pica-dbapi 0.1.3

A lightweight and fun DBAPI built on pandas/csv 🎉. Supported SQL: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, JOIN, GROUP BY.

Pica DBAPI 🎉

Welcome to Pica DBAPI - a lightweight and fun Pandas Integrated CSV API!
Pica stands for Pandas Integrated CSV API.

Features 🌟

• Lightweight DBAPI built on Pandas and CSV 📊
• Simple and intuitive API 🤩
• Supports common SQL operations: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, JOIN, GROUP BY 🛠️
• Automatic lazy-loading of CSV files 🚀
• CREATE TABLE and DROP TABLE operations 🗃️
• Comprehensive test coverage with pytest ✅

Installation 🔧

pip install pica-dbapi

Supported SQL Operations 📝

Pica supports the following SQL operations:

• SELECT: Retrieve data from CSV files. 🔍
• INSERT: Insert new records into CSV files. ➕
• UPDATE: Update existing records in CSV files. 🔄
• DELETE: Delete records from CSV files. ❌
• JOIN: Join rows from multiple CSV files. 🔗
• GROUP BY: Aggregate records using GROUP BY clauses. 📊
• CREATE TABLE: Create a new CSV file with specified columns. 🆕
• DROP TABLE: Delete the CSV file and remove the corresponding table object. 🗑️

Quick Start 🚀

Below is a quick start guide demonstrating key features (as shown in example_basic.py):

# Clone the repository 📥
git clone https://github.com/kitfactory/pica.git
cd pica

# Create a virtual environment and install dependencies 🛠️
python -m venv .venv
# On Windows:
.venv\Scripts\activate
# On Unix/Linux:
# source .venv/bin/activate

# Install Pica in editable mode 🔧
pip install -e .

# Run the example ▶️
python example/example_basic.py

This example demonstrates various features including:

• Basic SELECT with WHERE clause 🔍
• GROUP BY with aggregation 📊
• JOIN operations between CSV-backed tables 🔗
• Direct usage with Pandas DataFrame 🐼
• Automatic lazy-loading of CSV files when initial DataFrames are not provided 🚀
• CREATE TABLE and DROP TABLE functionalities 🗃️ 🗑️

Contributing 🤝

Contributions and suggestions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request. 💬✨

License 📄

This project is licensed under the MIT License.