Foxglove Client

0.19.2 verified Mon Apr 27 auth: no python

Client library for the Foxglove API. Current version 0.19.2, requires Python >=3.7. Active development with frequent releases.

pip install foxglove-client

Common errors

error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'foxglove' ↓

cause Old import path from before v0.17.0 namespace package change.

fix

Use 'from foxglove_client import FoxgloveClient' instead.

error AttributeError: 'FoxgloveClient' object has no attribute 'delete_import' ↓

cause Method removed after deprecation.

fix

Use 'delete_recording' with a recording_id.

Warnings

breaking v0.17.0 converted to namespace package; imports changed from 'foxglove' to 'foxglove_client'. ↓

fix Change 'import foxglove' to 'from foxglove_client import ...'.

deprecated 'delete_import' is deprecated since v0.16.2, use 'delete_recording' with recording_id. ↓

fix Replace client.delete_import(import_id) with client.delete_recording(recording_id).

gotcha API token required; most methods fail with empty token. Always set FOXGLOVE_API_TOKEN env var. ↓

fix Ensure token is set via environment variable or passed to FoxgloveClient(token=...).

Imports

FoxgloveClient
wrong
```
from foxglove import FoxgloveClient
```
correct
```
from foxglove_client import FoxgloveClient
```
The package is 'foxglove-client', module is 'foxglove_client' (underscore).

Quickstart

Initialize client with API token and fetch a device.

import os
from foxglove_client import FoxgloveClient

client = FoxgloveClient(token=os.environ.get('FOXGLOVE_API_TOKEN', ''))
print(client.get_device(device_id='my-device'))