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Python Quick Reference

Use this page for the common 80% workflows. For full signatures and all functions, see Python API Reference.

Source Discovery

Section titled “Source Discovery”
from openentropy import detect_available_sources, platform_info
sources = detect_available_sources()
platform = platform_info()

Single-Source Sampling

Section titled “Single-Source Sampling”
from openentropy import EntropyPool


pool = EntropyPool.auto()
source = pool.source_names()[0]


raw = pool.get_source_raw_bytes(source, 4096)
conditioned = pool.get_source_bytes(source, 256, conditioning="sha256")

Pool Workflows (advanced)

Section titled “Pool Workflows (advanced)”
from openentropy import EntropyPool


pool = EntropyPool.auto()
pool.collect_all(parallel=True, timeout=5)
data = pool.get_random_bytes(256)
raw = pool.get_raw_bytes(256)
health = pool.health_report()

Dispatcher Analysis

Section titled “Dispatcher Analysis”
from openentropy import analyze
report = analyze([("src", data)], profile="deep")

Focused Analysis Calls

Section titled “Focused Analysis Calls”
from openentropy import full_analysis, chaos_analysis, trial_analysis
forensic = full_analysis("src", data)
chaos = chaos_analysis(data)
trials = trial_analysis(data)

Session Workflows

Section titled “Session Workflows”
from openentropy import record, list_sessions, load_session_raw_data
meta = record(pool, ["clock_jitter"], duration_secs=30.0)
sessions = list_sessions("sessions")
raw_map = load_session_raw_data(sessions[0]["path"])
Section titled “Related”