Command Line Utils

panoptes-utils provides a command line interface for some of the common functions in the module.

Commands

The main command is called panoptes-utils and includes subcommands for specific tasks. The subcommands are available via the help menu:

$ panoptes-utils --help
Usage: panoptes-utils [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  PANOPTES Utilities CLI.

Options:
  --verbose / --no-verbose  [default: no-verbose]
  --help                    Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  config    Manage the config server.
  image     Process an image.
  telemetry  Run the telemetry server.

Note:

The config subcommand requires the config extra (pip install "panoptes-utils[config]").

The telemetry subcommand requires the telemetry extra (pip install "panoptes-utils[telemetry]").

config

See Config Server for full documentation of the config subcommand.

Quick reference:

# Start the config server
panoptes-utils config run --config-file /path/to/config.yaml

# Read a value
panoptes-utils config get location.elevation

# Update a value
panoptes-utils config set name "My Observatory"

# Stop the server
panoptes-utils config stop

image

The image subcommand provides access to image conversion and plate-solving as well as a generic tool for watching a directory and performing any of the other image subcommands.

$ panoptes-utils image --help
Usage: panoptes-utils image [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  Process an image.

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  cr2
  fits
  watch  Watch a directory for changes and process any new files.

image watch

A tool for watching a directory and performing subcommands on all incoming files. This command will block until cancelled by the user via Ctrl-c.

Usage: panoptes-utils image watch [OPTIONS] PATH

  Watch a directory for changes and process any new files.

  The files will be processed according to the boolean flags, with the flag
  names corresponding to other image commands.

  By default, all the flags are enabled, which will:

     * Extract JPG files from a CR2.
     * Convert CR2 files to FITS.
     * Plate-solve FITS files.

Arguments:
  PATH  [required]

Options:
  --to-jpg / --no-to-jpg          [default: to-jpg]
  --to-fits / --no-to-fits        [default: to-fits]
  --solve / --no-solve            [default: solve]
  --overwrite / --no-overwrite    [default: no-overwrite]
  --remove-cr2 / --no-remove-cr2  [default: no-remove-cr2]
  --help                          Show this message and exit.

image cr2

Canon CR2 can have a JPG extracted and be converted to FITS files. See the --help command for each of the specific subcommands for more details.

Usage: panoptes-utils image cr2 [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  to-fits  Convert a CR2 image to a FITS, return the new path name.
  to-jpg   Extract a JPG image from a CR2, return the new path name.

image fits

FITS files can be easily plate-solved.

Usage: panoptes-utils image fits [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  solve  Plate-solve a FITS file.