Class: QgsApplication

class qgis.core.QgsApplication

Bases: PyQt5.QtWidgets.QApplication

Extends QApplication to provide access to QGIS specific resources such as theme paths, database paths etc.

This is a subclass of QApplication and should be instantiated in place of QApplication. Most methods are static in keeping with the design of QApplication.

This class hides platform-specific path information and provides a portable way of referencing specific files and directories. Ideally, hard-coded paths should appear only here and not in other modules so that platform-conditional code is minimized and paths are easier to change due to centralization.

Methods

absolutePathToRelativePath

Converts absolute path to path relative to target

actionScopeRegistry

Returns the action scope registry.

activeThemePath

Returns the path to the currently active theme directory.

annotationItemRegistry

Returns the application’s annotation item registry, used for annotation item types.

appIconPath

Gets application icon

applyGdalSkippedDrivers

Apply the skipped drivers list to gdal

authManager

Returns the application’s authentication manager instance

authorsFilePath

Returns the path to the authors file.

bookmarkManager

Returns the application’s bookmark manager, used for storing installation-wide bookmarks.

buildOutputPath

Returns path to the build output directory.

buildSourcePath

Returns path to the source directory.

calloutRegistry

Returns the application’s callout registry, used for managing callout types.

childEvent

classificationMethodRegistry

Returns the application’s classification methods registry, used in graduated renderer

collectTranslatableObjects

Emits the signal to collect all the strings of .qgs to be included in ts file

colorSchemeRegistry

Returns the application’s color scheme registry, used for managing color schemes.

connectNotify

connectionRegistry

Returns the application’s connection registry, used for managing saved data provider connections.

contributorsFilePath

Returns the path to the contributors file.

coordinateReferenceSystemRegistry

Returns the application’s coordinate reference system (CRS) registry, which handles known CRS definitions (including user-defined CRSes).

createDatabase

initialize qgis.db

createThemeFolder

Create the users theme folder

customEvent

customVariables

Custom expression variables for this application.

dataItemProviderRegistry

Returns the application’s data item provider registry, which keeps a list of data item providers that may add items to the browser tree.

defaultStyleModel

Returns a shared QgsStyleModel containing the default style library (see QgsStyle.defaultStyle()).

defaultStylePath

Returns the path to default style (works as a starting point).

defaultThemePath

Returns the path to the default theme directory.

defaultThemesFolder

Returns the path to default themes folder from install (works as a starting point).

deferredSkippedGdalDrivers

Returns the list of gdal drivers that have been disabled in the current session, and thus, for safety, should not be disabled right now, but at the next application restart.

developersMapFilePath

Returns the path to the developers map file.

disconnectNotify

donorsFilePath

Returns the path to the donors file.

endian

Returns whether this machine uses big or little endian

event

Watch for QFileOpenEvent.

exitQgis

deletes provider registry and map layer registry

fieldFormatterRegistry

Gets the registry of available field formatters.

getThemeCursor

Helper to get a theme cursor.

getThemeIcon

Helper to get a theme icon.

getThemePixmap

Helper to get a theme icon as a pixmap.

gpsConnectionRegistry

Returns the application’s GPS connection registry, used for managing GPS connections.

i18nPath

Returns the path to the translation directory.

iconPath

Returns path to the desired icon file.

iconsPath

Returns the path to the icons image directory.

imageCache

Returns the application’s image cache, used for caching resampled versions of raster images.

initQgis

loads providers

instance

Returns the singleton instance of the QgsApplication.

isRunningFromBuildDir

Indicates whether running from build directory (not installed)

isSignalConnected

layoutItemRegistry

Returns the application’s layout item registry, used for layout item types.

layoutTemplatePaths

Returns the paths to layout template directories.

libexecPath

Returns the path with utility executables (help viewer, crssync, …)

libraryPath

Returns the path containing qgis_core, qgis_gui, qgispython (and other) libraries

licenceFilePath

Returns the path to the licence file.

locale

Returns the QGIS locale.

localizedDataPathRegistry

Returns the registry of data repositories These are used as paths for basemaps, logos, etc.

maxConcurrentConnectionsPerPool

The maximum number of concurrent connections per connections pool.

maxThreads

Gets maximum concurrent thread count

messageLog

Returns the application’s message log.

metadataPath

Returns the path to the metadata directory.

networkContentFetcherRegistry

Returns the application’s network content registry used for fetching temporary files during QGIS session

notify

Catch exceptions when sending event to receiver.

nullRepresentation

This string is used to represent the value NULL throughout QGIS.

numericFormatRegistry

Gets the registry of available numeric formats.

osName

Returns a string name of the operating system QGIS is running on.

pageSizeRegistry

Returns the application’s page size registry, used for managing layout page sizes.

paintEffectRegistry

Returns the application’s paint effect registry, used for managing paint effects.

pkgDataPath

Returns the common root path of all application data directories.

platform

Returns the QGIS platform name, e.g., “desktop” or “server”.

pluginLayerRegistry

Returns the application’s plugin layer registry, used for managing plugin layer types.

pluginPath

Returns the path to the application plugin directory.

pointCloudRendererRegistry

Returns the application’s point cloud renderer registry, used for managing point cloud layer 2D renderers.

prefixPath

Returns the path to the application prefix directory.

processingRegistry

Returns the application’s processing registry, used for managing processing providers, algorithms, and various parameters and outputs.

profiler

Returns the application runtime profiler.

projectStorageRegistry

Returns registry of available project storage implementations.

qgisAuthDatabaseFilePath

Returns the path to the user authentication database file: qgis-auth.db.

qgisMasterDatabaseFilePath

Returns the path to the master qgis.db file.

qgisSettingsDirPath

Returns the path to the settings directory in user’s home dir

qgisUserDatabaseFilePath

Returns the path to the user qgis.db file.

qmlImportPath

Returns the path where QML components are installed for QGIS Quick library.

receivers

registerGdalDriversFromSettings

Register gdal drivers, excluding the ones mentioned in “gdal/skipList” setting.

registerOgrDrivers

Register OGR drivers ensuring this only happens once.

relativePathToAbsolutePath

Converts path relative to target to an absolute path

renderer3DRegistry

Returns registry of available 3D renderers.

rendererRegistry

Returns the application’s renderer registry, used for managing vector layer renderers.

reportStyleSheet

Returns a css style sheet for reports, the styleSheetType argument determines what type of stylesheet is supported by the widget.

resolvePkgPath

Calculate the application pkg path

restoreGdalDriver

Sets the GDAL_SKIP environment variable to exclude the specified driver and then calls GDALDriverManager.AutoSkipDrivers() to unregister it.

scaleBarRendererRegistry

Gets the registry of available scalebar renderers.

scaleIconSize

Scales an icon size to compensate for display pixel density, making the icon size hi-dpi friendly, whilst still resulting in pixel-perfect sizes for low-dpi displays.

sender

senderSignalIndex

serverResourcesPath

Returns the path to the server resources directory.

setAuthDatabaseDirPath

Alters authentication data base directory path - used by 3rd party apps

setCustomVariable

Set a single custom expression variable.

setCustomVariables

Custom expression variables for this application.

setDefaultSvgPaths

Alters default svg paths - used by 3rd party apps.

setFileOpenEventReceiver

Sets the FileOpen event receiver

setMaxThreads

Set maximum concurrent thread count

setNullRepresentation

copydoc nullRepresentation()

setPkgDataPath

Alters pkg data path - used by 3rd party apps

setPluginPath

Alters plugin path - used by 3rd party apps

setPrefixPath

Alters prefix path - used by 3rd party apps

setSkippedGdalDrivers

Sets the list of gdal drivers that should be disabled (skippedGdalDrivers), but excludes for now the ones defines in deferredSkippedGdalDrivers.

setSvgPaths

Sets the paths to svg directories and invalidates the svg path list cache.

setThemeName

Set the active theme to the specified theme.

setTranslation

Set translation

setUITheme

Set the current UI theme used to style the interface.

shortNameRegExp

Returns the short name regular expression for line edit validator

showSettings

Convenience function to get a summary of the paths used in this application instance useful for debugging mainly.

skipGdalDriver

Sets the GDAL_SKIP environment variable to include the specified driver and then calls GDALDriverManager.AutoSkipDrivers() to unregister it.

skippedGdalDrivers

Returns the list of gdal drivers that should be skipped (based on GDAL_SKIP environment variable)

sourceCache

Returns the application’s source cache, used for caching embedded and remote source strings as local files

splashPath

Returns the path to the splash screen image directory.

sponsorsFilePath

Returns the path to the sponsors file.

srsDatabaseFilePath

Returns the path to the srs.db file.

svgCache

Returns the application’s SVG cache, used for caching SVG images and handling parameter replacement within SVG files.

svgPaths

Returns the paths to svg directories.

symbol3DRegistry

Returns registry of available 3D symbols.

symbolLayerRegistry

Returns the application’s symbol layer registry, used for managing symbol layers.

systemEnvVars

Returns the system environment variables passed to application.

taskManager

Returns the application’s task manager, used for managing application wide background task handling.

themeName

Set the active theme to the specified theme.

timerEvent

translatorsFilePath

Returns the path to the sponsors file.

uiThemes

All themes found in ~/.qgis3/themes folder.

userFullName

Returns the user’s operating system login account full display name.

userLoginName

Returns the user’s operating system login account name.

userStylePath

Returns the path to user’s style.

userThemesFolder

Returns the path to user’s themes folder

validityCheckRegistry

Returns the application’s validity check registry, used for managing validity checks.

Signals

customVariablesChanged

Emitted whenever a custom global variable changes.

nullRepresentationChanged

copydoc nullRepresentation() [signal]

requestForTranslatableObjects

Emitted when project strings which require translation are being collected for inclusion in a .ts file.

Attributes

CapturePoint

CrossHair

Identify

NDR

QGIS_APPLICATION_NAME

QGIS_ORGANIZATION_DOMAIN

QGIS_ORGANIZATION_NAME

Qt

Sampler

Select

WebBrowser

XDR

ZoomIn

ZoomOut

CapturePoint = 4
CrossHair = 3
class Cursor

Bases: int

Identify = 2
NDR = 1
QGIS_APPLICATION_NAME = 'QGIS3'
QGIS_ORGANIZATION_DOMAIN = 'qgis.org'
QGIS_ORGANIZATION_NAME = 'QGIS'
Qt = 0
Sampler = 6
Select = 5
class StyleSheetType

Bases: int

WebBrowser = 1
XDR = 0
ZoomIn = 0
ZoomOut = 1
absolutePathToRelativePath(apath: str, targetPath: str)str

Converts absolute path to path relative to target

Parameters
  • apath (str) –

  • targetPath (str) –

Return type

str

actionScopeRegistry()QgsActionScopeRegistry

Returns the action scope registry.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

QgsActionScopeRegistry

activeThemePath()str

Returns the path to the currently active theme directory.

Return type

str

annotationItemRegistry()QgsAnnotationItemRegistry

Returns the application’s annotation item registry, used for annotation item types.

New in version 3.16.

Return type

QgsAnnotationItemRegistry

appIconPath()str

Gets application icon

Return type

str

applyGdalSkippedDrivers()

Apply the skipped drivers list to gdal

See also

skipGdalDriver()

authManager()QgsAuthManager

Returns the application’s authentication manager instance

Note

this can be None if called before initQgis

See also

initQgis()

New in version 3.0.

Return type

QgsAuthManager

authorsFilePath()str

Returns the path to the authors file.

Return type

str

bookmarkManager()QgsBookmarkManager

Returns the application’s bookmark manager, used for storing installation-wide bookmarks.

New in version 3.10.

Return type

QgsBookmarkManager

buildOutputPath()str

Returns path to the build output directory. Valid only when running from build directory

Return type

str

buildSourcePath()str

Returns path to the source directory. Valid only when running from build directory

Return type

str

calloutRegistry()QgsCalloutRegistry

Returns the application’s callout registry, used for managing callout types.

New in version 3.10.

Return type

QgsCalloutRegistry

childEvent(self, QChildEvent)
classificationMethodRegistry()QgsClassificationMethodRegistry

Returns the application’s classification methods registry, used in graduated renderer

New in version 3.10.

Return type

QgsClassificationMethodRegistry

collectTranslatableObjects(self, translationContext: QgsTranslationContext)

Emits the signal to collect all the strings of .qgs to be included in ts file

New in version 3.4.

Parameters

translationContext (QgsTranslationContext) –

colorSchemeRegistry()QgsColorSchemeRegistry

Returns the application’s color scheme registry, used for managing color schemes.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

QgsColorSchemeRegistry

connectNotify(self, QMetaMethod)
connectionRegistry()QgsConnectionRegistry

Returns the application’s connection registry, used for managing saved data provider connections.

New in version 3.14.

Return type

QgsConnectionRegistry

contributorsFilePath()str

Returns the path to the contributors file. Contributors are people who have submitted patches but don’t have commit access.

Return type

str

coordinateReferenceSystemRegistry()QgsCoordinateReferenceSystemRegistry

Returns the application’s coordinate reference system (CRS) registry, which handles known CRS definitions (including user-defined CRSes).

New in version 3.18.

Return type

QgsCoordinateReferenceSystemRegistry

createDatabase(errorMessage: str = '')bool

initialize qgis.db

Parameters

errorMessage (str = '') –

Return type

bool

createThemeFolder()bool

Create the users theme folder

Return type

bool

customEvent(self, QEvent)
customVariables()Dict[str, Any]

Custom expression variables for this application. This does not include generated variables (like system name, user name etc.)

New in version 3.0.

Return type

Dict[str, Any]

customVariablesChanged

Emitted whenever a custom global variable changes.

New in version 3.0: [signal]

dataItemProviderRegistry()QgsDataItemProviderRegistry

Returns the application’s data item provider registry, which keeps a list of data item providers that may add items to the browser tree.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

QgsDataItemProviderRegistry

defaultStyleModel()QgsStyleModel

Returns a shared QgsStyleModel containing the default style library (see QgsStyle.defaultStyle()).

Using this shared model instead of creating a new QgsStyleModel improves performance.

New in version 3.10.

Return type

QgsStyleModel

defaultStylePath()str

Returns the path to default style (works as a starting point).

Return type

str

defaultThemePath()str

Returns the path to the default theme directory.

Return type

str

defaultThemesFolder()str

Returns the path to default themes folder from install (works as a starting point).

Return type

str

deferredSkippedGdalDrivers()List[str]

Returns the list of gdal drivers that have been disabled in the current session, and thus, for safety, should not be disabled right now, but at the next application restart.

New in version 3.10.

Return type

List[str]

developersMapFilePath()str

Returns the path to the developers map file. The developers map was created by using leaflet framework, it shows the contributors.json file.

New in version 2.7.

Return type

str

disconnectNotify(self, QMetaMethod)
donorsFilePath()str

Returns the path to the donors file.

Return type

str

endian()QgsApplication.endian_t

Returns whether this machine uses big or little endian

Return type

QgsApplication.endian_t

class endian_t

Bases: int

event(self, event: QEvent)bool

Watch for QFileOpenEvent.

Parameters

event (QEvent) –

Return type

bool

exitQgis()

deletes provider registry and map layer registry

fieldFormatterRegistry()QgsFieldFormatterRegistry

Gets the registry of available field formatters.

Return type

QgsFieldFormatterRegistry

getThemeCursor(cursor: QgsApplication.Cursor)QCursor

Helper to get a theme cursor. It will fall back to the default theme if the active theme does not have the required icon. Cursors are automatically scaled to look like a 16px cursor on 96dpi screens.

Parameters

cursor (QgsApplication.Cursor) –

Return type

QCursor

getThemeIcon(name: str)QIcon

Helper to get a theme icon. It will fall back to the default theme if the active theme does not have the required icon.

Parameters

name (str) –

Return type

QIcon

getThemePixmap(name: str, foreColor: Union[QColor, Qt.GlobalColor, QGradient] = QColor(), backColor: Union[QColor, Qt.GlobalColor, QGradient] = QColor(), size: int = 16)QPixmap

Helper to get a theme icon as a pixmap. It will fall back to the default theme if the active theme does not have the required icon.

If foreColor or backColor are specified, then these colors will be used for parametrized colors in SVG files wherever available. If colors are specified then the size argument also must be set.

Parameters
  • name (str) –

  • foreColor (Union[QColor) –

  • backColor (Union[QColor) –

  • size (int = 16) –

Return type

QPixmap

gpsConnectionRegistry()QgsGpsConnectionRegistry

Returns the application’s GPS connection registry, used for managing GPS connections.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

QgsGpsConnectionRegistry

i18nPath()str

Returns the path to the translation directory.

Return type

str

iconPath(iconFile: str)str

Returns path to the desired icon file. First it tries to use the active theme path, then default theme path

Parameters

iconFile (str) –

Return type

str

iconsPath()str

Returns the path to the icons image directory.

Return type

str

imageCache()QgsImageCache

Returns the application’s image cache, used for caching resampled versions of raster images.

See also

svgCache()

New in version 3.6.

Return type

QgsImageCache

initQgis()

loads providers

instance()QgsApplication

Returns the singleton instance of the QgsApplication.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

QgsApplication

isRunningFromBuildDir()bool

Indicates whether running from build directory (not installed)

Return type

bool

isSignalConnected(self, QMetaMethod)bool
layoutItemRegistry()QgsLayoutItemRegistry

Returns the application’s layout item registry, used for layout item types.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

QgsLayoutItemRegistry

layoutTemplatePaths()List[str]

Returns the paths to layout template directories.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

List[str]

libexecPath()str

Returns the path with utility executables (help viewer, crssync, …)

Return type

str

libraryPath()str

Returns the path containing qgis_core, qgis_gui, qgispython (and other) libraries

Return type

str

licenceFilePath()str

Returns the path to the licence file.

Return type

str

locale()str

Returns the QGIS locale.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

str

localizedDataPathRegistry()QgsLocalizedDataPathRegistry

Returns the registry of data repositories These are used as paths for basemaps, logos, etc. which can be referenced differently across work stations.

New in version 3.14.

Return type

QgsLocalizedDataPathRegistry

maxConcurrentConnectionsPerPool(self)int

The maximum number of concurrent connections per connections pool.

Note

QGIS may in some situations allocate more than this amount of connections to avoid deadlocks.

New in version 3.4.

Return type

int

maxThreads()int

Gets maximum concurrent thread count

New in version 2.4.

Return type

int

messageLog()QgsMessageLog

Returns the application’s message log.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

QgsMessageLog

metadataPath()str

Returns the path to the metadata directory.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

str

networkContentFetcherRegistry()QgsNetworkContentFetcherRegistry

Returns the application’s network content registry used for fetching temporary files during QGIS session

New in version 3.2.

Return type

QgsNetworkContentFetcherRegistry

notify(self, receiver: QObject, event: QEvent)bool

Catch exceptions when sending event to receiver.

Parameters
  • receiver (QObject) –

  • event (QEvent) –

Return type

bool

nullRepresentation()str

This string is used to represent the value NULL throughout QGIS.

In general, when passing values around, prefer to use a null QVariant QVariant( field.type() ) or QVariant( QVariant.Int ). This value should only be used in the final presentation step when showing values in a widget or sending it to a web browser.

Return type

str

nullRepresentationChanged

copydoc nullRepresentation() [signal]

numericFormatRegistry()QgsNumericFormatRegistry

Gets the registry of available numeric formats.

New in version 3.12.

Return type

QgsNumericFormatRegistry

osName()str

Returns a string name of the operating system QGIS is running on.

See also

platform()

New in version 2.14.

Return type

str

pageSizeRegistry()QgsPageSizeRegistry

Returns the application’s page size registry, used for managing layout page sizes.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

QgsPageSizeRegistry

paintEffectRegistry()QgsPaintEffectRegistry

Returns the application’s paint effect registry, used for managing paint effects.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

QgsPaintEffectRegistry

pkgDataPath()str

Returns the common root path of all application data directories.

Return type

str

platform()str

Returns the QGIS platform name, e.g., “desktop” or “server”.

See also

osName()

New in version 2.14.

Return type

str

pluginLayerRegistry()QgsPluginLayerRegistry

Returns the application’s plugin layer registry, used for managing plugin layer types.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

QgsPluginLayerRegistry

pluginPath()str

Returns the path to the application plugin directory.

Return type

str

pointCloudRendererRegistry()QgsPointCloudRendererRegistry

Returns the application’s point cloud renderer registry, used for managing point cloud layer 2D renderers.

New in version 3.18.

Return type

QgsPointCloudRendererRegistry

prefixPath()str

Returns the path to the application prefix directory.

Return type

str

processingRegistry()QgsProcessingRegistry

Returns the application’s processing registry, used for managing processing providers, algorithms, and various parameters and outputs.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

QgsProcessingRegistry

profiler()QgsRuntimeProfiler

Returns the application runtime profiler.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

QgsRuntimeProfiler

projectStorageRegistry()QgsProjectStorageRegistry

Returns registry of available project storage implementations.

New in version 3.2.

Return type

QgsProjectStorageRegistry

qgisAuthDatabaseFilePath()str

Returns the path to the user authentication database file: qgis-auth.db.

Return type

str

qgisMasterDatabaseFilePath()str

Returns the path to the master qgis.db file.

Return type

str

qgisSettingsDirPath()str

Returns the path to the settings directory in user’s home dir

Return type

str

qgisUserDatabaseFilePath()str

Returns the path to the user qgis.db file.

Return type

str

qmlImportPath()str

Returns the path where QML components are installed for QGIS Quick library. Returns empty string when QGIS is built without Quick support

New in version 3.2.

Return type

str

receivers(self, PYQT_SIGNAL)int
registerGdalDriversFromSettings()

Register gdal drivers, excluding the ones mentioned in “gdal/skipList” setting.

New in version 3.10.

registerOgrDrivers()

Register OGR drivers ensuring this only happens once. This is a workaround for an issue with older gdal versions that caused duplicate driver name entries to appear in the list of registered drivers when QgsApplication.registerOgrDrivers was called multiple times.

relativePathToAbsolutePath(rpath: str, targetPath: str)str

Converts path relative to target to an absolute path

Parameters
  • rpath (str) –

  • targetPath (str) –

Return type

str

renderer3DRegistry()Qgs3DRendererRegistry

Returns registry of available 3D renderers.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

Qgs3DRendererRegistry

rendererRegistry()QgsRendererRegistry

Returns the application’s renderer registry, used for managing vector layer renderers.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

QgsRendererRegistry

reportStyleSheet(styleSheetType: QgsApplication.StyleSheetType = QgsApplication.StyleSheetType.Qt)str

Returns a css style sheet for reports, the styleSheetType argument determines what type of stylesheet is supported by the widget.

Typically you will use this method by doing: QString myStyle = QgsApplication.reportStyleSheet(); textBrowserReport->:py:func:~QgsApplication.document->setDefaultStyleSheet(myStyle); if you are using a QgsWebView you will need to manually inject the CSS into a head -> script tag instead.

Return type

str

Returns

the stylesheet CSS rules.

Note

if styleSheetType equals StyleSheetType.Qt you can use the special Qt extensions too, for example the gradient fills for backgrounds.

Parameters

styleSheetType (QgsApplication.StyleSheetType = QgsApplication.StyleSheetType.Qt) –

requestForTranslatableObjects

Emitted when project strings which require translation are being collected for inclusion in a .ts file. In order to register translatable strings, connect to this signal and register the strings within the specified translationContext.

New in version 3.4: [signal]

Parameters

translationContext (QgsTranslationContext) –

resolvePkgPath()str

Calculate the application pkg path

Return type

str

Returns

the resolved pkg path

restoreGdalDriver(driver: str)

Sets the GDAL_SKIP environment variable to exclude the specified driver and then calls GDALDriverManager.AutoSkipDrivers() to unregister it. The driver name should be the short format of the Gdal driver name e.g. GTIFF.

Parameters

driver (str) –

scaleBarRendererRegistry()QgsScaleBarRendererRegistry

Gets the registry of available scalebar renderers.

New in version 3.14.

Return type

QgsScaleBarRendererRegistry

scaleIconSize(standardSize: int, applyDevicePixelRatio: bool = False)int

Scales an icon size to compensate for display pixel density, making the icon size hi-dpi friendly, whilst still resulting in pixel-perfect sizes for low-dpi displays.

standardSize should be set to a standard icon size, e.g. 16, 24, 48, etc.

New in version 3.16.

Parameters
  • standardSize (int) –

  • applyDevicePixelRatio (bool = False) –

Return type

int

sender(self)QObject
senderSignalIndex(self)int
serverResourcesPath()str

Returns the path to the server resources directory.

Return type

str

setAuthDatabaseDirPath(authDbDirPath: str)

Alters authentication data base directory path - used by 3rd party apps

Parameters

authDbDirPath (str) –

setCustomVariable(name: str, value: Any)

Set a single custom expression variable.

New in version 3.0.

Parameters
  • name (str) –

  • value (Any) –

setCustomVariables(customVariables: Dict[str, Any])

Custom expression variables for this application. Do not include generated variables (like system name, user name etc.)

New in version 3.0.

Parameters

customVariables (Dict[str) –

setDefaultSvgPaths(pathList: Iterable[str])

Alters default svg paths - used by 3rd party apps.

Parameters

pathList (Iterable[str]) –

setFileOpenEventReceiver(receiver: QObject)

Sets the FileOpen event receiver

Parameters

receiver (QObject) –

setMaxThreads(maxThreads: int)

Set maximum concurrent thread count

Note

must be between 1 and #cores, -1 means use all available cores

New in version 2.4.

Parameters

maxThreads (int) –

setNullRepresentation(nullRepresentation: str)

copydoc nullRepresentation()

Parameters

nullRepresentation (str) –

setPkgDataPath(pkgDataPath: str)

Alters pkg data path - used by 3rd party apps

Parameters

pkgDataPath (str) –

setPluginPath(pluginPath: str)

Alters plugin path - used by 3rd party apps

Parameters

pluginPath (str) –

setPrefixPath(prefixPath: str, useDefaultPaths: bool = False)

Alters prefix path - used by 3rd party apps

Parameters
  • prefixPath (str) –

  • useDefaultPaths (bool = False) –

setSkippedGdalDrivers(skippedGdalDrivers: Iterable[str], deferredSkippedGdalDrivers: Iterable[str])

Sets the list of gdal drivers that should be disabled (skippedGdalDrivers), but excludes for now the ones defines in deferredSkippedGdalDrivers. This writes the “gdal/skipList” setting.

New in version 3.10.

Parameters
  • skippedGdalDrivers (Iterable[str]) –

  • deferredSkippedGdalDrivers (Iterable[str]) –

setSvgPaths(svgPaths: Iterable[str])

Sets the paths to svg directories and invalidates the svg path list cache.

New in version 3.18.

Parameters

svgPaths (Iterable[str]) –

setThemeName(themeName: str)

Set the active theme to the specified theme. The theme name should be a single word e.g. ‘default’,’classic’. The theme search path usually will be pkgDataPath + “/themes/” + themName + “/” but plugin writers etc can use themeName() as a basis for searching for resources in their own datastores e.g. a Qt4 resource bundle.

Note

A basic test will be carried out to ensure the theme search path based on the supplied theme name exists. If it does not the theme name will be reverted to ‘default’.

Parameters

themeName (str) –

setTranslation(translation: str)

Set translation

New in version 3.4.

Parameters

translation (str) –

setUITheme(themeName: str)

Set the current UI theme used to style the interface. Use uiThemes() to find valid themes to use. Variables found in variables.qss will be added to the stylesheet on load.

Parameters

themeName (str) – The name of the theme.

Note

using an invalid theme name will reset to default

shortNameRegExp()QRegExp

Returns the short name regular expression for line edit validator

Return type

QRegExp

showSettings()str

Convenience function to get a summary of the paths used in this application instance useful for debugging mainly.

Return type

str

skipGdalDriver(driver: str)

Sets the GDAL_SKIP environment variable to include the specified driver and then calls GDALDriverManager.AutoSkipDrivers() to unregister it. The driver name should be the short format of the Gdal driver name e.g. GTIFF.

Parameters

driver (str) –

skippedGdalDrivers()List[str]

Returns the list of gdal drivers that should be skipped (based on GDAL_SKIP environment variable)

Return type

List[str]

sourceCache()QgsSourceCache

Returns the application’s source cache, used for caching embedded and remote source strings as local files

New in version 3.16.

Return type

QgsSourceCache

splashPath()str

Returns the path to the splash screen image directory.

Return type

str

sponsorsFilePath()str

Returns the path to the sponsors file.

Return type

str

srsDatabaseFilePath()str

Returns the path to the srs.db file.

Return type

str

svgCache()QgsSvgCache

Returns the application’s SVG cache, used for caching SVG images and handling parameter replacement within SVG files.

See also

imageCache()

New in version 3.0.

Return type

QgsSvgCache

svgPaths()List[str]

Returns the paths to svg directories.

Return type

List[str]

symbol3DRegistry()Qgs3DSymbolRegistry

Returns registry of available 3D symbols.

New in version 3.16.

Return type

Qgs3DSymbolRegistry

symbolLayerRegistry()QgsSymbolLayerRegistry

Returns the application’s symbol layer registry, used for managing symbol layers.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

QgsSymbolLayerRegistry

systemEnvVars()Dict[str, str]

Returns the system environment variables passed to application.

Return type

Dict[str, str]

taskManager()QgsTaskManager

Returns the application’s task manager, used for managing application wide background task handling.

New in version 3.0.

Return type

QgsTaskManager

themeName()str

Set the active theme to the specified theme. The theme name should be a single word e.g. ‘default’,’classic’. The theme search path usually will be pkgDataPath + “/themes/” + themName + “/” but plugin writers etc can use this method as a basis for searching for resources in their own datastores e.g. a Qt4 resource bundle.

Return type

str

timerEvent(self, QTimerEvent)
translatorsFilePath()str

Returns the path to the sponsors file.

Return type

str

uiThemes()Dict[str, str]

All themes found in ~/.qgis3/themes folder. The path is to the root folder for the theme

Return type

Dict[str, str]

Returns

A hash of theme name and theme path. Valid theme folders contain style.qss

Note

Valid theme folders must contain a style.qss file.

userFullName()str

Returns the user’s operating system login account full display name.

See also

userLoginName()

New in version 2.14.

Return type

str

userLoginName()str

Returns the user’s operating system login account name.

See also

userFullName()

New in version 2.14.

Return type

str

userStylePath()str

Returns the path to user’s style.

Return type

str

userThemesFolder()str

Returns the path to user’s themes folder

Return type

str

validityCheckRegistry()QgsValidityCheckRegistry

Returns the application’s validity check registry, used for managing validity checks.

New in version 3.6.

Return type

QgsValidityCheckRegistry