Setup

To use it, you need three things:

1. A Python 3 interpreter
2. Metview 5 needs to be in your PATH
3. Metview's Python module needs to be accessible from Python

So, to try it right now, do the following from a terminal:

module load python3/new
module swap metview/new
module load metview-python

Test it

Here's a quick Python program to check that it's working. Copy this into a file called test-metview.py

import metview as mv

# call Metview's built-in function to return a lower case string
print(mv.lowercase('Hello World!')) # should output "hello world!"

and run it like this:

python3 test-metview.py

If this works, then you have successfully set up Metview's Python interface!

Further reading

For a quick start, check out the Python Gallery.

To understand how what Metview's functions take as input and output in a Python environment, see Using Metview's Python Interface.

To see the different environments you can write Metview Python scripts in, see Developing and Running Metview Python Scripts.