ECC-1630: Get API version as an integer

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Changelog for eccodes-python
 1.6.0 (2023-07-dd)
 --------------------
 
+- ECC-1630: Get API version as an integer
 - ECC-1601: GRIB: Support data values array decoded in single-precision
 - ECC-1611: Add function to determine if a BUFR key is a coordinate descriptor
 

gribapi/gribapi.py

@@ -2283,11 +2283,12 @@ def grib_gts_header(flag):
         lib.grib_gts_header_off(context)
 
 
-def grib_get_api_version():
+def grib_get_api_version(vformat=str):
     """
     @brief Get the API version.
 
-    Returns the version of the API as a string in the format "major.minor.revision".
+    Returns the version of the API as a string in the format "major.minor.revision"
+    or as an integer (10000*major + 100*minor + revision)
     """
 
     def div(v, d):
@@ -2297,11 +2298,14 @@ def div(v, d):
         raise RuntimeError("Could not load the ecCodes library!")
 
     v = lib.grib_get_api_version()
-    v, revision = div(v, 100)
-    v, minor = div(v, 100)
-    major = v
 
-    return "%d.%d.%d" % (major, minor, revision)
+    if vformat is str:
+        v, revision = div(v, 100)
+        v, minor = div(v, 100)
+        major = v
+        return "%d.%d.%d" % (major, minor, revision)
+    else:
+        return v
 
 
 __version__ = grib_get_api_version()

tests/test_eccodes.py

@@ -56,6 +56,17 @@ def test_codes_set_samples_path():
     eccodes.codes_set_samples_path(eccodes.codes_samples_path())
 
 
+def test_api_version():
+    vs = eccodes.codes_get_api_version()
+    assert type(vs) == str
+    assert len(vs) > 0
+    assert vs == eccodes.codes_get_api_version(str)
+    vi = eccodes.codes_get_api_version(int)
+    assert type(vi) == int
+    assert vi > 20000
+    print(vi)
+
+
 def test_version_info():
     vinfo = eccodes.codes_get_version_info()
     assert len(vinfo) == 2