handle_output_metadata

qcengine.util.handle_output_metadata(output_data, metadata, raise_error=False, return_dict=True, convert_version=-1)[source]

Fuses general metadata and output together.

Parameters:

  • output_data (Union[Dict[str, Any], AtomicResult, OptimizationResult, FailedOperation]) – The original output object to be fused with metadata

  • metadata (Dict[str, Any]) – Metadata produced by the compute_wrapper context manager

  • raise_error (bool) – Raise an exception if errors exist (True) or return FailedOperation (False)

  • return_dict (bool) – Return dictionary or object representation of data

  • convert_version (int) – The schema version to convert to before return. If -1, don’t convert.

Returns:

result – Output type depends on return_dict or a dict if an error was generated in model construction

Return type:

AtomicResult, OptimizationResult, FailedOperation, or dict representation of any one.