API Reference Guide¶

Top level API functions and objects¶

These functions/objects can be imported directly from the top level package and are the main entry points to work with data in earthkit-data.

Function/Object	Description
`from_source()`	Read data from a given source and return a data object.
`from_object()`	Read data from a given object and return a data object.
`to_target()`	Write data to a given target.
`create_fieldlist()`	Create a fieldlist object.
`create_target()`	Create a target object.
`create_encoder()`	Create an encoder object.
`concat()`	Concatenate multiple data objects into a single one.
`cache`	A global cache object. See: Caching for more details.
`config`	A config object that can be used to set global configuration options for earthkit-data. See: Configuration for more details.

Top level API classes¶
Class	Description
`Field`	A horizontal slice of the atmosphere/hydrosphere at a given time.
`FieldList`	A collection of fields.

Traverse through the API reference guide to find out more about the available functions and classes in earthkit-data.