X-Git-Url: https://git.openstreetmap.org./nominatim.git/blobdiff_plain/2b3ea0abb77265538dd770313755cb51b629e424..fa1c402b47bdd1f76b8528885c0e3a5e90731cdc:/docs/library/Getting-Started.md diff --git a/docs/library/Getting-Started.md b/docs/library/Getting-Started.md index 2ae17e87..22d9681d 100644 --- a/docs/library/Getting-Started.md +++ b/docs/library/Getting-Started.md @@ -12,22 +12,18 @@ in the database. The library interface is currently in an experimental stage. There might be some smaller adjustments to the public interface until the next version. - The library also misses a proper installation routine, so some manipulation - of the PYTHONPATH is required. At the moment, use is only recommended for - developers with some experience in Python. - ## Installation To use the Nominatim library, you need access to a local Nominatim database. Follow the [installation](../admin/Installation.md) and [import](../admin/Import.md) instructions to set up your database. -It is not yet possible to install it in the usual way via pip or inside a -virtualenv. To get access to the library you need to set an appropriate -`PYTHONPATH`. With the default installation, the python library can be found -under `/usr/local/share/nominatim/lib-python`. If you have installed -Nominatim under a different prefix, adapt the `/usr/local/` part accordingly. -You can also point the `PYTHONPATH` to the Nominatim source code. +The Nominatim frontend library is contained in the 'nominatim-api' package. +To install the package from the source tree directly, run: + + pip install packaging/nominatim-api + +Usually, you would want to run this in a virtual environment. ### A simple search example @@ -43,7 +39,7 @@ This code snippet implements a simple search for the town of 'Brugge': from pathlib import Path import asyncio - import nominatim.api as napi + import nominatim_api as napi async def search(query): api = napi.NominatimAPIAsync(Path('.')) @@ -61,7 +57,7 @@ This code snippet implements a simple search for the town of 'Brugge': ``` python from pathlib import Path - import nominatim.api as napi + import nominatim_api as napi api = napi.NominatimAPI(Path('.')) @@ -116,7 +112,7 @@ standard 'nominatim' database: from pathlib import Path import asyncio - import nominatim.api as napi + import nominatim_api as napi config_params = { 'NOMINATIM_DATABASE_DSN': 'pgsql:dbname=belgium' @@ -134,7 +130,7 @@ standard 'nominatim' database: ``` python from pathlib import Path - import nominatim.api as napi + import nominatim_api as napi config_params = { 'NOMINATIM_DATABASE_DSN': 'pgsql:dbname=belgium' @@ -161,7 +157,7 @@ Again searching for 'Brugge', this time with a nicely formatted result: from pathlib import Path import asyncio - import nominatim.api as napi + import nominatim_api as napi async def search(query): api = napi.NominatimAPIAsync(Path('.')) @@ -180,7 +176,7 @@ Again searching for 'Brugge', this time with a nicely formatted result: ``` python from pathlib import Path - import nominatim.api as napi + import nominatim_api as napi api = napi.NominatimAPI(Path('.'))