db_get_parameter_from_db

Get a parameter entry from DB for a specific telescope or a site. The application receives a parameter name, a site, a telescope (if applicable) and optionally a version. It then prints out the parameter entry. If no version is provided, the value of the released model is printed..

Command line arguments

parameter (str, required)

Parameter name

site (str, required)

South or North.

telescope (str, optional)

Telescope model name (e.g. LST-1, SST-D, …)

log_level (str, optional)

Log level to print.

Raises

KeyError in case the parameter requested does not exist in the model parameters.

Example

Get the mirror_list parameter from the DB.

simtools-db-get-parameter-from-db --parameter mirror_list \
        --site North --telescope LSTN-01 \
        --model_version prod5

Expected final print-out message:

{'Applicable': True,
 'File': True,
 'Type': 'str',
 'Value': 'mirror_CTA-N-LST1_v2019-03-31.dat',
 'Version': '2020-06-28',
 '_id': ObjectId('608834f257df2db2531b8e78'),
 'entry_date': datetime.datetime(2021, 4, 27, 15, 59, 46, tzinfo=<bson.tz_util.FixedOffset           object at 0x7f601dd51d80>)}