The console allows advanced users to increase their productivity and perform complex operations that cannot be performed using any of the other GUI elements of the processing framework. Models involving several algorithms can be defined using the command-line interface, and additional operations such as loops and conditional sentences can be added to create more flexible and powerful workflows.
There is not a processing console in QGIS, but all processing commands are available instead from the QGIS built-in Python console. That means that you can incorporate those commands into your console work and connect processing algorithms to all the other features (including methods from the QGIS API) available from there.
Codul pe care îl puteți executa din consola Python, chiar dacă nu apelează nici o metodă de procesare specifică, poate fi transformat într-un nou algoritm pe care să îl puteți apela mai târziu din caseta de instrumente, din modelatorul grafic sau dintr-o componentă, similar oricărui alt algoritm. De fapt, unii algoritmi pe care îi puteți găsi în caseta de instrumente sunt simple script-uri.
În această secțiune, vom vedea cum se utilizează algoritmii de procesare din Consola Python a QGIS, și, de asemenea, cum să scrieți algoritmi folosind Python.
Primul lucru pe care trebuie să-l faceți, este de a importa funcțiile de prelucrare cu ajutorul următoarei linii:
>>> import processing
Now, there is basically just one (interesting) thing you can do with that from the console: execute an algorithm. That is done using the runalg() method, which takes the name of the algorithm to execute as its first parameter, and then a variable number of additional parameters depending on the requirements of the algorithm. So the first thing you need to know is the name of the algorithm to execute. That is not the name you see in the toolbox, but rather a unique command–line name. To find the right name for your algorithm, you can use the alglist() method. Type the following line in your console:
>>> processing.alglist()
Veți vedea ceva de genul asta.
Accumulated Cost (Anisotropic)---------------->saga:accumulatedcost(anisotropic)
Accumulated Cost (Isotropic)------------------>saga:accumulatedcost(isotropic)
Add Coordinates to points--------------------->saga:addcoordinatestopoints
Add Grid Values to Points--------------------->saga:addgridvaluestopoints
Add Grid Values to Shapes--------------------->saga:addgridvaluestoshapes
Add Polygon Attributes to Points-------------->saga:addpolygonattributestopoints
Aggregate------------------------------------->saga:aggregate
Aggregate Point Observations------------------>saga:aggregatepointobservations
Aggregation Index----------------------------->saga:aggregationindex
Analytical Hierarchy Process------------------>saga:analyticalhierarchyprocess
Analytical Hillshading------------------------>saga:analyticalhillshading
Average With Mask 1--------------------------->saga:averagewithmask1
Average With Mask 2--------------------------->saga:averagewithmask2
Average With Thereshold 1--------------------->saga:averagewiththereshold1
Average With Thereshold 2--------------------->saga:averagewiththereshold2
Average With Thereshold 3--------------------->saga:averagewiththereshold3
B-Spline Approximation------------------------>saga:b-splineapproximation
...
Aceasta e o listă a tuturor algoritmilor disponibili, ordonată alfabetic, împreună cu numele corespunzătoare pentru linia de comandă.
You can use a string as a parameter for this method. Instead of returning the full list of algorithms, it will only display those that include that string. If, for instance, you are looking for an algorithm to calculate slope from a DEM, type alglist("slope") to get the following result:
DTM Filter (slope-based)---------------------->saga:dtmfilter(slope-based)
Downslope Distance Gradient------------------->saga:downslopedistancegradient
Relative Heights and Slope Positions---------->saga:relativeheightsandslopepositions
Slope Length---------------------------------->saga:slopelength
Slope, Aspect, Curvature---------------------->saga:slopeaspectcurvature
Upslope Area---------------------------------->saga:upslopearea
Vegetation Index[slope based]----------------->saga:vegetationindex[slopebased]
Acest rezultat s-ar putea schimba în funcție de algoritmii pe care îi aveți la dispoziție.
De acum, găsirea algoritmului și a numelui pentru linia de comandă care vă interesează devine mai ușoară, în acest caz, saga:slopeaspectcurvature.
Once you know the command-line name of the algorithm, the next thing to do is to determine the right syntax to execute it. That means knowing which parameters are needed and the order in which they have to be passed when calling the runalg() method. There is a method to describe an algorithm in detail, which can be used to get a list of the parameters that an algorithm requires and the outputs that it will generate. To get this information, you can use the alghelp(name_of_the_algorithm) method. Use the command-line name of the algorithm, not the full descriptive name.
Calling the method with saga:slopeaspectcurvature as parameter, you get the following description:
>>> processing.alghelp("saga:slopeaspectcurvature")
ALGORITHM: Slope, Aspect, Curvature
ELEVATION <ParameterRaster>
METHOD <ParameterSelection>
SLOPE <OutputRaster>
ASPECT <OutputRaster>
CURV <OutputRaster>
HCURV <OutputRaster>
VCURV <OutputRaster>
Acum aveți tot ceea ce vă trebiue pentru a rula orice algoritm. Așa cum am menționat deja, există o singură comandă unică pentru a executa algoritmi : runalg(). Sintaxa este următoarea:
>>> processing.runalg(name_of_the_algorithm, param1, param2, ..., paramN,
Output1, Output2, ..., OutputN)
The list of parameters and outputs to add depends on the algorithm you want to run, and is exactly the list that the alghelp() method gives you, in the same order as shown.
Depending on the type of parameter, values are introduced differently. The next list gives a quick review of how to introduce values for each type of input parameter:
Raster Layer, Vector Layer or Table. Simply use a string with the name that identifies the data object to use (the name it has in the QGIS Table of Contents) or a filename (if the corresponding layer is not opened, it will be opened but not added to the map canvas). If you have an instance of a QGIS object representing the layer, you can also pass it as parameter. If the input is optional and you do not want to use any data object, use None.
Selection. If an algorithm has a selection parameter, the value of that parameter should be entered using an integer value. To know the available options, you can use the algoptions() command, as shown in the following example:
>>> processing.algoptions("saga:slopeaspectcurvature")
METHOD(Method)
0 - [0] Maximum Slope (Travis et al. 1975)
1 - [1] Maximum Triangle Slope (Tarboton 1997)
2 - [2] Least Squares Fitted Plane (Horn 1981, Costa-Cabral & Burgess 1996)
3 - [3] Fit 2.Degree Polynom (Bauer, Rohdenburg, Bork 1985)
4 - [4] Fit 2.Degree Polynom (Heerdegen & Beran 1982)
5 - [5] Fit 2.Degree Polynom (Zevenbergen & Thorne 1987)
6 - [6] Fit 3.Degree Polynom (Haralick 1983)
În acest caz, algoritmul are un astfel de parametru, cu șapte opțiuni. Rețineți că ordonarea începe de la zero.
Multiple input. The value is a string with input descriptors separated by semicolons (;). As in the case of single layers or tables, each input descriptor can be the data object name, or its file path.
Table Field from XXX. Use a string with the name of the field to use. This parameter is case-sensitive.
Tabel fix. Tastați lista tuturor valorilor din tabel, separate prin virgulă (,) și incluse între ghilimele ("). Introducerea valorilor începe cu rândul de sus și se desfășoară de la stânga la dreapta. De asemenea, puteți utiliza o matrice 2-D cu valori care reprezintă tabelul.
CRS. Introduceți numărul de cod EPSG pentr CRS-ul dorit.
Extindere. Trebuie să utilizați un șir cu valorile xmin, xmax, ymin și ymax separate prin virgule (,).
Parametrii boolean, fișier, șir și numeric nu au nevoie de explicații suplimentare.
Input parameters such as strings, booleans, or numerical values have default values. To use them, specify None in the corresponding parameter entry.
For output data objects, type the file path to be used to save it, just as it is done from the toolbox. If you want to save the result to a temporary file, use None. The extension of the file determines the file format. If you enter a file extension not supported by the algorithm, the default file format for that output type will be used, and its corresponding extension appended to the given file path.
Unlike when an algorithm is executed from the toolbox, outputs are not added to the map canvas if you execute that same algorithm from the Python console. If you want to add an output to the map canvas, you have to do it yourself after running the algorithm. To do so, you can use QGIS API commands, or, even easier, use one of the handy methods provided for such tasks.
The runalg method returns a dictionary with the output names (the ones shown in the algorithm description) as keys and the file paths of those outputs as values. You can load those layers by passing the corresponding file paths to the load() method.
Apart from the functions used to call algorithms, importing the processing package will also import some additional functions that make it easier to work with data, particularly vector data. They are just convenience functions that wrap some functionality from the QGIS API, usually with a less complex syntax. These functions should be used when developing new algorithms, as they make it easier to operate with input data.
Below is a list of some of these commands. More information can be found in the classes under the processing/tools package, and also in the example scripts provided with QGIS.
Puteți crea proprii algoritmi, prin scrierea codului Python corespunzător și prin adăugarea câtorva linii suplimentare, pentru a furniza informațiile suplimentare, necesare pentru a defini semantica algoritmului. Puteți găsi meniul Create new script în grupul Tools din blocul algoritmilor, al barei de instrumente. Faceți dublu-clic pe el, pentru a deschide dialogul de editare a script-ului. Acolo ar trebui să tastați codul. Salvând script-ul de acolo în folderul scripts (implicit, atunci când deschideți dialogul de salvare a fișierului), cu extensia .py, se va crea automat algoritmul corespunzător.
Numele algoritmului (cel pe care îl veți vedea în caseta de instrumente) este generat din numele fișierului, eliminându-i extensia și înlocuind cratimele cu spații albe.
Haideți să aruncăm o privire la următorul cod, care calculează Indicele de Umiditate Topografic (TWI) direct dintr-un DEM.
##dem=raster
##twi=output
ret_slope = processing.runalg("saga:slopeaspectcurvature", dem, 0, None,
None, None, None, None)
ret_area = processing.runalg("saga:catchmentarea(mass-fluxmethod)", dem,
0, False, False, False, False, None, None, None, None, None)
processing.runalg("saga:topographicwetnessindex(twi), ret_slope['SLOPE'],
ret_area['AREA'], None, 1, 0, twi)
După cum se poate vedea, calculele implică trei algoritmi, toți provenind din SAGA. Ultimul din ei calculează TWI, dar necesită prezența unui strat al pantei și un strat de acumulare a fluxului. Nu avem aceste straturi, dar din moment ce avem DEM-ul, le putem calcula, prin apelarea la algoritmii corespunzători, din SAGA.
The part of the code where this processing takes place is not difficult to understand if you have read the previous sections in this chapter. The first lines, however, need some additional explanation. They provide the information that is needed to turn your code into an algorithm that can be run from any of the GUI components, like the toolbox or the graphical modeler.
Aceste linii încep cu un dublu simbol de comentariu Python (##) și are următoarea structură:
[parameter_name]=[parameter_type] [optional_values]
Aici se află o listă a tuturor tipurilor de parametri care sunt acceptați în script-urile de procesare, sintaxa acestora și câteva exemple.
raster. Un strat raster.
vector. Un strat vectorial.
table. O tabelă.
number. O valoare numerică. Trebuie să existe o valoare implicită. De exemplu, depth=number 2.4.
string. Un șir de text. Ca și în cazul valorilor numerice, trebuie să fie adăugată o valoare implicită. De exemplu, name=string Victor.
boolean. O valoare booleană. Se adaugă True sau False pentru a seta valoarea implicită. De exemplu, verbose=boolean True.
multiple raster. Un set de straturi raster, de intrare.
multiple vector. Un set de straturi vectoriale de intrare.
folder. Un folder.
file. Un nume de fișier.
The parameter name is the name that will be shown to the user when executing the algorithm, and also the variable name to use in the script code. The value entered by the user for that parameter will be assigned to a variable with that name.
When showing the name of the parameter to the user, the name will be edited to improve its appearance, replacing low hyphens with spaces. So, for instance, if you want the user to see a parameter named A numerical value, you can use the variable name A_numerical_value.
Layers and table values are strings containing the file path of the corresponding object. To turn them into a QGIS object, you can use the processing.getObjectFromUri() function. Multiple inputs also have a string value, which contains the file paths to all selected object, separated by semicolons (;).
Ieșirile sunt definite într-un mod similar, folosind următoarele etichete:
The value assigned to the output variables is always a string with a file path. It will correspond to a temporary file path in case the user has not entered any output filename.
When you declare an output, the algorithm will try to add it to QGIS once it is finished. That is why, although the runalg() method does not load the layers it produces, the final TWI layer will be loaded (using the case of our previous example), since it is saved to the file entered by the user, which is the value of the corresponding output.
Do not use the load() method in your script algorithms, just when working with the console line. If a layer is created as output of an algorithm, it should be declared as such. Otherwise, you will not be able to properly use the algorithm in the modeler, since its syntax (as defined by the tags explained above) will not match what the algorithm really creates.
Hidden outputs (numbers and strings) do not have a value. Instead, you have to assign a value to them. To do so, just set the value of a variable with the name you used to declare that output. For instance, if you have used this declaration,
##average=output number
următoarea linie va seta valoarea de ieșire la 5:
average = 5
In addition to the tags for parameters and outputs, you can also define the group under which the algorithm will be shown, using the group tag.
If your algorithm takes a long time to process, it is a good idea to inform the user. You have a global named progress available, with two possible methods: setText(text) and setPercentage(percent) to modify the progress text and the progress bar.
Several examples are provided. Please check them to see real examples of how to create algorithms using the processing framework classes. You can right-click on any script algorithm and select Edit script to edit its code or just to see it.
As in the case of models, you can create additional documentation for your scripts, to explain what they do and how to use them. In the script editing dialog, you will find an [Edit script help] button. Click on it and it will take you to the help editing dialog. Check the section about the graphical modeler to know more about this dialog and how to use it.
Help files are saved in the same folder as the script itself, adding the .help extension to the filename. Notice that you can edit your script’s help before saving the script for the first time. If you later close the script editing dialog without saving the script (i.e., you discard it), the help content you wrote will be lost. If your script was already saved and is associated to a filename, saving the help content is done automatically.
Scripts can also be used to set pre- and post-execution hooks that are run before and after an algorithm is run. This can be used to automate tasks that should be performed whenever an algorithm is executed.
The syntax is identical to the syntax explained above, but an additional global variable named alg is available, representing the algorithm that has just been (or is about to be) executed.
In the General group of the processing configuration dialog, you will find two entries named Pre-execution script file and Post-execution script file where the filename of the scripts to be run in each case can be entered.