Finished converting metobs01 into yaml format. Began working on _create() once more

metobscommon/archive/config.yaml

 instruments:
   aoss:
+    display_name: 'AOSS'
     aeri:
+      dispay_name: 'AERI'
       filetypes:
         - aoss.aeri.par.l00.v00
         - aoss.aeri.qc.l00.v00
@@ -21,16 +23,34 @@ instruments:
         - aoss.aeri.scr-radiance.l00.v00
         - aoss.aeri.scr-sumary.l00.v00
     ceilo:
+      display_name: 'Ceilo'
       filetypes:
         - aoss.ceilo.ascii
         - aoss.ceilo.nc
         - aoss.ceilo.png
-    cameras:
-    windpro:
+        - aoss.ceilo.tn.png
+    tower:
+      display_name: 'Tower'
+      filetypes:
+        - aoss.tower.ascii
+        - aoss.tower.png
+        - aoss.tower.tn.png
   bago:
+    display_name: 'BAGO'
     aeri:
+      display_name: 'AERI'
+      filetypes:
+        - bago.aeri.png
+        - bago.aeri.sum.cdf
+        - bago.aeri.c1-rnc.cdf
+        - bago.aeri.c2-rnc.cdf
   mendota:
+    display_name: 'Mendota'
     buoy:
+      display_name: 'Buoy'
+      filetypes:
+        - mendota.buoy.ascii
+        - mendota.buoy.png
 
 filetypes:
   aoss.aeri.par.l00.v00:
@@ -52,56 +72,104 @@ filetypes:
   aoss.aeri.uvs-b1.l00.v00:
     period: 'Daily'
     format_pattern: '%y%m%dB1.UVS'
-    glob_pattern:
+    glob_pattern: '??????B1.UVS'
   aoss.aeri.cxs-b2.l00.v00:
     period: 'Daily'
     format_pattern: '%y%m%dB2.CXS'
-    glob_pattern:
+    glob_pattern: '??????B2.CXS'
   aoss.aeri.uvs-b2.l00.v00:
     period: 'Daily'
     format_pattern: '%y%m%dB2.UVS'
-    glob_pattern:
+    glob_pattern: '??????B2.UVS'
   aoss.aeri.rnc-c1.l00.v00:
     period: 'Daily'
     format_pattern: '%y%m%dC1.RNC'
-    glob_pattern:
+    glob_pattern: '??????C1.RNC'
   aoss.aeri.rnc-c2.l00.v00:
     period: 'Daily'
     format_pattern: '%y%m%dC2.RNC'
-    glob_pattern:
+    glob_pattern: '??????C2.RNC'
   aoss.aeri.csv-f1.l00.v00:
     period: 'Daily'
     format_pattern: '%y%m%dF1.CSV'
-    glob_pattern:
+    glob_pattern: '??????F1.CSV'
   aoss.aeri.cxs-f1.l00.v00:
     period: 'Daily'
     format_pattern: '%y%m%dF1.CXS'
-    glob_pattern:
+    glob_pattern: '??????F1.CXS'
   aoss.aeri.uvs-f1.l00.v00:
     period: 'Daily'
     format_pattern: '%y%m%dF1.UVS'
-    glob_pattern:
+    glob_pattern: '??????F1.UVS'
   aoss.aeri.csv-f2.l00.v00:
     period: 'Daily'
     format_pattern: '%y%m%dF2.CSV'
-    glob_pattern:
+    glob_pattern: '??????F2.CSV'
   aoss.aeri.cxs-f2.l00.v00:
     period: 'Daily'
     format_pattern: '%y%m%dF2.CXS'
-    glob_pattern:
+    glob_pattern: '??????F2.CXS'
   aoss.aeri.uvs-f2.l00.v00:
     period: 'Daily'
     format_pattern: '%y%m%dF2.UVS'
-    glob_pattern:
+    glob_pattern: '??????F2.UVS'
   aoss.aeri.scr-aesitter.l00.v00:
     period: 'Daily'
     format_pattern: 'AESITTER.SCR'
-    glob_pattern:
+    glob_pattern: 'AESITTER.SCR'
   aoss.aeri.scr-radiance.l00.v00:
     period: 'Daily'
     format_pattern: 'RADIANCE.SCR'
-    glob_pattern:
+    glob_pattern: 'RADIANCE.SCR'
   aoss.aeri.scr-sumary.l00.v00:
     period: 'Daily'
     format_pattern: 'SUMARY.SCR'
-    glob_pattern:
+    glob_pattern: 'SUMARY.SCR'
+  aoss.ceilo.ascii:
+    period: 'Daily'
+    format_pattern: 'rig_ceilo.%y-%m-%d.ascii'
+    glob_pattern: '*_*.????-??-??.ascii'
+  aoss.ceilo.nc:
+    period: 'Daily'
+    format_pattern: '{site}_{inst}.{start_time:%y-%m-%d}.nc'
+    glob_pattern: '*_*.????-??-??.nc'
+  aoss.ceilo.png:
+    period: 'Half-Daily'
+    format_pattern: '{site}_{inst}.{start_time:%y-%m-%d_%h%m%s}_{end_time:%h%m%s}.png'
+    glob_pattern: '*_*.????-??-??_??????_??????*.png'
+  aoss.tower.ascii:
+    period: 'Daily'
+    format_pattern: '{site}_{inst}.{start_time:%y-%m-%d}.ascii'
+    glob_pattern: '*_*.????-??-??.ascii'
+  aoss.tower.nc:
+    period: 'Daily'
+    format_pattern: '{site}_{inst}.{start_time:%y-%m-%d}.nc'
+    glob_pattern: '*_*.????-??-??.nc'
+  aoss.tower.png:
+    period: 'Half-Daily'
+    format_pattern: '{site}_{inst}.{measurement}.{start_time:%y-%m-%d}.png'
+    glob_pattern: '*_*.*.????-??-??*.png'
+  bago.aeri.png:
+    period: 'Half-Daily'
+    format_pattern: '{site}_{inst}.{measurement}.{start_time:%y-%m-%d_%h%m%s}_{end_time:%h%m%s}.png'
+    glob_pattern: '*_*.*.????-??-??_??????.png'
+  bago.aeri.sum.cdf:
+    period: 'Daily'
+    format_pattern: '{start_time:%y%m%d}_sum.cdf'
+    glob_pattern: '??????_sum.cdf'
+  bago.aeri.c1-rnc.cdf:
+    period: 'Daily'
+    format_pattern: '{start_time:%y%m%d}C1_rnc.cdf'
+    glob_pattern: '??????C1_rnc.cdf'
+  bago.aeri.c2-rnc.cdf:
+    period: 'Daily'
+    format_pattern: '{start_time:%y%m%d}C2_rnc.cdf'
+    glob_pattern: '??????C2_rnc.cdf'
+  mendota.buoy.ascii:
+    period: 'Daily'
+    format_pattern: '{site}_{inst}.{start_time:%y-%m-%d}.ascii'
+    glob_pattern: '*_*.????-??-??.ascii'
+  mendota.buoy.png:
+    period: 'Daily'
+    format_pattern: '{site}_{inst}.{measurement}.{start_time:%y-%m-%d_%h%m%s}_{end_time:%h%m%s}.png'
+    glob_pattern: '*_*.*.????-??-??_??????_??????*.png'

metobscommon/archive/db.py

@@ -830,6 +830,18 @@ def _test(args):
         Session = sessionmaker(bind=engine)
         session = Session()
 
+        #testing _create() function with yaml
+        if args.testing_create:
+
+            #read from yaml
+            stream = open('config.yaml')
+            docs = yaml.load(stream)
+
+            for s in docs['instruments'].keys():
+                for i in docs['instruments'][s].keys():
+                    if i != 'display_name':
+                        for f in docs['instruments'][s][i]['filetypes']:
+
         #testing _add() function
         if args.add_site:
             pass