aqorm 1.1.0

SQLAlchemy ORM template for air quality measurement related work. Used as a resource for other packages developed as part of my postgraduate studies.

Documentation: https://caderidris.github.io/aqorm/

Contact: [e-mail]

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Table of Contents

1. Summary
2. Installation
3. Schema
4. Development
5. Extra

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Summary

The Aqorm schema is used across multiple of my projects to represent low-cost air quality sensor measurements. It allows the aggregation of measurements from multiple sources into a consistent data format. It is separated into its own package for portability.

Supports SQLite3, DuckDB and PostgreSQL out of the box.

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Installation

pip install aqorm

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Schema

dim_device

This table contains information relevant to each device.

Column	Type	PK	Unique	Nullable	Description
key	VARCHAR	Y	Y	N	The key used for the device in the measurements table, used to relate the two tables
name	VARCHAR	N	Y	N	The full name of the device
short_name	VARCHAR	N	Y	N	A short name for the device, to be used in places such as graph axis labels where space is a premium
dataset	VARCHAR	N	N	N	Which dataset the device came from
reference	BOOLEAN	N	N	N	Will this device be used as a reference or reference equivalent device?
other	JSON	N	N	Y	Any other information, stored as a json for flexibility

dim_header

This table contains information relevant to each measurement header.

Column	Type	PK	Unique	Nullable	Description
header	VARCHAR	Y	Y	N	The measurement header (column name in the measurement csvs)
parameter	VARCHAR	N	N	N	The parameter the measurement represents (i.e. NO2, T)
unit	VARCHAR	N	N	N	The unit of measurement (e.g. nA, %)
other	JSON	N	N	Y	Any other information, stored as a json for flexibility

bridge_device_headers

This table contains headers corresponding to a measurement made by a device.

Column	Type	PK	Unique	Nullable	Description
device_key	VARCHAR	Y	N	N	The device key that made the measurements
header	VARCHAR	Y	N	N	The header corresponding to a measurement
flag	VARCHAR	N	N	N	Any flag associated with the measurement

Constraints

device_key must be a PK in the dim_device table.

header must be a PK in the dim_header table.

dim_unit_conversion

Information on how to convert from one unit of measurement to another. May not be useful for anything more than reference, but could be used to automate standardisation of reference measurements (some are in ppb, some in μgm-3).

Column	Type	PK	Unique	Nullable	Description
unit_in	VARCHAR	Y	N	N	The initial unit of measurement (i.e. ppb)
unit_out	VARCHAR	Y	N	N	The resulting unit of measurement (i.e. μgm-3)
parameter	VARCHAR	Y	N	N	What parameter the unit of measurement represents (i.e. NO2, O3)
scale	FLOAT	N	N	N	Value to multiply the measurements by for conversion

fact_measurement

All measurements made by both low-cost sensors and reference devices. The measurement columns are json to maximise flexibility, but this may come at the cost of performance.

Column	Type	PK	Unique	Nullable	Description
time	DATETIME	Y	N	N	The time the measurement was made
device_key	VARCHAR	Y	N	N	The device that made the measurement
measurements	JSON	N	N	N	The measurements
flags	JSON	N	N	Y	The flags corresponding to the measurement
meta	JSON	N	N	Y	Any other metadata related to the measurement

Constraints

device_key must be a PK in the dim_device table.

dim_colocation

Periods where a device was co-located with another.

Column	Type	PK	Unique	Nullable	Description
device_key	VARCHAR	Y	N	N	The co-located device
other_key	VARCHAR	Y	N	N	The reference device
start_date	DATETIME	Y	N	N	The start of the co-location
end_date	DATETIME	Y	N	N	The end of the co-location

Constraints

device_key must be a PK in the dim_device table.

other_key must be a PK in the dim_device table.

meta_files_processed

Which files have already been processed?

Column	Type	PK	Unique	Nullable	Description
filename	VARCHAR	Y	Y	N	The file that has been processed
timestamp	DATETIME	N	N	Y	The time it was processed

DB Diagram generated by DBeaver

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Development

This code is fully unit tested, with 100% coverage. It also undergoes a suite of static tests and linting.

Of particular note are the DB tests in test_orm.py, which test all of the unique and foreign key constraints in each table for each DB, ensuring they all behave as intended. This is especially important for SQLite which has some weird behaviour, particularly as it doesn't strictly enforce foreign key constraints by default. It also means that behaviour shouldn't deviate depending on which DB the user chooses to use.

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Extra

Connection String

The connection string corresponds to a SQLAlchemy connection string. The three supported options are:

DB	String prefix
DuckDB	duckdb://
SQLite	sqlite+pysqlite://
PostgreSQL	postgresql+psycopg://

Other DBs are unsupported but may work if you install the required packages.