{"categories":[{"label":"Scientific/Engineering","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/scientific-engineering/4"},{"label":"WWW/HTTP","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/internet-www-http/4"},{"label":"Utilities","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/utilities/6"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"pyxnat provides Python bindings to interact with XNAT (Extensible Neuroimaging Archive Toolkit) servers, enabling programmatic access to medical imaging data and project management through HTTP requests.","skillfed_tags":["medical-imaging","rest-api-client","research-data"],"use_cases":["Batch download imaging datasets from an XNAT repository for local analysis pipelines.","Programmatically upload processed imaging results back to an XNAT server for archival and sharing.","Query and filter imaging projects by metadata to identify cohorts for research studies.","Automate routine data management tasks on XNAT servers without manual web interface interaction.","Integrate XNAT data access into reproducible research workflows and computational notebooks."],"what_it_does":"pyxnat is a Python library that wraps the XNAT REST API, allowing researchers and developers to programmatically interact with XNAT servers\u2014systems commonly used in neuroimaging and biomedical research to store, manage, and retrieve medical imaging data. It depends on requests for HTTP communication and lxml for XML parsing, which are core to XNAT's data exchange format. The package is classified as Beta and targets Python 3.9 and 3.10, with active maintenance and no known security vulnerabilities.\n\nTypically used in research workflows where imaging data needs to be queried, downloaded, or uploaded in bulk, or where imaging projects must be managed programmatically. It abstracts away the complexity of direct REST calls, offering a more Pythonic interface to XNAT's object hierarchy (projects, subjects, experiments, scans, resources).","worth_installing":"Yes, if you work with XNAT servers in a research or clinical setting. The package is actively maintained, has no security vulnerabilities, and low install friction. It is the standard Python interface to XNAT and solves a real problem for anyone needing programmatic access to imaging archives. Not relevant if you do not use XNAT."},"id":"pyxnat","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/pyxnat","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/pyxnat.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/pyxnat/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2025-11-06","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"pyxnat","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"XNAT in Python"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":401709,"position":6925,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.6.4"}