Merge branch 'main' into dev

README_SETUP.md

@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ Build documentation in `build/` with `make doc`.
 - `sphinx`
 - `sphinx-autoapi`
 - `recommonmark`
+- `sphinx_rtd_theme`
 
 ### How to contribute ###
 

src/linkahead/utils/server_side_scripting.py

@@ -99,6 +99,19 @@ def _make_request(call, pos_args, opts, files=None):
 
 def run_server_side_script(call, *args, files=None, **kwargs):
     """
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    call : str
+        name of the script to be called, potentially with path prefix (e.g. ``management/update.py``)
+    *args : list(str)
+        list of positional arguments
+    files : dict
+        dictionary with where keys are the argument names with prefix (e.g. ``-p1`` or ``-Ofile``) and
+        the values are the paths to the files to be uploaded. Note, that only the base name will be
+        used when uploaded. Files will be placed in the ``.upload_files`` folder. Thus, the script
+        will be called with the argument ``<key>=.upload_files/<basename>``.
+    **kwargs : dict
+        kwargs will be passed to ``_make_request``
 
     Return
     ------