flatdata-py

Python 3 implementation of flatdata.

Basic usage

Once you have created a flatdata schema file, you can generate a Python module to read your existing flatdata archive:

flatdata-generator --gen py --schema locations.flatdata --output-file locations.py

Using the inspector

flatdata-py comes with a handy tool called the flatdata-inspector to inspect the contents of an archive:

• from the flatdata-py source directory:

./inspector.py
# or
python3 -m flatdata.lib.inspector

• if you want to install flatdata-py:

pip3 install flatdata-py[inspector]  # the inspector feature requires IPython
flatdata-inspector -p /path/to/my/flatdata.archive

Using the writer

flatdata-writer is an addition to flatdata-py that can create flatdata archives from a flatdata schema, with the following limitations:

• does not allow adding additional sub-archives to an existing archive

• supports only bulk-writing (no streaming)

• not optimized for performance

• from the flatdata-py source directory

./writer.py --schema archive.flatdata --output-dir testdir --json-file data.json --resource-name resourcename
#or
python3 -m flatdata.lib.writer --schema archive.flatdata --output-dir testdir --json-file data.json --resource-name resourcename

Note that the flatdata-writer CLI tool can only write one resource at a time. For archives that have multiple non-optional resources, the tool has to be executed separately for each resource. Only after all resources have been written can the archive be opened.

• if you want to install flatdata-py:

pip3 install flatdata-py[writer]
flatdata-writer --schema archive.flatdata --output-dir testdir --json-file data.json --resource-name resourcename