From 8ba0c78bf91c97e933d82d6f0eb3bfffc91818f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas CARPi <nico-git@deltablot.email>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 16:34:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add example exporting experiments to pdf

---
 config.json                           |  2 +-
 examples/12-experiments-export-pdf.py | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 examples/README.md                    |  5 +++
 3 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100755 examples/12-experiments-export-pdf.py

diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index f4efc7a..7203250 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
   "packageName": "elabapi_python",
   "pythonPackageName": "elabapi_python",
   "projectName": "elabapi-python",
-  "packageVersion": "0.5.1",
+  "packageVersion": "0.6.0",
   "packageUrl": "https://github.com/elabftw/elabapi-python"
 }
diff --git a/examples/12-experiments-export-pdf.py b/examples/12-experiments-export-pdf.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e8a9765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/12-experiments-export-pdf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import datetime
+
+###############
+# DESCRIPTION #
+##############
+# In this script, we list experiments from a user and save the recently modified into a PDF
+##############
+
+# the python library for elabftw
+import elabapi_python
+
+#########################
+#         CONFIG        #
+#########################
+# replace with the URL of your instance
+API_HOST_URL = 'https://elab.local:3148/api/v2'
+# replace with your api key
+API_KEY = 'apiKey4Test'
+# number of days to look back
+PERIOD_IN_DAYS = 7
+#########################
+#      END CONFIG       #
+#########################
+
+# Configure the api client
+configuration = elabapi_python.Configuration()
+configuration.api_key['api_key'] = API_KEY
+configuration.api_key_prefix['api_key'] = 'Authorization'
+configuration.host = API_HOST_URL
+configuration.debug = False
+configuration.verify_ssl = False
+
+# create an instance of the API class
+api_client = elabapi_python.ApiClient(configuration)
+# fix issue with Authorization header not being properly set by the generated lib
+api_client.set_default_header(header_name='Authorization', header_value=API_KEY)
+
+#### SCRIPT START ##################
+
+# Load the experiments api
+experimentsApi = elabapi_python.ExperimentsApi(api_client)
+
+# calculate the date
+today = datetime.date.today()
+date_from = today - datetime.timedelta(days = PERIOD_IN_DAYS)
+
+# get a list of experiments for user with ID:2
+# OWNER: the target userid. Note: using owner keyword requires elabapi 0.6.0
+# LIMIT: the max number of items to return. Use a high limit so we get all at once
+# EXTENDED: this is the content of the advanced search, here we filter on timestamped entries during last week
+results = experimentsApi.read_experiments(owner=2, limit=9999, extended=f'timestamped:yes timestamped_at:>{date_from}')
+for exp in results:
+    now = datetime.datetime.now()
+    filename = f'{exp.id}-{exp.elabid}-{now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")}-export.pdf'
+    print(f'Saving file {filename}')
+    with open(filename, 'wb') as file:
+        # the _preload_content flag is necessary so the api_client doesn't try and deserialize the response
+        file.write(experimentsApi.get_experiment(exp.id, format='pdf', _preload_content=False).data)
diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index b9ae3bd..f1c8be6 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ Work with date-time data formats with a demonstration of doing statistics with e
 
 Create and edit a Resources Category (Items types).
 
+# [12-experiments-export-pdf.py]
+
+Look for all timestamped experiments last week for a particular user and save a pdf locally.
+
 [00-read-items.py]: https://github.com/elabftw/elabapi-python/blob/master/examples/00-read-items.py
 [01-download-timestamp-archive.py]: https://github.com/elabftw/elabapi-python/blob/master/examples/01-download-timestamp-archive.py
 [02-patch-metadata-per-category.py]: https://github.com/elabftw/elabapi-python/blob/master/examples/02-patch-metadata-per-category.py
@@ -62,4 +66,5 @@ Create and edit a Resources Category (Items types).
 [09-import-csv.py]: https://github.com/elabftw/elabapi-python/blob/master/examples/09-import-csv.py
 [10-date-time-conversions.py]: https://github.com/elabftw/elabapi-python/blob/master/examples/10-date-time-conversions.py
 [11-resources-categories.py]: https://github.com/elabftw/elabapi-python/blob/master/examples/11-resources-categories.py
+[12-experiments-export-pdf.py]: https://github.com/elabftw/elabapi-python/blob/master/examples/12-experiments-export-pdf.py