Utility for comparing results between data sources
Project description
COMPARATOR
Comparator is a utility for comparing the results of queries run against two databases. Future development will include support for APIs, static files, and more.
Installation
pip install comparator
Usage
Overview
import comparator as cpt
conf = cpt.DbConfig()
l = cpt.db.PostgresDb(**conf.default)
r = cpt.db.PostgresDb(**conf.other_db)
query = 'SELECT * FROM my_table ORDER BY 1'
c = cpt.Comparator(l, r, query)
c.run_comparisons()
[('first_eq_comp', True)]
Included Comparisons
There are some basic comparisons included, and they can be imported and passed using constants.
from comparator.comps import BASIC_COMP, LEN_COMP
c = cpt.Comparator(l, r, query, comps=[BASIC_COMP, LEN_COMP])
c.run_comparisons()
[('basic_comp', True), ('len_comp', True)]
Queries and Exceptions
It’s possible to run different queries against each database. You can raise exceptions if that’s your speed.
lq = 'SELECT * FROM my_table ORDER BY 1'
rq = 'SELECT id, uuid, name FROM reporting.my_table ORDER BY 1'
comparisons = [cpt.BASIC_COMP, cpt.LEN_COMP]
c = cpt.Comparator(l, r, left_query=lq, right_query=rq, comps=comparisons)
for result in c.compare():
if not result:
raise Exception('{} check failed!'.format(result.name))
Custom Comparisons
You’ll probably want to define your own comparison checks. You can do so by defining functions that accept left and right args, which, if coming from one of the included database classes, will be a QueryResult class representing your query’s output. Perform whatever magic you like, and return a boolean (or not… your choice).
def left_is_longer(left, right):
# Return True if left contains more rows than right
return len(left) > len(right)
def totals_are_equal(left, right):
# Return True if sum(left) == sum(right)
sl = sr = 0
for row in left:
sl += int(row[1])
for row in right:
sr += int(row[1])
return sl == sr
c = cpt.Comparator(l, r, query, comps=[left_is_longer, totals_are_equal])
c.run_comparisons()
[('left_is_longer', False), ('totals_are_equal', True)]
Access Comparator and Query Results
The results of both queries and comparisons can be checked using standard operators, as well as for “truthiness” (ex: failures = [result.name for result in c.compare() if result is False]).
Comparisons do not always need to return a boolean. Accessing the resulting value of such a comparison is simple.
def len_diff(left, right):
return len(left) - len(right)
c = cpt.Comparator(l, r, query, comps=len_diff)
res = c.run_comparisons()[0]
if res == 0:
print('They match')
elif res < 0:
print('Left is shorter by {}'.format(res.result))
else:
print('Left is longer by {}'.format(res.result))
Query results are contained in the QueryResult class, which provides simple yet powerful ways to look up and access the output of the query. Data can be retrieved as a dict, list, json string, or pandas DataFrame. Rows/columns can be accesed by index, attribute, or key. Iterating on the QueryResult returns a QueryResultRow, which has the same lookup functionality, as well as standard operators (<, >, =, etc).
pg = cpt.db.PostgresDb(**conf.default)
res = pg.query(query_string)
res # [{'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}, {'a': 4, 'b': 5, 'c': 6}, {'a': 7, 'b': 8, 'c': 9}]
res.a # (1, 4, 7)
res['a'] # (1, 4, 7)
res[0] # QueryResultRow : (1, 2, 3)
res[0].a # 1
res[0]['a'] # 1
res[0][0] # 1
res.dict() # {'a': (1, 4, 7), 'b': (2, 5, 8), 'c': (3, 6, 9)}
res.list() # [(1, 2, 3), (4, 5, 6), (7, 8, 9)]
res.first() # QueryResultRow : (1, 2, 3)
These result sets can be used to great effect in comparison callables. For example, accessing the result of a query as a pandas DataFrame allows for an endless variety of checks/manipulations do be done on a single query output.
CHANGELOG
0.3.1 (2018-10-03)
add creds_file to possible BigQueryDb init kwargs
0.3.0 (2018-10-03)
DEPRECATED - the query_df method on BaseDb and subclasses
DEPRECATED - the output kwarg for Comparator results
add the execute method on BaseDb and subclasses
add the QueryResult and QueryResultRow classes
add the ComparatorSet class
add list_tables and delete_table methods to BigQueryDb
cleans up some python 2/3 compatability using six
0.2.1 (2018-09-19)
officially support Python 2.7, 3.6, and 3.7
0.2.0 (2018-09-18)
add query_df methods for returning pandas DataFrames
add output kwarg to Comparator to allow calling the query_df method
0.1.0 (2018-09-12)
initial release
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