datatree 0.1.8

Summary

DataTree is a DSL for creating structured documents in python. Inspired by ruby builder but with the goal of reducing the amount of line noise associated with creating XML documents in python. As an added bonus the tree can be output to to any structured format (with XML, JSON and YAML supported in the library).

Note: More documentation is coming soon but for now a very basic rough draft can be found at datatree.readthedocs.org.

Installation

You can install via PyPi or direct from the github repo.

To install with pip:

$ pip install datatree

To install with easy_install:

$ easy_install datatree

Example

A small example:

from datatree import Tree, Node

tree = Tree()
with tree.author() as author:
    author.name('Terry Pratchett')
    author.genre('Fantasy/Comedy')
    author // "Only 2 books listed"
    with author.novels(count=2) as novels:
        novels.novel('Small Gods', year=1992)
        novels.novel('The Fifth Elephant', year=1999)
        novels << Node("novel", "Guards! Guards!", year=1989)

print tree(pretty=True)

Which produces the XML:

<author>
    <name>Terry Pratchett</name>
    <genre>Fantasy/Comedy</genre>
    <!-- Only 2 books listed -->
    <novels count="2">
        <novel year="1992">Small Gods</novel>
        <novel year="1999">The Fifth Elephant</novel>
        <novel year="1989">Guards! Guards!</novel>
    </novels>
</author>

Or the JSON:

{
    "author": {
        "genre": "Fantasy/Comedy",
        "name": "Terry Pratchett",
        "novels": [
            "Small Gods",
            "The Fifth Elephant",
            "Guards! Guards!"
        ]
    }
}

Or the YAML:

author:
  genre: Fantasy/Comedy
  name: Terry Pratchett
  novels: [Small Gods, The Fifth Elephant, Guards! Guards!]