Modify Channels in Package Management

PUT /api/v1.2/package/<envId>/modify_channels

Use this API to modify the channels for Conda, PyPI and CRAN to install packages from the custom channels.

Note

This API is available in the new Package Management and is not enabled by default. Create a ticket with Qubole Support to enable this API.

Required Role

The following users can make this API call:

  • Users who belong to the system-user or system-admin group.
  • Users who belong to a group associated with a role that allows updating an environment. See Managing Groups and Managing Roles for more information.

Parameters

Note

Parameters marked in bold are mandatory. Others are optional and have default values.

Parameter Description
channel_type

Type of channel. Valid values are py_conda, r_conda, pip or cran, depending on the type of channel.

  • py_conda: Python Conda environment
  • r_conda: R Conda environment
  • pip: Python PyPI Channels
  • cran: R CRAN packages
list

Specify the channels you want to set for the channel_type parameter. If the list is empty, then the default channels for the specified channel_type are set.

The following values are the default channel list for the channel types:

{"py_conda" => "defaults,conda-forge",
  "pip" => "https://pypi.python.org/simple",
  "r_conda" => "defaults,conda-forge",
  "cran" => "https://cran.r-project.org/“}

Request API Syntax

curl -X PUT -H "X-AUTH-TOKEN:<API-TOKEN>“ -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json"
-d ' {"channel_type": “<channel type>“, "list": “<channel1>,,<channel2>,<channel3>“}’ \
"https://api.qubole.com/api/v1.2/package/<envId>/modify_channels"

Note

The above syntax uses https://api.qubole.com as the endpoint. Qubole provides other endpoints to access QDS that are described in Supported Qubole Endpoints on Different Cloud Providers.

Sample API Request

The following example shows how to modify the channels for the Python Conda environment.

curl -X PUT -H "X-AUTH-TOKEN:<API-TOKEN>“ -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json"
-d ' {"channel_type": "py_conda", "list": "defaults,bioconda,conda-forge"}' \
"https://api.qubole.com/api/v1.2/package/100/modify_channels"

The following example shows how to modify the channels for the R Conda environment.

curl -X PUT -H "X-AUTH-TOKEN:<API-TOKEN>“ -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json"
-d ' {"channel_type": “r_conda", "list": "defaults,bioconda,r,conda-forge"}' \
"https://api.qubole.net/api/v1.2/package/100/modify_channels"

The following example shows how to modify the channels for PyPI.

curl -X PUT -H "X-AUTH-TOKEN:<API-TOKEN>“ -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json"
-d ' {"channel_type": “pip”, "list": "https://pypi.python.org/simple”}’ \
"https://api.qubole.com/api/v1.2/package/100/modify_channels"

The following example shows how to modify the channels for the CRAN environment.

curl -X PUT -H "X-AUTH-TOKEN:<API-TOKEN>“ -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json"
-d ' {"channel_type": “cran”, "list": "https://cran.r-project.org, https://cloud.r-project.org/”}’ \
"https://api.qubole.com/api/v1.2/package/100/modify_channels"