argopy.set_options

class set_options(**kwargs)[source]

Set options for argopy.

List of options:

  • dataset: Define the Dataset to work with.

    Default: phy. Possible values: phy, bgc or ref.

  • src: Source of fetched data.

    Default: erddap. Possible values: erddap, localftp, argovis

  • local_ftp: Absolute path to a local GDAC ftp copy.

    Default: .

  • cachedir: Absolute path to a local cache directory.

    Default: ~/.cache/argopy

  • mode: User mode.

    Default: standard. Possible values: standard or expert.

  • api_timeout: Define the time out of internet requests to web API, in seconds.

    Default: 60

You can use set_options either as a context manager: >>> import argopy >>> with argopy.set_options(src=’localftp’): >>> ds = argopy.DataFetcher().float(3901530).to_xarray()

Or to set global options: >>> argopy.set_options(src=’localftp’)

__init__(**kwargs)[source]

Methods

__init__(**kwargs)