Get observation data summary

Fetch observation data summary CLI

This script allows the user to fetch summary of observation data statistics from Dataex server. A sample of the information that is retrieved from the dataex server can be seen in the table below:

country	No. of Stations Sharing Data	Data Available Period	Total Records (Daily)	% Missing Data
Bangladesh	47	1981-01-01 to 2020-01-01	2830011	0.6%
Nepal	16	1981-01-01 to 2021-01-01	1122690	12.1%

Usage

$ dataex_obs_data_summary.py --output <str> --output_type <str>

Tip

Option names too long, you can always use their short forms. Check using --help

Options

output_format : str 
             json, table or csv  

output      : str
              name of output file  

The default output type is table format. The two options are not required and can be ignored unless the user prefers csv or json.

Example

Tip

There is no need for .csv or .json extension in the file name, it is appended by the program.

dataex_obs_data_summary.py --output ./summary.csv --output_format csv

Here, the observation summary data is downloaded in csv format. The file is saved as summary.csv in the current directory.

dataex_obs_data_summary.py

This would download the data in table format and display in that form on the terminal itself.