maxi-format 0.2.0

Python library for parsing and dumping MAXI schema + records

maxi-schema for Python

Python library for parsing and dumping MAXI schema + records.

Install

pip install maxi-format

API overview

Function	Description
parse_maxi(input, **options)	Parse MAXI text → MaxiParseResult (schema + raw records)
stream_maxi(input, **options)	Parse schema eagerly, yield records lazily via async iterator
parse_maxi_as(input, class_map, **options)	Parse + hydrate records into class instances
parse_maxi_auto_as(input, classes, **options)	Same, with alias inferred from __maxi_schema__
dump_maxi(data, **options)	Serialize objects / parse results → MAXI text
dump_maxi_auto(objects, **options)	Same, with schema inferred from __maxi_schema__
define_maxi_schema(Cls, schema)	Register a schema descriptor for a class
get_maxi_schema(ClsOrInstance)	Look up a registered schema descriptor
MaxiModel	Declarative base class for schema-annotated models

Quick start

Parse

import asyncio
from maxi import parse_maxi

input_text = """
U:User(id:int|name|email)
###
U(1|Julie|[e-mail])
""".strip()

res = asyncio.run(parse_maxi(input_text))
print(res.records[0].values)  # [1, 'Julie', '[e-mail]']

Parse into class instances

import asyncio
from maxi import parse_maxi_auto_as

class User:
    __maxi_schema__ = {
        "alias": "U",
        "fields": [{"name": "id", "typeExpr": "int"}, {"name": "name"}, {"name": "email"}],
    }
    def __init__(self, id=None, name=None, email=None):
        self.id = id
        self.name = name
        self.email = email

result = asyncio.run(parse_maxi_auto_as(input_text, [User]))
user_instance = result.data["U"][0]

print(isinstance(user_instance, User))  # True
print(user_instance.name)               # 'Julie'

Dump

Using MaxiModel for zero-config dumping:

from maxi import dump_maxi_auto
from maxi.models import MaxiModel, IntField, StrField

class User(MaxiModel, alias="U"):
    id = IntField(id=True)
    name = StrField()

maxi = dump_maxi_auto([User(id=1, name="Julie")])

Or with explicit types via dump_maxi:

from maxi import dump_maxi

maxi = dump_maxi([{"id": 1, "name": "Julie"}],
    default_alias="U",
    types=[{"alias": "U", "name": "User", "fields": [{"name": "id", "typeExpr": "int"}, {"name": "name"}]}],
)

Documentation

• docs/parser.md — full parser guide: parse_maxi, stream_maxi, parse_maxi_as, parse_maxi_auto_as, hydration, MaxiModel, options
• docs/dumper.md — full dumper guide: dump_maxi, dump_maxi_auto, schema-annotated classes, references, inheritance, options

MAXI format (quick reference)

U:User(id:int|name|email=unknown)   ← type definition
###                                  ← section separator
U(1|Julie|~)                         ← record  (~ = explicit null)

• Omitted trailing fields use their declared default value.
• See the MAXI spec for the full format definition.

Test

Requires pytest and pytest-asyncio.

pip install pytest pytest-asyncio
pytest

License

Released under the MIT License.