Utils

Utility functions for Scout web API

bosdyn.scout.utils.get_credentials() → [<class 'str'>, <class 'str'>][source]

Obtains credentials from either environment variables or terminal inputs

Returns: username(str): the username for the Scout instance password(str): the password for the Scout instance

Deprecated since version 4.0.0: Please, use get_api_token instead.

bosdyn.scout.utils.get_latest_created_at_for_run_events(scout_client: bosdyn.scout.client.ScoutClient, params: Dict = {}) → datetime[source]

Given a dictionary of query params, returns the max created at time for run events

Parameters:

scout_client – the client for Scout web API
params – the query params associated with the get request

Raises:

RequestExceptions – exceptions thrown by the Requests library
UnauthenticatedScoutClientError – indicates that the scout client is not authenticated properly

Returns:

The max created at time for run events in datetime

Deprecated since version 4.0.0: Scout has been renamed to Orbit. Please, use bosdyn-orbit package instead of bosdyn-scout.

bosdyn.scout.utils.get_latest_run_capture_resources(scout_client: bosdyn.scout.client.ScoutClient, params: Dict = {}) → List[source]

Given a dictionary of query params, returns the latest run capture resources in json format

Parameters:

scout_client – the client for Scout web API
params – the query params associated with the get request

Raises:

RequestExceptions – exceptions thrown by the Requests library
UnauthenticatedScoutClientError – indicates that the scout client is not authenticated properly

Returns:

A list of resources obtained from Scout’s RESTful endpoint

Deprecated since version 4.0.0: Scout has been renamed to Orbit. Please, use bosdyn-orbit package instead of bosdyn-scout.

bosdyn.scout.utils.get_latest_created_at_for_run_captures(scout_client: bosdyn.scout.client.ScoutClient, params: Dict = {}) → datetime[source]

Given a dictionary of query params, returns the max created at time for run captures

Parameters:

scout_client – the client for Scout web API
params – the query params associated with the get request

Raises:

RequestExceptions – exceptions thrown by the Requests library
UnauthenticatedScoutClientError – indicates that the scout client is not authenticated properly

Returns:

The max created at time for run captures in datetime

Deprecated since version 4.0.0: Scout has been renamed to Orbit. Please, use bosdyn-orbit package instead of bosdyn-scout.

bosdyn.scout.utils.get_latest_run_resource(scout_client: bosdyn.scout.client.ScoutClient, params: Dict = {}) → List[source]

Given a dictionary of query params, returns the latest run resource in json format

Parameters:

scout_client – the client for Scout web API
params – the query params associated with the get request

Raises:

RequestExceptions – exceptions thrown by the Requests library
UnauthenticatedScoutClientError – indicates that the scout client is not authenticated properly

Returns:

A list corresponding to a run resource obtained from Scout’s RESTful endpoint in json

Deprecated since version 4.0.0: Scout has been renamed to Orbit. Please, use bosdyn-orbit package instead of bosdyn-scout.

bosdyn.scout.utils.get_latest_run_in_progress(scout_client: bosdyn.scout.client.ScoutClient, params: Dict = {}) → List[source]

Given a dictionary of query params, returns the latest running resource in json format

Parameters:

scout_client – the client for Scout web API
params – the query params associated with the get request

Raises:

RequestExceptions – exceptions thrown by the Requests library
UnauthenticatedScoutClientError – indicates that the scout client is not authenticated properly

Returns:

A list corresponding to a run obtained from Scout’s RESTful endpoint in json

Deprecated since version 4.0.0: Scout has been renamed to Orbit. Please, use bosdyn-orbit package instead of bosdyn-scout.

bosdyn.scout.utils.get_latest_end_time_for_runs(scout_client: bosdyn.scout.client.ScoutClient, params: Dict = {}) → datetime[source]

Given a dictionary of query params, returns the max end time for runs

Parameters:

scout_client – the client for Scout web API
params – the query params associated with the get request

Raises:

RequestExceptions – exceptions thrown by the Requests library
UnauthenticatedScoutClientError – indicates that the scout client is not authenticated properly

Returns:

The max end time for runs in datetime

Deprecated since version 4.0.0: Scout has been renamed to Orbit. Please, use bosdyn-orbit package instead of bosdyn-scout.

bosdyn.scout.utils.data_capture_urls_from_run_events(scout_client: bosdyn.scout.client.ScoutClient, run_events: List, list_of_channel_names: List = None) → List[source]

Given run events and list of desired channel names, returns the list of data capture urls

Parameters:

scout_client – the client for Scout web API
run_events – a json representation of run events obtained from Scout’s RESTful endpoint
list_of_channel_names – a list of channel names associated with the desired data captures. Defaults to None which returns all the available channels.

Returns:

a list of urls

Return type:

data_urls

Deprecated since version 4.0.0: Scout has been renamed to Orbit. Please, use bosdyn-orbit package instead of bosdyn-scout.

bosdyn.scout.utils.data_capture_url_from_run_capture_resources(scout_client: bosdyn.scout.client.ScoutClient, run_capture_resources: List, list_of_channel_names: List = None) → List[source]

Given run capture resources and list of desired channel names, returns the list of data capture urls

Parameters:

scout_client – the client for Scout web API
run_capture_resources – a list of resources obtained from Scout’s RESTful endpoint
list_of_channel_names – a list of channel names associated with the desired data captures. Defaults to None which returns all the available channels.

Returns:

a list of urls

Return type:

data_urls

Deprecated since version 4.0.0: Scout has been renamed to Orbit. Please, use bosdyn-orbit package instead of bosdyn-scout.