Creating a DataCube with dummy data

[Jaapel]

I want to create a DataCube object containing dummy data, preferrably from my local machine (numpy array or something alike). With this dummy datacube, I can test my workflow or my own process. I have tried to go through some documentation and code from openeo and some drivers, but have not progressed much. How would I go about it? Or is there a better way to do some testing?

As I am new to the EO world, any help is appreciated 👍 .

[soxofaan]

Hi @Jaapel

thanks for trying out the python client and openEO.

What you are trying to do (process local data locally) is not really the intended way of using openEO (both the Python client as the API in general).
The DataCube you create in your local Python script or notebook is an abstract representation of data that exists remotely server-side on the openEO backend.
While loading local data and local processing are possible in principle, it's all but recommended to try to set this up if you are just starting out with openEO.

The best way to get a feel is playing with the code examples from https://openeo.org/documentation/1.0/python/ https://open-eo.github.io/openeo-python-client/basics.html or https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-python-client/tree/master/examples
Don't hesitate to report issues (unclarities, typo's, ...) with these example

[Jaapel]

Thanks for the info. Will close the issue for now.

[soxofaan]

Reopening because I think it is still a valid feature request (for learning, illustration and testing purposes),
and it has been discussed before, e.g. in Open-EO/openeo-processes#204