Installing
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You can install the ecmwfapi python library by running:
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sudo pip install https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/download/attachments/23694554/ecmwf-api-client-python.tgz |
If you cannot run the sudo or pip commands, just download the ecmwf-api-client-python.tgz, extract its content and copy the module ecmwfapi to a directory pointed by the environment variable PYTHONPATH.
Installing your API key
To access ECMWF you will need an API key. For that you first need to login at https://apps.ecmwf.int/auth/login/ and then retrieve you key at https://api.ecmwf.int/v1/key/. For this, you will need to have an account on ECMWF web site. Copy the information in this page and paste it in the file $HOME/.ecmwfapirc.
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