KDB-X Python Utilities
The purpose of this page is to provide users with documentation for utility functions located within various modules within KDB-X Python.
Note
This functionality presently is not located in a centralized module but it is expected that with the next major release version of KDB-X Python 3.0.0 they
pykx.ssl_info
pykx.ssl_info()View information relating to the TLS Settings used by KDB-X Python from your process
Returns:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
pykx.Dictionary |
A dictionary outlining the TLS settings used by KDB-X Python |
Example:
>>> import pykx as kx
>>> kx.ssl_info()
pykx.Dictionary(pykx.q('
SSLEAY_VERSION | OpenSSL 1.1.1q 5 Jul 2022
SSL_CERT_FILE | /usr/local/anaconda3/ssl/server-crt.pem
SSL_CA_CERT_FILE | /usr/local/anaconda3/ssl/cacert.pem
SSL_CA_CERT_PATH | /usr/local/anaconda3/ssl
SSL_KEY_FILE | /usr/local/anaconda3/ssl/server-key.pem
SSL_CIPHER_LIST | ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:..
SSL_VERIFY_CLIENT| NO
SSL_VERIFY_SERVER| YES
'))pykx.util.kill_q_process
pykx.util.kill_q_process(port)Kill a q process running on a specified port, this allows users to kill sub-processes running q in the case access to the port has been lost due to parent process
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| port | int | The integer representing the port to be killed |
Returns:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| bool | Returns True if process was successfully killed, False if process was not killed |
pykx.util.debug_environment
pykx.util.debug_environment(detailed=False, return_info=False)Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| detailed | bool | When returning information about a users license print the content of both QHOME and QLIC directories |
False |
| return_info | bool | Should the information returned from the function be printed to console (default) or provided as a str | False |
Returns:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
Union[None, str] |
Returns None if return information is printed to console otherwise returns a str representation |
Example:
>>> import pykx as kx
>>> kx.util.debug_environment()
**** KDB-X Python information ****
pykx.args: ()
pykx.qhome: /usr/local/anaconda3/envs/qenv/q
pykx.qlic: /usr/local/anaconda3/envs/qenv/q
pykx.licensed: True
pykx.__version__: 2.4.3
pykx.file: /usr/local/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pykx/util.py
**** Python information ****
sys.version: 3.8.3 (default, Jul 2 2020, 11:26:31)
[Clang 10.0.0 ]
pandas: 2.0.3
numpy: 1.24.4
pytz: 2023.3.post1
which python: /usr/local/bin/python
which python3: /usr/local/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/bin/python3
find_libpython: /usr/local/anaconda3/lib/libpython3.8.dylib
**** Platform information ****
platform.platform: macOS-10.16-x86_64-i386-64bit
**** KDB-X Python Configuration Variables ****
PYKX_IGNORE_QHOME: False
PYKX_KEEP_LOCAL_TIMES: False
PYKX_NO_ALLOCATOR: False
PYKX_GC: False
PYKX_LOAD_PYARROW_UNSAFE: False
PYKX_MAX_ERROR_LENGTH: 256
PYKX_QCE: False
PYKX_RELEASE_GIL: False
PYKX_Q_LIB_LOCATION: /usr/local/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pykx/lib
PYKX_Q_LOCK: False
PYKX_SKIP_UNDERQ: False
PYKX_Q_EXECUTABLE: /usr/local/anaconda3/envs/qenv/q/m64/q
PYKX_THREADING: False
PYKX_QDEBUG: False
PYKX_DEBUG_INSIGHTS_LIBRARIES: False
PYKX_DEFAULT_CONVERSION:
PYKX_EXECUTABLE: /usr/local/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/bin/python3.8
PYKX_PYTHON_LIB_PATH:
PYKX_PYTHON_BASE_PATH:
PYKX_PYTHON_HOME_PATH:
PYKX_DIR: /usr/local/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pykx
PYKX_USE_FIND_LIBPYTHON:
PYKX_UNLICENSED:
PYKX_LICENSED:
**** q Environment Variables ****
QARGS:
QHOME: /usr/local/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pykx/lib
QLIC: /usr/local/anaconda3/envs/qenv/q
QINIT:
QCFG:
**** License information ****
pykx.qlic directory: True
pykx.qhome writable: True
pykx.qhome lics: ['k4.lic']
pykx.qlic lics: ['k4.lic']
**** q information ****
which q: /usr/local/anaconda3/envs/qenv/q/q
q info:
(`m64;4f;2020.05.04)
"insights.lib.embedq insights.lib.pykx..