Exporting a movie

This example shows how to export movies from image data, using the ‘mp4’ protocol.

The ‘mp4’ protocol accepts additional protocol arguments, like color table, color scaling or pixel binning. For a list of available color tables, see http://jsoc.stanford.edu/ajax/exportdata.html and select the MP4 protocol.

import os
from pathlib import Path

import drms

First we will create a drms.Client, using the JSOC baseurl.

client = drms.Client()

# This example requires a registered export email address. You can register
# JSOC exports at: http://jsoc.stanford.edu/ajax/register_email.html
# You must supply your own email.
email = os.environ["JSOC_EMAIL"]

# Create download directory if it does not exist yet.
out_dir = Path("downloads")
if not out_dir.exists():
    Path(out_dir).mkdir(parents=True)

Construct the DRMS query string: “Series[timespan]{segment}”

qstr = "hmi.M_720s[2025.01.29_23:12:00_TAI/5d@1h]{magnetogram}"
print(f"Data export query:\n  {qstr}\n")

Data export query:
  hmi.M_720s[2025.01.29_23:12:00_TAI/5d@1h]{magnetogram}

Arguments for ‘mp4’ protocol

mp4_args = {
    "ct": "grey.sao",  # color table
    "min": -1500,  # min value
    "max": 1500,  # max value
    "scaling": "mag",  # color scaling
    "size": 8,  # binning (1 -> 4k, 2 -> 2k, 4 -> 1k, 8 -> 512)
}

# Submit export request using the 'mp4' protocol with custom protocol_args
print("Submitting export request...")
result = client.export(qstr, protocol="mp4", protocol_args=mp4_args, email=email)
result.wait(sleep=10)

# Print request URL.
print(f"\nRequest URL: {result.request_url}")
print(f"{len(result.urls)} file(s) available for download.\n")

# Download movie file only: index=0
result.download(out_dir, index=0)
print("Download finished.")
print(f"\nDownload directory:\n  {out_dir.resolve()}\n")

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/drms/checkouts/stable/examples/export_movie.py", line 55, in <module>
    result.wait(sleep=10)
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/drms/conda/stable/lib/python3.12/site-packages/drms/client.py", line 454, in wait
    self._raise_on_error()
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/drms/conda/stable/lib/python3.12/site-packages/drms/client.py", line 172, in _raise_on_error
    raise DrmsExportError(msg)
drms.exceptions.DrmsExportError: User jsoc@sunpy.org has 1 pending export requests (JSOC_20260610_009729); please wait until at least one request has completed before submitting a new one. [status=7]