database (class)

class database(log, settings=False)[source]

Bases: object

the database object for sherlock, setting up ssh tunnels and various database connections

The returned dictionary of database connections contain the following databases:
  • transients – the database hosting the transient source data

  • catalogues – connection to the database hosting the contextual catalogues the transients are to be crossmatched against

Key Arguments

  • log – logger

  • settings – the settings dictionary

Return

  • dbConns – a dictionary of the database connections required by sherlock

Usage

To setup the sherlock database connections, run the following:

# SETUP ALL DATABASE CONNECTIONS
from sherlock import database
db = database(
    log=log,
    settings=settings
)
dbConns, dbVersions = db.connect()
transientsDbConn = dbConns["transients"]
cataloguesDbConn = dbConns["catalogues"]
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Methods

connect()

connect to the various databases, the credientals and settings of which are found in the sherlock settings file

connect()[source]

connect to the various databases, the credientals and settings of which are found in the sherlock settings file

Return

  • transientsDbConn – the database hosting the transient source data

  • cataloguesDbConn – connection to the database hosting the contextual catalogues the transients are to be crossmatched against

See the class docstring for usage

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