Installation

Requirements

The recommended way to install the USDA FDC Python Client is from PyPI:

pip install usda-fdc

This will install the latest stable version of the package along with its dependencies and the fdc command line tool.

You can also install the package directly from the source code:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/usda_fdc.git
cd usda_fdc
pip install -e .

If you want to contribute to the development of the package, you can install it with development dependencies:

pip install -e ".[dev]"

Or using the requirements files:

pip install -r requirements-dev.txt

To use the Django integration features, install the package with Django dependencies:

pip install -e ".[django]"

Or using the requirements file:

pip install -r requirements-django.txt

To build the documentation locally, install the package with documentation dependencies:

pip install -e ".[docs]"

Or using the requirements file:

pip install -r requirements-docs.txt