autoprocess

Provides autoprocess() — a single-function entry point that runs the complete processing pipeline from a config file or ProcessingConfig object. This is the function the web app’s Write File page calls internally.

Function

from pyadps.processing.autoprocess import autoprocess

result = autoprocess(config_file_or_object, **options)

Parameters

Parameter

Default

Description

config_file_or_object

Path to config.ini or a ProcessingConfig object

binary_file_path

None

ADCP binary file path; overrides the path stored in config

save_netcdf

False

Save processed dataset to NetCDF

save_velocity_only

False

Save only u/v/w velocity components instead of full dataset

velocity_units

'cm/s'

Output units: 'mm/s', 'cm/s', or 'm/s'

output_dir

None

Output directory; defaults to same directory as input file

output_filename

None

Output filename; auto-generated if not specified

ensure_depth_ascending

True

Reorder depth dimension to be ascending in output

print_summary

True

Print processing summary to console

Returns the processed xarray.Dataset.

Usage

from pyadps.processing.autoprocess import autoprocess

# Run from a saved config file
result = autoprocess('config.ini')

# Save full NetCDF output
result = autoprocess('config.ini', save_netcdf=True, output_dir='processed/')

# Save velocity-only output in SI units
result = autoprocess('config.ini', save_netcdf=True,
                     save_velocity_only=True, velocity_units='m/s')

Programmatic Use

Pass a ProcessingConfig object instead of a file path when building scripts that don’t rely on a saved config.ini:

from pyadps.processing.autoprocess import autoprocess
from pyadps.processing.config import ProcessingConfig

config = ProcessingConfig()
config.isQCTest = True
config.correlation_threshold = 64
config.echo_intensity_threshold = 40

result = autoprocess(
    config,
    binary_file_path='data/deployment.000',
    save_netcdf=True,
    output_dir='results/',
    print_summary=False,
)

Non-Obvious Behaviors

binary_file_path overrides the config. If you supply it, the file path stored inside the config is ignored — useful for re-using one config across multiple deployments.

Auto-generated filenames follow the pattern <input_stem>_processed.nc (full dataset) or <input_stem>_velocity.nc (velocity-only).

See Also

  • configProcessingConfig reference and INI file format

  • coreProcessedDataset for step-by-step control

  • multifile — Combining multiple deployment files before processing