cdsapi (Rust)

A Rust client for the Copernicus Climate Data Store (CDS) API, inspired by the Python cdsapi library.

This crate supports both CDS key formats currently seen in the wild:

Legacy key: <UID>:<APIKEY> → uses the legacy /resources + /tasks workflow.
Token-only key: <PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN> (no colon) → uses the modern Retrieve API (/api/retrieve/v1) with PRIVATE-TOKEN auth.

Configuration

The client loads configuration from (highest precedence first):

Environment variables:
- CDSAPI_URL
- CDSAPI_KEY
- CDSAPI_RC (path to a config file)
Config file in the current working directory: ./.cdsapirc
Config file in the home directory: ~/.cdsapirc

Example .cdsapirc:

url: https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api
key: <PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>
# or legacy:
# key: <UID>:<APIKEY>

Notes:

The parser is lenient and also accepts key: on one line and the value on the next line.
Set verify: 0 to disable TLS certificate validation (not recommended).

Usage

Library usage:

use anyhow::Result;
use cdsapi::Client;
use serde_json::json;

fn main() -> Result<()> {
  let client = Client::from_env()?;

    let request = json!({
        "product_type": "reanalysis",
        "variable": "geopotential",
        "pressure_level": "1000",
        "year": "2024",
        "month": "03",
        "day": "01",
        "time": "13:00",
        "format": "grib"
    });

    client.retrieve(
        "reanalysis-era5-pressure-levels",
        &request,
        Some(std::path::Path::new("download.grib")),
    )?;

    Ok(())
}

Example program:

cargo run --example era5_pressure_levels_geopotential

Runtime output

The client prints request/job status transitions to stderr while polling (for example: Request state: running or Job status: accepted).

Troubleshooting

403 required licences not accepted:
- Sign in to the CDS web UI, open the dataset page, and accept the required licence(s) (often via “Manage licences”), then retry.
401/403 auth failures:
- Ensure your key is correct. Many token-only keys should NOT include the deprecated <UID>: prefix.
404 endpoint not found:
- Ensure url is https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api (or your CDS deployment base URL).

License