Reference Python Package

A python package is included to help users getting started with windPRO SCRIPTING. This consists of the main class WindProApi that lets you start windPRO and interact with its services. Some additional functions are included that makes working with python and this underlying library easier. For example to get an easily interpretable layer structure (get_layer_dict) or compare objects to find which properties are different (compare_objects). These functions are provided for convenience but might not handle all possible inputs correctly.

The underlying zeep python library cannot handle None values. Those need to be replaced with a library specific object. This is done with nan_to_skipvalue and needs to be applied to objects that contain None values before setting with scripting.

Find below the documentation for the functionality provided in the python package windproapi-4.0-py3-none-any.whl.

class windproapi.windproapi.WindProApi(version='4.0', api_port=50904, windpro_path=None)

Bases: object

Class for interacting with windPRO via desctop scripting. WindProApi gives access to windPRO scripting features.

Parameters

  • version (str) – version number of windPRO

  • api_port (int) – API port to use when calling windPRO

  • windpro_path (str) – windPRO path. Optional to overwrite automatically finding windPRO path from version.

close_windpro()

Close windPRO.

get_factory(service_name)

Getting windPRO factory by name for generating complex data structures.

Parameters

service_name (str) – name of the factory

Returns

zeep.client.Factory object

get_service(service_name)

Getting windPRO service by name. Refer to documentation for available services. :param str service_name: name of the service :return: zeep.proxy.ServiceProxy object with the specified service

is_windpro_running(max_time=120)

Test if windPRO is responsive to scripting services.

service_operations(service)

Get a list of operations available in this service.

Parameters

service (zeep.proxy.ServiceProxy) – windPRO service from WindProApi.get_service

Returns

list describing the operations in the service

start_windpro_random_port()

Starting windPRO wind a random free port.

start_windpro_with_port(check_windpro_start=True, time_to_windpro_start=30)

Starting windPRO with the specified port. :param check_windpro_start: Check windpro has started by trying to activate a service :param time_to_windpro_start: Wait time in seconds if check_windpro_start is set to False

windproapi.windproapi.compare_objects(zeep_dict, zeep_dict_compare)

Check for differences in objects

Parameters

  • zeep_dict (zeep.objects.WINDPROOBJECT) – First object

  • zeep_dict_compare (zeep.objects.WINDPROOBJECT) – Compared object

Returns

dictionay with keys and values of the differences between objects.

windproapi.windproapi.get_layer_dict(objservice)

Getting all layers in a dictionary for easier access

Parameters

objservice (zeep.proxy.ServiceProxy) – object service form WindProApi.get_service(‘ObjectsService’)

Returns

dictionary with the structure key == layer with ‘’ to indicate folders and value as Handle.

windproapi.windproapi.nan_to_skipvalue(zeep_dict)

Replacing Nan with zeep.xsd.SkipValue to avoid error when sending data via zeep.

Parameters

zeep_dict (zeep.objects.WINDPROOBJECT) – object where Nans are replaced

windproapi.utils.get_windpro_path(version)

Getting the path were windPRO is installed

Parameters

version (str) – windPRO version: format examlple 3.6

Returns

path were windpro is installed

windproapi.utils.get_windpro_sample_path(version)

Getting the path were windPRO is installed

Parameters

version (str) – windPRO version: format examlple 3.6

Returns

path windpro samples are located