h5pyd

Python client library for HDF5 REST interface

Introduction

This repository contains library, test, and examples of h5pyd - a Python package for the HDF REST interface.

The library is provides a high-level interface to the REST specification that is generally easier to use than invoking http calls directly.

The package is based on the popular h5py package and aims to be source compatible with the h5py high level interface.

Websites

Main website: http://www.hdfgroup.org
Source code: https://github.com/HDFGroup/h5pyd
Mailing list: hdf-forum@lists.hdfgroup.org <hdf-forum@lists.hdfgroup.org>
Documentation: TBD (but http://docs.h5py.org/en/latest/ should be helpful)

HDF Server: https://github.com/HDFGroup/h5serv
HDF5-JSON: https://github.com/HDFGroup/h5-json
h5py: https://github.com/h5py/h5py

Installing

Via pip:

pip install h5pyd

From a release tarball or Git checkout:

python setup.py install

By default the examples look for a local instance of h5serv. See the https://github.com/HDFGroup/h5serv for instructions on installing and running h5serv.

Uninstalling

Just remove the install directory and all contents to uninstall.

Reporting bugs (and general feedback)

Create new issues at http://github.com/HDFGroup/h5json/issues for any problems you find.

For general questions/feedback, please use the hdf list (hdf-forum@lists.hdfgroup.org).