Download Python, Matlab, IDL, or Mathematica (new!) APIs to remotely access Madrigal

Madrigal is now easy to access from any platform remotely using web services. Details of how this works are available, along with documentation on the remote Python API, the remote Matlab API, and the remote IDL API that have been written to use these web services. Since these API's have been tested on both Windows and Unix, they are available both as tar files and zip files. Documentation is also available for the beta Mathematica API in Notebook or pdf format.

This release also takes advantage of web service enhancements planned for Madrigal 3.0. These include the experiment PI and PI email, and a category description for each instrument. These enhancements are now presently only on the Millstone Hill and the CEDAR Madrigal archive sites. However, this version works with all older versions of Madrigal as well, but the new fields are listed as Unknown.

New! - The python, Matlab, and IDL API's now all have a globalDownload method, which allows you to download any group of Madrigal files with one simple command.

Download remote python Madrigal API - This 2.2 release includes a new script, globalDownload.py, which allows a user to download any number of Madrigal files in either Hdf5 or ascii format. It also supports the new web services released in Madrigal 2.6.
- remotePythonAPI-2.2.tar.gz (last updated Nov. 8, 2012)
- remotePythonAPI-2.2.zip (last updated Nov. 8, 2012)
- Documentation - Scripts, Tutorial, Reference
Download remote Matlab Madrigal API - This 2.2 release includes a new method, globalDownload.m, which allows a user to download any number of Madrigal files in either Hdf5 or ascii format. It also includes the new web services released in Madrigal 2.6. This release is also required for accessing data from Millstone Hill and the CEDAR Madrigal archive, since those sites have web services enhancements that are planned for Madrigal 3.0, enhancements that broke previous Matlab API versions (but not the old python or IDL versions). This release should not break if future enhancements are made to Madrigal web services.
- remoteMatlabAPI-2.2.tar.gz (last updated Nov. 14, 2012)
- remoteMatlabAPI-2.2.zip (last updated Nov. 14, 2012)
- Documentation - Scripts, Tutorial, Reference
Download remote IDL Madrigal API - This 1.1 release includes a new method, madglobaldownload.pro, which allows a user to download any number of Madrigal files in ascii format. Is now more stable due to the use of the built-in IDL method IDLnetUrl, but requires IDL version 6.4 or greater.
- remoteIDL_API-1.1.tar.gz (last updated Nov. 14, 2012)
- remoteIDL_API-1.1.zip (last updated Nov. 14, 2012)
- Documentation - Scripts, Tutorials, Reference
Download remote Mathematica Madrigal API - This 0.1 beta release was written by Johnathan Burchill of the University of Calgary. Please let Johnathan or Bill Rideout know if you have any comments.
- remoteMathematicaAPI-0.1.tar.gz (last updated Aug. 7, 2012)
- remoteMathematicaAPI-0.1 .zip (last updated Aug. 7, 2012)
- See download for documentation

Download Madrigal 2.6.3.2 - Released Mar. 22, 2012

Madrigal 2.6.3.2 is now released. Version 2.6 includes a new simple local interface and the ability to download HDF5 files, and was developed jointly with Jicamarca. For a full list of new features, see the Madrigal What's New page. Please contact Bill Rideout with any questions or problems.

Complete instructions for installing Madrigal for the first time, or for upgrading to the latest release, are available in the documentation.

Complete Madrigal Distribution

Download Madrigal 2.6.3.2 (released Mar 22, 2012) . Please contact Bill Rideout with any problems.
Download Sample Experiments (needed when Madrigal first installed, or when using new upgrade procedure).

Optional Matlab API

Download Matlab API running on local server. This Matlab API has somewhat better performance than the remote Matlab API listed at the top of the page, but can only be run from the local Madrigal server. This API is not part of the normal Madrigal server, and most administrators and remote Madrigal users should not need to install it.