Getting Started
Setting up the Materials Project API client.
The MPRester is a Python client provided by the Materials Project for easily accessing data through its API. It can be found in the
mp-api
package, which can be installed most easily using pip
:pip install mp_api
git clone https://github.com/materialsproject/api
cd api
python setup.py
An API key is needed in order to use the client. This is a unique key provided to each Materials Project account. Your API key can be found on your profile dashboard page or the main API page once logged in.
The MPRester client can then be imported and instantiated. It is preferred to use Python's
with
context manager for session management:from mp_api.client import MPRester
with MPRester("your_api_key_here") as mpr:
#do stuff with mpr...
See the following sections for details on how to query different types of data.
Relevant Code Links

api/client.py at main · materialsproject/api
GitHub
MPRester client code
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