launch_app_for_wtml¶

wwt_data_formats.server.launch_app_for_wtml(wtml_url, image_url=None, browser=None, app_type='webclient', app_url=None)[source]¶

Launch a WWT data viewer in a new browser window.

Parameters:

wtml_urlstr: The URL of the WTML file to view
image_urlstr: The URL of the imageset within the WTML file to view. This is currently required.
browseroptional str or None: The type of web browser to use to open the WTML preview application, as understood by the webbrowser module. If unspecified, webbrowser will guess a sensible default.
app_typeoptional str: Which kind or application to use to view the WTML file. Allowed values are "webclient" (the default) for the classic WWT webclient, or "research" for the WWT research application.
app_urloptional str or None: The URL to use for the preview app. If None (the default), the default URL for the specified application is used. Note that this does not supersede the app_type argument because the form of the query string that is passed to the preview app depends on its type.

Returns: