As you have already seen, ecFlow has a ecFlow Python Api:
#!/usr/bin/env python2.7
import ecflow
This allows the suite definition to be built with python.
It also allows communication with the ecflow_server.
This is a very powerful feature, that helps to define very complex suites in a relatively compact way.
Consider the following suite:
suite test family f1 task a task b task c task d task e endfamily family f2 task a task b task c task d task e endfamily family f3 task a task b task c task d task e endfamily family f4 task a task b task c task d task e endfamily family f5 task a task b task c task d task e endfamily family f6 task a task b task c task d task e endfamily endsuite
This can be written in python as:
def create_suite(name) : suite = Suite(name) for i in range(1, 7) : fam = suite.add_family("f" + str(i)) for t in ( "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ) : fam.add_task(t) return suite | def create_suite(name) : return Suite(name, [ Family("f{0}".format(i), [ Task(t) for t in ( "a", "b", "c", "d", "e") ]) for i in range(1,7) ]) |
Python variables can be used to generate trigger dependencies.
Imagine that we want to chain the families f1 to f6, so that f2 runs after f1, f3 after f2 and so on.
The following will do the trick:
def create_sequential_suite(name) : suite = Suite(name) for i in range(1, 7) : fam = suite.add_family("f" + str(i)) if i != 1: fam += Trigger("f" + str(i-1) + " == complete") # or fam.add_family( "f%d == complete" % (i-1) ) for t in ( "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" ) : fam.add_task(t) return suite
For more detailed example please see the user manual
Adding Node attributes
There are several styles for add node attributes(Repeat,Time,Today,Date,Day,Cron,Clock,DefStatus,Meter,Event,Variable,Label,Trigger, Complete, Limit,Inlimit,Zombie,Late)
node.add_variable(home,'COURSE') # c++ style node.add_limit('limitX,10) # c++ style node.add(Edit(home=COURSE),Limit('limitX,10)) # <node>.add(<attributes>) node = Family('t1',Edit(home=COURSE)Limit('limitX,10),Task('t1')) # constructor. Task(name,<attribute>), Family(name,Node | <attributes>), Suite(name,Node | <attributes>) node += Edit(home=COURSE) + Limit('limitX,10) # += to add a single attribute node += [ Edit(home=COURSE), Limit('limitX,10) ] # += use list to add multiple attributes node + Edit(home=COURSE) + Limit('limitX,10) # +, node + <attributes>. A node must appear on the left hand side. Use brackets to control scope.