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BenLyon
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Get data from a API with a copy data

Hello 

 

I need to get data from this api :
https://ads.atmosphere.copernicus.eu

to my lakehouse. I need either a file or a table.
I tried so many things !

If someone has an idea ?

 

Thank 

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spencer_sa
Impactful Individual
Impactful Individual

Update:

This code works and successfully downloads a zip file into a lakehouse.

url='https://ads.atmosphere.copernicus.eu/api'
key = 'Your API key'
import cdsapi
dataset = "cams-gridded-solar-radiation"
request = {
    "variable": ["direct_normal_irradiation"],
    "sky_type": ["clear"],
    "version": ["4.6"],
    "year": ["2023"],
    "month": ["01"]
}
client = cdsapi.Client(url = url, key = key)
a = client.retrieve(dataset, request,'/lakehouse/default/Files/Data/file.zip')

 

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nitinmehta2879
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Try using copy data activity under Data Pipeline. Select Data store type as external, connection as Rest API, connection type=Rest. In destination select lakehouse and then table or file and provide name of table/file.

spencer_sa
Impactful Individual
Impactful Individual

Update:

This code works and successfully downloads a zip file into a lakehouse.

url='https://ads.atmosphere.copernicus.eu/api'
key = 'Your API key'
import cdsapi
dataset = "cams-gridded-solar-radiation"
request = {
    "variable": ["direct_normal_irradiation"],
    "sky_type": ["clear"],
    "version": ["4.6"],
    "year": ["2023"],
    "month": ["01"]
}
client = cdsapi.Client(url = url, key = key)
a = client.retrieve(dataset, request,'/lakehouse/default/Files/Data/file.zip')

 

If this helps, please consider Accepting as a Solution to help other people to find it.

spencer_sa
Impactful Individual
Impactful Individual

Having looked at the API spec and the cdsapi python library source code...
... using a python notebook in the first instance.
https://ads.atmosphere.copernicus.eu/how-to-api

https://github.com/ecmwf/cdsapi/blob/master/cdsapi/api.py

Replace the line in the example code that looks like;

client = cdsapi.Client()

with the following so it doesn't need to read from the config file;

 

 

client = cdsapi.Client(url='https://ads.atmosphere.copernicus.eu/api', key='<API key>')

 

 



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