Using Python API to Extract Part Fields

[palagap]

Hi there,

I'm trying to use the InvenTree Python API to extract certain fields for parts. For instance, in the screenshot below, I would like to be able to extract the values of fields such as Location, Purchase Order, and Purchase Price.

I am looking through both the general Python API documentation (https://docs.inventree.org/en/latest/api/python/python/) and the api-doc. Using the Server Address and Token, I'm able to connect to the InvenTree Server. e.g. through the command:

api = InvenTreeAPI(SERVER_ADDRESS, token=MY_TOKEN)

However, I am not able to view any specific fields related to each part, or find out the correct primary key of a part of interest. For example, when attempting to print out the result of thePartsCategory command, I get a description of the class (e.g. <class 'inventree.part.PartCategory'><pk=[PN]>) rather than the part itself.

Do you have any suggestions on how I can access specific fields of a part of interest?

Thanks.

[SchrodingersGat]

Uh, yeah, you are printing a list of class objects. If you read the documentation you will see that you can access these attributes by name:

for category in PartCategory.list(api):
    print("Name:", category.name)

[palagap]

Thanks, I can now view the same attributes (e.g. name, description, minimum_stock) as in the examples for different parts. For attributes not listed in the examples, (e.g. purchase order, purchase price, etc.), which file(s) should I look through to find them? I've looked through both api.py and part.py, in the documentation, but don't see any references to those particular attributes. I've tried part.purchase_price or part.purchase_order, but those aren't valid attributes.

[SchrodingersGat]

You can look at the data coming from the API itself to see what fields are available in Python.

[palagap]

I'll do that, thanks.

[miggland]

In Python, you can use the the following to find available fields:

p = PurchaseOrder(api, pk=12)
p.fieldNames(api)
p.fields(api)
p._data

[palagap]

Got it, thanks for the info.