recap-core 0.3.1

A dead simple data catalog for engineers

A dead simple data catalog for engineers

About

Recap makes it easy for engineers to build infrastructure and tools that need metadata. Unlike traditional data catalogs, Recap is designed to power software. Read Recap: A Data Catalog for People Who Hate Data Catalogs to learn more.

Features

• Supports major cloud data warehouses and Postgres
• No external system dependencies required
• Designed for the CLI
• Runs as a Python library or REST API
• Fully pluggable

Installation

pip install recap-core

Commands

• recap catalog list - List a data catalog directory.
• recap catalog read - Read metadata from the data catalog.
• recap catalog search - Search the data catalog for metadata.
• recap crawl - Crawl infrastructure and save metadata in the data catalog.
• recap plugins analyzers - List all analyzer plugins.
• recap plugins browsers - List all browser plugins.
• recap plugins catalogs - List all catalog plugins.
• recap plugins commands - List all command plugins.
• recap serve - Start Recap's REST API.

Getting Started

See the Quickstart page to get started.

Warning

⚠️ This package is still under development and may not be stable. The API may break at any time.

Recap is still a little baby application. It's going to wake up crying in the middle of the night. It's going to vomit on the floor once in a while. But if you give it some love and care, it'll be worth it. As time goes on, it'll grow up and be more mature. Bear with it.