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In these examples, the site prefix is @aaaaa@.

See also the "cookbook":cookbook.html for more complex examples.

h2.  Initialize SDK

{% codeblock as python %}
import arvados
api = arvados.api("v1")
{% endcodeblock %}

h2. create

{% codeblock as python %}
result = api.collections().create(body={"collection": {"name": "create example"}}).execute()
{% endcodeblock %}

h2. delete

{% codeblock as python %}
result = api.collections().delete(uuid="aaaaa-4zz18-ccccccccccccccc").execute()
{% endcodeblock %}

h2. get

{% codeblock as python %}
result = api.collections().get(uuid="aaaaa-4zz18-ccccccccccccccc").execute()
{% endcodeblock %}

h2. list

{% codeblock as python %}
result = api.collections().list(filters=[["uuid", "=", "aaaaa-bbbbb-ccccccccccccccc"]]).execute()
{% endcodeblock %}

h2. update

{% codeblock as python %}
result = api.collections().update(uuid="aaaaa-4zz18-ccccccccccccccc", body={"collection": {"name": "update example"}}).execute()
{% endcodeblock %}

h2. Get current user

{% codeblock as python %}
result = api.users().current().execute()
{% endcodeblock %}

h2. Get the User object for the current user

{% codeblock as python %}
current_user = arvados.api('v1').users().current().execute()
{% endcodeblock %}

h2. Get the UUID of an object that was retrieved using the SDK

{% codeblock as python %}
my_uuid = current_user['uuid']
{% endcodeblock %}