Perform project operations using the Python SDK - MaxCompute

Use the PyODPS SDK to inspect and verify MaxCompute projects with Python. This topic demonstrates two operations:

Get project information using get_project()
Check whether a project exists using exist_project()

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure that you have:

PyODPS installed
A MaxCompute entry point (odps or o) initialized

If you are running code in a DataWorks PyODPS node, the global variable odps or o is available by default. Skip the initialization step and use o directly in your code.

Get project information

Call get_project() on a MaxCompute entry point to retrieve metadata about a project. A project is the basic organizational unit in MaxCompute. For more information, see Project.

get_project() accepts an optional project name argument:

Argument	Behavior
`get_project('project_name')`	Returns information about the specified project
`get_project()`	Returns information about the current project

# Get information about a specific project
project = o.get_project('project_name')

# Get information about the current project
project = o.get_project()

Check whether a project exists

Call exist_project() to verify that a project exists before performing operations on it.

exists = o.exist_project('project_name')
print(exists)

What's next

Explore table management operations using the PyODPS SDK.