{"categories":[{"label":"Information Analysis","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/scientific-engineering-information-analysis/2"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"cdsapi is a Python client for the Copernicus Climate Data Store API, enabling programmatic retrieval of climate and weather datasets from ECMWF's CDS portal.","skillfed_tags":["climate-data","weather-api","reanalysis"],"use_cases":["Download ERA5 reanalysis temperature or pressure data for a specific date range and location in a single Python call.","Automate batch retrieval of climate datasets as part of a research pipeline or data processing workflow.","Integrate climate data ingestion into a weather modeling or environmental analysis application.","Fetch historical weather observations for validation or training machine learning models on climate patterns."],"what_it_does":"cdsapi is a Python wrapper around the Copernicus Climate Data Store (CDS) API, maintained by ECMWF. It lets you programmatically query and download climate reanalysis datasets\u2014such as ERA5 pressure-level data\u2014directly into your Python workflows without manual portal interaction. The package handles API authentication via a stored personal access token and abstracts the HTTP request details behind a simple Client interface.\n\nTypical use involves creating a Client instance, calling retrieve() with a dataset name and parameter dictionary, and specifying an output file. The package depends on requests for HTTP communication, tqdm for progress indication, and ecmwf-datastores-client for underlying data store integration. It supports Python 3.8 and later, including recent versions up to 3.13, and carries no known security vulnerabilities.","worth_installing":"Yes. cdsapi is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries no known vulnerabilities, and uses a permissive Apache 2.0 license. Install it if you need programmatic access to Copernicus CDS datasets; the main prerequisite is obtaining a CDS account and configuring your authentication token."},"id":"cdsapi","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/cdsapi","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/cdsapi.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/cdsapi/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2025-09-30","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"cdsapi","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Climate Data Store API"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":602587,"position":5814,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.7.7"}