labkeyInterface

Labkey Python interface

A Python3 urllib3 based interface for communication with the LabKey server. Update over official LabKey version is the use of client certificates to access potentially sensitive sites.

Setup

Update network-config-sample.json with personal information needed to access the site (certificates, keys, username and password) When using labkeyInterface, use the updated file as input to labkeyInterface constructor, ie

ifc=labkeyInterface.labkeyInterface('/path/to/network-config.json')

Use

getFile.py illustrates use to connect to site, collect image and perform image analysis.

Generate private key without password

To connect, a key without password is needed for compliance with urllib3. Generate it with:

openssl rsa -in [file1.key] -out [file2.key]