lsst.alert.packet¶

Contributing¶

lsst.alert.packet is developed at https://github.com/lsst/alert_packet. You can find Jira issues for this module under the alert_packet component.

`get_latest_schema_version`()	Get the latest schema version.
`get_path_to_latest_schema`()	Get the path to the primary schema file for the latest schema.
`get_schema_path`(major, minor)	Get the path to a package resource directory housing alert schema definitions.
`get_schema_root`()	Return the root of the directory within which schemas are stored.
`load_stamp`(file_path)	Load a cutout postage stamp file to include in alert.
`retrieve_alerts`(fp[, reader_schema])	Read alert packets from the given I/O stream.
`simulate_alert`(schema[, keepNull, arrayCount])	Parse the schema and generate a compliant alert with random contents.

`Schema`(schema_definition)	An Avro schema.
`SchemaRegistry`()	A registry for alert schemas.