# using obspy.arclink.client
**URL:** https://discourse.obspy.org/t/using-obspy-arclink-client/386
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**Created:** [February 3, 2015, 10:40am UTC](https://discourse.obspy.org/t/using-obspy-arclink-client/386 "2015-02-03T10:40:42Z")
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### Author:  [@Akiko\_To](https://discourse.obspy.org/u/Akiko_To)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2015, 10:40am UTC](https://discourse.obspy.org/t/using-obspy-arclink-client/386/1 "2015-02-03T10:40:42Z")
Dear all,
I’m trying to get waveform data by using obspy.arclink from our internal seiscomp sever.
The scart works with this sever as follows. So I think our arclink sever is running fine.
seiscomp exec scart -s -I arclink://mulberry.jamstec.go.jp:18001 --list test1.txt --stdout \> tmp.ms
The example script given for the obspy.arclink on the web page also works ([http://docs.obspy.org/packages/autogen/obspy.arclink.client.Client.getWaveform.html](http://docs.obspy.org/packages/autogen/obspy.arclink.client.Client.getWaveform.html)).
So I guess obspy is also running fine.
However, when I try to use obspy.arclink to get the data from our server, it does not work.
With the following script,
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### Author:  [@barsch](https://discourse.obspy.org/u/barsch)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://discourse.obspy.org/t/using-obspy-arclink-client/386/2 "2015-02-04T13:52:05Z")
Dear Akiko,
try running the client in debug mode to get more information
client = Client(host='...',port=18001,user='ttest', debug=True)
st = client.getWaveform("PS","KI05","","HHZ", t - 3, t + 15)
Personally I never managed to get a status "CANCELLED" from an ArcLink
server so I have no clue what could be the issue - also the docs
([Seiscomp3 Development](http://www.seiscomp3.org/wiki/doc/applications/arclink)) only mention
the status "CANCEL" ...
For server issue try to ask the SeisComP support
([Seiscomp3 Development](http://www.seiscomp3.org/wiki/support)) or the EIDA mailinglist
(eida\_maint@gfz-potsdam.de).
Hope it help,
Robert
> Dear all,
>
> I'm trying to get waveform data by using obspy.arclink from our
> internal seiscomp sever.
>
> The scart works with this sever as follows. So I think our arclink
> sever is running fine. seiscomp exec scart -s -I
> arclink://mulberry.jamstec.go.jp:18001 --list test1.txt --stdout \>
> tmp.ms
>
> The example script given for the obspy.arclink on the web page
> also works
> ([http://docs.obspy.org/packages/autogen/obspy.arclink.client.Client.getWaveform.html](http://docs.obspy.org/packages/autogen/obspy.arclink.client.Client.getWaveform.html)).
> So I guess obspy is also running fine.
>
> # However, when I try to use obspy.arclink to get the data from our server, it does not work. With the following script, ====== from obspy import UTCDateTime from obspy.arclink.client import Client client = Client(host='mulberry.jamstec.go.jp',port=18001,user='ttest') t = UTCDateTime("2009-03-20 04:03:12") st = client.getWaveform("PS","KI05","","HHZ", t - 3, t + 15) st.plot()
>
> I get the following error.
>
> ======= Traceback (most recent call last): File "plot\_PS\_KI.py",
> line 6, in \ st = client.getWaveform("PS","KI05","","HHZ", t
> - 3, t + 15) File
> "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/obspy/arclink/client.py", line
> 426, in getWaveform compressed=compressed, route=route) File
> "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/obspy/arclink/client.py", line
> 545, in saveWaveform data = self.\_fetch(rtype, rdata, route=route)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/obspy/arclink/client.py",
> line 211, in \_fetch endtime=request\_data[1]) File
> "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/obspy/arclink/client.py", line
> 601, in getRouting result = self.\_fetch(rtype, rdata, route=False)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/obspy/arclink/client.py",
> line 205, in \_fetch return self.\_request(request\_type,
> request\_data) File
> "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/obspy/arclink/client.py", line
> 309, in \_request raise ArcLinkException("%s %s" % (err\_code, msg))
> obspy.arclink.client.ArcLinkException: CANCELLED =======
>
> I just wonder if there are any parameters on the arclink sever,
> which should be set up to use the obspy.arclink. Maybe I should
> allow the user "ttest" to access the data on the arclink sever ? I
> would appreciate it if someone who is experienced both in
> seiscomp3 and obspy could help me.
>
> Regards, Akiko To
>
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### Author:  [@megies](https://discourse.obspy.org/u/megies)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.obspy.org/t/using-obspy-arclink-client/386/3 "2015-02-04T14:08:00Z")
As an alternative option to get data from a seicomp instance.. in case
you have the FDSN web service enabled you can also access data from your
seiscomp using the obspy.fdsn client.
E.g. if you have a fdsn web service at the default URL on your instance
at [http://mulberry.jamstec.go.jp:8080/fdsnws](http://mulberry.jamstec.go.jp:8080/fdsnws) then you could..
from obspy.fdsn import Client
client = Client("[http://mulberry.jamstec.go.jp:8080](http://mulberry.jamstec.go.jp:8080)")
st = client.get\_waveforms(....)
best,
Tobias
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### Author:  [@Akiko\_To](https://discourse.obspy.org/u/Akiko_To)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://discourse.obspy.org/t/using-obspy-arclink-client/386/4 "2015-02-06T02:56:19Z")
Dear Robert and Tobias,
Thank you very much for the reply.
I run the client in debug mode, but so far I'm not sure how to fix the problem.
I'd like to also try to ask to the SC3 support and EIDA mailinglist.
Thank you for the information.
Regards,
Akiko To
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### Author:  [@megies](https://discourse.obspy.org/u/megies)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2015, 11:25am UTC](https://discourse.obspy.org/t/using-obspy-arclink-client/386/5 "2015-02-06T11:25:58Z")
Hi Akiko,
looks like you're request gets stuck during a routing query before the
actual data query. You should deactivate routing, as you only query one
specific ArcLink node and not a network of linked nodes.
Try to set `route=False` for any requests that have a `route` kwarg.
hope it helps,
Tobias
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### Author:  [@Akiko\_To](https://discourse.obspy.org/u/Akiko_To)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://discourse.obspy.org/t/using-obspy-arclink-client/386/6 "2015-02-06T13:53:36Z")
Dear Tobias,
Thank you very much for the reply.
It worked by setting `route=False`.
Thanks a lot.
Regards,
Akiko To