stixdcpy is a Python library for STIX data users to retrieve and analyze STIX data. It provides user-friendly APIs for querying and fetching data from the STIX data center (https://datacenter.stix.i4ds.net/), along with a suite of utilities for visualizing data and conducting common analysis tasks. With stixdcpy, users can effortlessly access and manipulate various data types from the STIX data center, including:

• Quick-look light curves
• Housekeeping data
• Science data
• Energy calibration data
• Auxiliary data
• STIX solar flare list
• STIX operations events
• Ephemeris data

Installation

pip install git+https://github.com/i4ds/stixdcpy.git

Tutorial and documentation

• Tutorial
• Documentation

Cite this work

If you use the stixdcpy in your research and publications, we would definitely appreciate an appropriate acknowledgment and citation! We suggest the following BibTex:

• [1] H. Xiao, et al. The data center for the Spectrometer and Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) on board Solar Orbiter. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 673, A142. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202346031
• [2] Hualin Xiao, Säm Krucker, Lastufka Erica, & William Setterberg. (2022). stixdcpy – a python package that facilitates access and analysis of STIX data (v2.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7180433

Reporting Issues and Contributing

Open an issue on GitHub to report a problem. Pull requests welcome.