Python 3 interface to encode and decode GRIB and BUFR files via the ECMWF ecCodes library.
Features:
- reads and writes GRIB 1 and 2 files,
- reads and writes BUFR 3 and 4 files,
- supports all modern versions of Python 3.7, 3.6, 3.5 and PyPy3,
- works on most Linux distributions and MacOS, the ecCodes C-library is the only system dependency,
- PyPI package can be installed without compiling, at the cost of being twice as slow as the original ecCodes module,
- an optional compile step makes the code as fast as the original module but it needs a recent version of ecCodes >= 2.16.0.
Limitations:
- Microsoft Windows support is untested.
The package is installed from PyPI with:
$ pip install eccodes-python
The Python module depends on the ECMWF ecCodes library that must be installed on the system and accessible as a shared library.
On a MacOS with HomeBrew use:
$ brew install eccodes
Or if you manage binary packages with Conda use:
$ conda install -c conda-forge eccodes
As an alternative you may install the official source distribution by following the instructions at https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/ECC/ecCodes+installation
You may run a simple selfcheck command to ensure that your system is set up correctly:
$ python -m eccodes selfcheck Found: ecCodes v2.16.0. Your system is ready.
Refer to the ecCodes documentation pages for usage.
To test the much faster CFFI API level, out-of-line mode you need the ecCodes
header files.
Then you need to clone the repo in the same folder as your ecCodes source tree,
make a pip
development install and custom compile the binary bindings:
$ git clone https://github.com/ecmwf/eccodes-python $ cd eccodes-python $ pip install -e . $ python builder.py
To revert back to ABI level, in-line more just remove the compiled bindings:
$ rm gribapi/_bindings.*
Development | https://github.com/ecmwf/eccodes-python |
Download | https://pypi.org/project/eccodes-python |
Code quality |
The main repository is hosted on GitHub, testing, bug reports and contributions are highly welcomed and appreciated:
https://github.com/ecmwf/eccodes-python
Please see the CONTRIBUTING.rst document for the best way to help.
Maintainer:
Contributors:
See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.
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