.. _services_wtgExplorerService:

WTG explorer Service
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The WTG Explorer Service gives access to the WTG Catalogue within windPRO.
It contains power and noise curves together with other relevant information for more than a thousand turbines to be used within windPRO.
These files are located with your windPRO installation.
The data is saved in windPRO native files that can then be used for PARK calculations.

The WTG Explorer Service gives you an interface to identify and find these files.
The list of all manufacturers can be accessed with ``WtgExplorerService.GetManufactorList``.
You can use ``WtgExplorerService.GetWtgsWithFilter`` to search for wind turbines by criteria.
The response includes a UID that is a unique identifier for that turbine.
Turbines can also be accessed with this UID ``WtgExplorerService.GetWtgFromUID`` to get to the turbine meta data and the path to the file.
This way the generated scripts will reliably access the correct wind turbine.
Is is also possible to get wind turbines by index ``WtgExplorerService.GetWtgFromNdx``.
This is not advised for accessing a specific turbine, as this number might change when more turbines are added.
Nonetheless, it can be useful if it is necessary to make more custom filters that are not covered by ``WtgExplorerService.GetWtgsWithFilter``.
A small example is provided below.

.. literalinclude:: ../../python/examples/fromDocs/wtgexplorerservice_service.py