caterva2.Client.get_info

Client.get_info(path)

Retrieves information about a specified dataset.

Parameters:

path (str) – Path to the dataset.

Returns:

Dictionary of dataset properties, mapping property names to their values.

Return type:

dict

Examples

>>> import caterva2 as cat2
>>> client = cat2.Client('https://demo.caterva2.net')
>>> client.subscribe('example')
'Ok'
>>> path = 'example/ds-2d-fields.b2nd'
>>> info = client.get_info(path)
>>> info.keys()
dict_keys(['shape', 'chunks', 'blocks', 'dtype', 'schunk', 'mtime'])
>>> info['shape']
[100, 200]