark.in