index-forum 2.5.4

Dataset operations: read and write

Typical usage often looks like this:

from pyjstat import pyjstat

EXAMPLE_URL = 'http://json-stat.org/samples/galicia.json'

# read from json-stat
dataset = pyjstat.Dataset.read(EXAMPLE_URL)

# write to dataframe
df = dataset.write('dataframe')
print(df)

# read from dataframe
dataset_from_df = pyjstat.Dataset.read(df)

# write to json-stat
print(dataset_from_df.write())

Dataset operation: get_value

This operation mimics the Javascript example in the JSON-stat web page:

from pyjstat import pyjstat

EXAMPLE_URL = 'http://json-stat.org/samples/oecd.json'
query = [{'concept': 'UNR'}, {'area': 'US'}, {'year': '2010'}]

dataset = pyjstat.Dataset.read(EXAMPLE_URL)
print(dataset.get_value(query))

Collection operations: read and write

A collection can be parsed into a list of dataframes:

from pyjstat import pyjstat

EXAMPLE_URL = 'http://json-stat.org/samples/collection.json'

collection = pyjstat.Collection.read(EXAMPLE_URL)
df_list = collection.write('dataframe_list')
print(df_list)

Example with UK ONS API

In the following example, apikey parameter must be replaced by a real api key from ONS. This dataset corresponds to residence type by sex by age in London:

EXAMPLE_URL = 'http://web.ons.gov.uk/ons/api/data/dataset/DC1104EW.json?'\
              'context=Census&jsontype=json-stat&apikey=yourapikey&'\
              'geog=2011HTWARDH&diff=&totals=false&'\
              'dm/2011HTWARDH=E12000007'
dataset = pyjstat.Dataset.read(EXAMPLE_URL)
df = dataset.write('dataframe')
print(df)

More examples

More examples can be found in the examples directory, both for versions 1.3 and 2.0.

From JSON-stat to pandas DataFrame

Typical usage often looks like this:

from pyjstat import pyjstat
import requests
from collections import OrderedDict

EXAMPLE_URL = 'http://json-stat.org/samples/us-labor.json'

data = requests.get(EXAMPLE_URL)
results = pyjstat.from_json_stat(data.json(object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict))
print (results)

From pandas DataFrame to JSON-stat

The same data can be converted into JSON-stat, with some unavoidable metadata loss:

from pyjstat import pyjstat
import requests
from collections import OrderedDict
import json

EXAMPLE_URL = 'http://json-stat.org/samples/us-labor.json'

data = requests.get(EXAMPLE_URL)
results = pyjstat.from_json_stat(data.json(object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict))
print (results)
print (json.dumps(json.loads(pyjstat.to_json_stat(results))))

Changes

For a changes, fixes, improvements and new features reference, see CHANGES.txt.