GRASS GIS session library

A simple library to use GRASS GIS from python. You can specify the GRASS executable that you want to use with an enviromental variable called: GRASSBIN

Status

In development

Install

To install the stable version use:

$ pip install grass-session

To install the current development version use:

$ pip install git+https://github.com/zarch/grass-session.git

Examples

Set the GRASS GIS binary that you want to use with: export GRASSBIN=grass75:

>>> from grass_session import Session
>>> from grass.script import core as gcore
>>> with Session(gisdb="/tmp", location="location",
...              create_opts="EPSG:4326"):
...    print(gcore.parse_command("g.gisenv", flags="s"))
{u'GISDBASE': u"'/tmp/';",
 u'LOCATION_NAME': u"'epsg3035';",
 u'MAPSET': u"'PERMANENT';",}
>>> with Session(gisdb="/tmp", location="location", mapset="test",
...              create_opts=""):
...    print(gcore.parse_command("g.gisenv", flags="s"))
{u'GISDBASE': u"'/tmp/';",
 u'LOCATION_NAME': u"'epsg3035';",
 u'MAPSET': u"'test';",}

Development

1. Clone the repository:

   $ git clone git@github.com:zarch/grass_session.git
   

2. Make sure that py.test, tox and pre-commit are installed:

   $ pip install -r requirements-testing.txt
   

3. Install pre-commit hook in the local repository:

   $ pre-commit install

4. Test locally with py.test:

   $ pytest -vv .
   

   To see the coverage use:

   $ pytest -v --cov=grass_session --cov-report=html .

   To test with different version of python or grass use:

   $ GRASSBIN=~/.local/bin/grassXX PYTHONPATH="pwd:$PYTHONPATH" pytest .

5. Test against multiple Python environments using tox:

   $ tox
   ...
   _______________________ summary _____________________________
   py27: commands succeeded
   py36: commands succeeded
   py37: commands succeeded
   py38: commands succeeded
   congratulations :)