Merge pull request #63 from vsoch/development

Development

Author: vsoch

examples/shub/run_client.py

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+# Download a Singularity Hub Container
+
+# This is a simple script to use the singularity command line tool to 
+# obtain a manifest and download an image
+
+from singularity.hub.client import Client
+
+shub = Client()    # Singularity Hub Client
+
+
+#############################################
+# Task 1: Download a container
+#############################################
+
+
+container_name = 'vsoch/singularity-hello-world'
+collection = shub.get_collection(container_name)
+container_ids = collection['container_set']
+
+# Here is one we are interested in
+container_id = container_ids.pop()
+
+# The container manifest has all information about container
+manifest = shub.get_container(container_id)
+
+# Default will download to present working directory, 
+# but we can also set download_folder to something:
+image = shub.pull_container(manifest)
+
+# You can also set the download_folder or name, eg:
+image = shub.pull_container(manifest,
+                            download_folder='/tmp',
+                            name='container.img.gz')