pandahub

pandahub is a data hub for pandapower and pandapipes networks based on MongoDB. It allows you to store pandapower and pandapipes networks as well as timeseries in a MongoDB. pandahub allows you to access the database directly through the PandaHub class, but also provides a REST-API based on FastAPI including authentication (implemented with FastAPI Users).

PandaHub example

Run uv sync and bring up a local mongodb instance with docker compose up db -d.

Save pandapower's mv_oberrhein network to the database:

>>> net = pp.networks.mv_oberrhein()
>>> ph = PandaHub()
>>> project_data = ph.create_project("MV Oberrhein Example")
>>> net_data = ph.write_network_to_db(net, name="mv_oberrhein", net_id=0)

Close a switch in the database:

>>> open_switch_idx = net.switch.query("closed==False").index.to_list()[0]
>>> ph.set_net_value_in_db(net_id=0, element_type="switch", element_index=open_switch_idx,
                           parameter="closed", value=True)

Retrieve the network from the database and confirm the switch is now closed:

>>> net_from_db = ph.get_network(net_id=0)
>>> net.switch.loc[open_switch_idx, "closed"]
np.False_
>>> net_from_db.switch.loc[open_switch_idx, "closed"]
np.True_

REST-api

Run uv sync --extra rest-api to set up your venv with the required dependencies, then build the docker image and bring up a mongodb database + the rest-api:

docker compose build
docker compose up -d

This will run the example app in pandahub/api/main.py with live reload at http://localhost:8002. To connect to an existing database instead, set MONGODB_URL to the connection string through an environment variable or in you .env file.

Swagger UI is available at http://localhost:8002/docs.

MongoClient handling

You can supply a mongodb connection string (or the host as connection string and user/password separately) either as arguments to PandaHub or by setting the following environment variables:

• MONGODB_URL
• MONGODB_USER (optional)
• MONGODB_PASSWORD (optional)

These values are then used as default arguments when creating a PandaHub object.

By default, each instantiation of a PandaHub instance will create a new MongoClient instance. This is fine for interactive use or small scripts. To clean up the mongo client, call ph.close() on the instance once you are done with it.

When running the pandahub API as a web application, provide database credentials through the environment variables and additionally set PANDAHUB_GLOBAL_DB_CLIENT to true. A single, global mongodb client instance per process will then be used for all PandaHub instantiations, as recommended by pymongo.

You can use the following properties to access database resources from a PandaHub object:

• ph.project_db: database of the activated project (e.g. ph.project_db.net_bus.find().to_list())
• ph.mgmt_db: the user_management database
• ph.users_collection: the users collection from the management database
• ph.projects_collection: the projects collection from the management database

In case you want to access the database but do not need a PandaHub object, there are two convenience functions available:

from pandahub.lib import get_mongo_client

my_collection = get_mongo_client("db", "collection")
docs = collection.find().to_list()

PANDAHUB_GLOBAL_DB_CLIENT is respected, you either get the global client or a fresh instance, in which case you are responsible for cleaning up the connection.

from pandahub.lib import mongo_client

with mongo_client("db", "my_collection") as collection:
    docs = collection.find().to_list()

With the context manager, a new MongoClient is created (even if PANDAHUB_GLOBAL_DB_CLIENT is true) and closed on completion of the with block.