Bootstrap a new Ontology SDK Python application

On this page, we will walk through the process of creating a Python application that uses the Ontology SDK. The example below can be used with many Python frameworks, such as Flask©, Streamlit©, and Jupyter™ (external links).

1: Prerequisites

Create a Developer Console application

Follow the steps listed in the create a new Developer Console application page.

Set up your token

Export your token in your local environment. Below is an example using a sample personal access token, but you can generate a longer-lived one in the Developer Console. This token should not be checked into source control because it is your personal access token.

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export FOUNDRY_TOKEN=<YOUR-TOKEN-FROM-GETTING-STARTED-PAGE>

Check Python version

The Python SDK requires a Python version between 3.9 and 3.11. To check what version of Python you are using, enter the command below:

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python3 --version

Optional: Set up certificate

If your organization requires certificates for network traffic, you may need to tell Python where that certificate lives.

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export SSL_CERT_FILE="/path/to/my.crt"
export REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE="/path/to/my.crt"

2: Install the latest version of your SDK

Run the following command to install the latest version of the SDK, replacing any < > with your application-specific value that can be found on your application Overview page.

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pip install <YOUR-PACKAGE-NAME> --upgrade --extra-index-url "https://:$FOUNDRY_TOKEN@<INDEX-URL>"

Develop your frontend application

In your application, initialize the Foundry client and start developing.

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import os
from <PACKAGE-NAME> import FoundryClient
from <PACKAGE-NAME>.core.api import UserTokenAuth

auth = UserTokenAuth(hostname="<YOUR-FOUNDRY-URL>", token=os.environ["FOUNDRY_TOKEN"])

client = FoundryClient(auth=auth, hostname="<YOUR-FOUNDRY-URL>")

object = client.ontology.objects.<ANY-OBJECT>
print(object.take(1))