datacube.index.abstract.AbstractDatasetResource.search_by_metadata

abstract AbstractDatasetResource.search_by_metadata(metadata, archived=False)

Perform a search using arbitrary metadata, returning results as Dataset objects.

Caution – slow! This will usually not use indexes.

Parameters:

• metadata (dict[str, None | bool | str | float | int | list[JsonLike] | dict[str, JsonLike]]) – metadata dictionary representing arbitrary search query

• archived (bool | None) – False (default): Return active datasets only. None: Include archived and active datasets. True: Return archived datasets only.

Return type:

Iterable[Dataset]

Returns:

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