Issue #666 load_stac: fallback temporal dimension when no cube:dimensions

Author: soxofaan

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- `load_stac`: use fallback temporal dimension when no "cube:dimensions" in STAC Collection ([#666](https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-python-client/issues/666))
 
 ## [0.35.0] - 2024-11-19
 

openeo/metadata.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import pystac.extensions.item_assets
 
 from openeo.internal.jupyter import render_component
-from openeo.util import deep_get
+from openeo.util import Rfc3339, deep_get
 
 _log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -691,6 +691,11 @@ def get_temporal_dimension(self, stac_obj: pystac.STACObject) -> Union[TemporalD
                 if len(temporal_dims) == 1:
                     name, extent = temporal_dims[0]
                     return TemporalDimension(name=name, extent=extent)
+            elif isinstance(stac_obj, pystac.Collection) and stac_obj.extent.temporal:
+                # No explicit "cube:dimensions": fallback from "extent"
+                # and openEO API recommendation to use "t" as dimension name
+                extent = [Rfc3339(propagate_none=True).normalize(d) for d in stac_obj.extent.temporal.intervals[0]]
+                return TemporalDimension(name="t", extent=extent)
         else:
             if isinstance(stac_obj, pystac.Item):
                 cube_dimensions = stac_obj.properties.get("cube:dimensions", {})

tests/rest/test_connection.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import openeo
 from openeo.capabilities import ApiVersionException
 from openeo.internal.graph_building import FlatGraphableMixin, PGNode
+from openeo.metadata import TemporalDimension
 from openeo.rest import (
     CapabilitiesException,
     OpenEoApiError,
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
 )
 from openeo.rest.vectorcube import VectorCube
 from openeo.testing.stac import StacDummyBuilder
-from openeo.util import ContextTimer, dict_no_none
+from openeo.util import ContextTimer, deep_get, dict_no_none
 
 from .auth.test_cli import auth_config, refresh_token_store
 
@@ -2622,6 +2623,34 @@ def test_load_stac_reduce_temporal(self, con120, tmp_path, temporal_dim):
             },
         }
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ["collection_extent", "dim_extent"],
+        [
+            (
+                {"spatial": {"bbox": [[3, 4, 5, 6]]}, "temporal": {"interval": [["2024-01-01", "2024-05-05"]]}},
+                ["2024-01-01T00:00:00Z", "2024-05-05T00:00:00Z"],
+            ),
+            (
+                {"spatial": {"bbox": [[3, 4, 5, 6]]}, "temporal": {"interval": [[None, "2024-05-05"]]}},
+                [None, "2024-05-05T00:00:00Z"],
+            ),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_load_stac_no_cube_extension_temporal_dimension(self, con120, tmp_path, collection_extent, dim_extent):
+        """
+        Metadata detection when STAC metadata does not use "cube" extension
+        https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-python-client/issues/666
+        """
+        stac_path = tmp_path / "stac.json"
+        stac_data = StacDummyBuilder.collection(extent=collection_extent)
+        # No cube:dimensions, but at least "temporal" extent is set as indicator for having a temporal dimension
+        assert "cube:dimensions" not in stac_data
+        assert deep_get(stac_data, "extent", "temporal")
+        stac_path.write_text(json.dumps(stac_data))
+
+        cube = con120.load_stac(str(stac_path))
+        assert cube.metadata.temporal_dimension == TemporalDimension(name="t", extent=dim_extent)
+
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "data",