Download Python, Matlab, or IDL APIs to remotely access Madrigal

Madrigal is now easy to access from any platform remotely using web services. Since these API's have been tested on both Windows and Unix, they are available both as tar files and zip files.

To use any of these API's, there is usually no need to read any documentation. Just create the command to run using the web page at https://cedar.openmadrigal.org/chooseScript/ .

New! - The python, Matlab, and IDL API's now all have a globalDownload method, which allows you to download any group of Madrigal files with one simple command. Also, they can now download Hdf5, netCDF4, and Ascii files from Madrigal 3 site such as https://cedar.openmadrigal.org.

Download madrigalWeb python Madrigal API - This 3.3.3 release works with both python 2 and python 3. It has a new feature that allows users to create a single citation that points to a list of CEDAR Madrigal files.
- madrigalWeb-3.3.3.tar.gz (last updated Apr. 10, 2025)
- madrigalWeb-3.3.3-py3-none-any.whl (last updated Apr. 10, 2025)
- Can also be installed via pip: pip install madrigalWeb
- Documentation - Scripts, Tutorial, Reference
Download remote Matlab Madrigal API - This 2.4.8 release works fully with both Madrigal 3.0 and Madrigal 2.6. This release requires wget to download files or run isprint.
- remoteMatlabAPI-2.4.8.tar.gz (last updated Nov. 15, 2022)
- remoteMatlabAPI-2.4.8.zip (last updated Nov. 15, 2022)
- Documentation - Scripts, Tutorial, Reference
Download remote IDL Madrigal API - This 1.3.4 release works fully with both Madrigal 3.0 and Madrigal 2.6. This release requires wget be installed.
- remoteIDL_API-1.3.4.tar.gz (last updated Jul. 29, 2019)
- remoteIDL_API-1.3.4.zip (last updated Jul. 29, 2019)
- Documentation - Scripts, Tutorials, Reference

Try Madrigal 3.2 (python 3 based) at http://millstonehill.haystack.mit.edu

Download Madrigal 3.2.9 - Released May 27, 2025

Madrigal 3.2.9 is now released. For a full list of new features, see the Madrigal What's New page. Please contact Katherine Cariglia with any questions or problems. Requires autotools (automake, autoconf, aclocal, autoheader, libtool) be installed.

Complete instructions for installing Madrigal for the first time, or for upgrading to the latest release, are available in the documentation.

Complete Madrigal Distribution

Download Madrigal 3.2.9 (released May 27, 2025) . Please contact Katherine Cariglia with any problems.
Download Madrigal 3 Sample Experiments (needed when Madrigal first installed).
Madrigal 3 requires slight changes to programs that create Madrigal files, because now independent parameters must be declared. See the documentation for details