Examples

This directory contains examples for how to use the Planet SDK for Python.

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Each example script is named according to the convention <Planet API>_<use_case>.py.

Usage

To use these examples, just run the scripts with python <script_name>. These examples hit the Planet services, so be aware that usage and fees may apply.

Contributing

New examples are great! They just need to meet two requirements.

First off, the name of the new example needs to follow the examples naming convention.

Second, the new example needs to be tested. All examples in this directory are tested as a part of an automated test suite. The testing is conducted by test_examples.py. All scripts should default to downloading into the directory pointed to by the TEST_DOWNLOAD_DIR environment variable, with logic for when that variable is missing. For example, DOWNLOAD_DIR = os.getenv('TEST_DOWNLOAD_DIR', '.').

Running all example script tests is a long process and also, since each script communicates with the Planet servers, could affect your usage and incur fees. To minimize the pain, filter the scripts tested to e.g. the script under development with:

> nox -s examples -- <script_name>.py

For a new script named new_script.py, this would be nox -s examples -- new_script.py