Fossology Report

Methods used to access “report/” endpoints.

class fossology.report.Report

Class dedicated to all “report” related endpoints

download_report(report_id: int, group: str | None = None, wait_time: int = 0) → Tuple[str, str]

Download a report

API Endpoint: GET /report/{id}

Get report for a given upload. If the report is not ready wait another wait_time seconds or look at the Retry-After to determine how long the wait period shall be.

If wait_time is 0, the time interval specified by the Retry-After header is used.

The function stops trying after 10 attempts.

Example:

>>> from fossology import Fossology
>>>
>>> foss = Fossology(FOSS_URL, FOSS_TOKEN, username) 
>>>
>>> # Generate a report for upload 1
>>> report_id = foss.generate_report(foss.detail_upload(1)) 
>>> # Wait up to 20 Minutes until the report is ready
>>> report_content, report_name = foss.download_report(report_id, wait_time=120) 
>>> with open(report_name, "wb") as report_file:
...     report_file.write(report_content)
Parameters:

  • report_id (int) – the id of the generated report

  • group (string) – the group name to choose while downloading a specific report (default: None)

  • wait_time (int) – use a customized upload wait time instead of Retry-After (in seconds, default: 0)

Returns:

the report content and the report name

Return type:

Tuple[str, str]

Raises:
generate_report(upload: Upload, report_format: ReportFormat | None = None, group: str | None = None)

Generate a report for a given upload

API Endpoint: GET /report

Parameters:

  • upload (Upload) – the upload which report will be generated

  • format (ReportFormat) – the report format (default: ReportFormat.READMEOSS)

  • group (string) – the group name to choose while generating the report (default: None)

Returns:

the report id

Return type:

int

Raises: