reqmd-io

Build reqmd-import/v1 exchange bundles from Python.

This library only emits the JSON exchange format — it contains no Markdown or YAML logic. reqmd-import is the single renderer that turns a bundle into reqmd documents (schema.yaml + .md), so an importer written in Python cannot drift from the Go renderer.

Install

pip install reqmd-io

Or from the repo root:

pip install ./python

Use

from reqmd_io import Bundle, Document, Requirement

doc = Document(id_prefix="DOORS-", dir="brakes", level="stakeholder-requirements",
               title="Brakes Module", external=True,
               properties={"priority": {"type": "string", "enum": ["High", "Low"]}})

doc.add(Requirement(native_id="17", title="Brake request",
                    body="The pedal shall request braking.",
                    attrs={"priority": "High"}))
doc.add(Requirement(native_id="42", title="Brake pressure", parent="17",
                    native_trace=["17"], trace=["SYS-001"],
                    attrs={"priority": "Low"}))

Bundle([doc]).write("brakes.json")

reqmd-import brakes.json -o spec/00-doors/
reqmd check spec/

Key points:

• native_id is the source tool's own stable ID (a DOORS object number, a codeBeamer item ID). The reqmd ID becomes <id_prefix><native_id>, so re-imports never churn IDs and hand-authored trace: links keep resolving. It must not contain whitespace (an Item 42 key is rejected: nothing could ever trace: to the ID it produces).
• trace holds fully-qualified reqmd IDs. native_trace holds native IDs of other items in the same bundle and is rewritten to that item's full ID.
• attrs take strings, numbers, booleans, or flat lists of those. A string stays a string even when it looks like a number or null, so pass a real number or boolean when you mean one. Names may only contain letters, digits, _, - and .. The built-ins status and trace are reserved (there are dedicated fields).
• body is Markdown and may contain headings (they become info items), but not a fence whose info string is attr directly under a heading — that pair would become a requirement of its own.
• properties declares the attr-block JSON Schema; regenerating with a new attr means adding it there.

A complete, runnable importer is in examples/csv_import.py — one generic reader for DOORS and codeBeamer CSV exports.

Test

cd python && python -m unittest discover -s tests

Releasing

reqmd-io versions independently of the reqmd binaries: bump it only for a new feature or an exchange-format change, not for every reqmd release. The version in pyproject.toml is the single source of truth.

# 1. bump the version in pyproject.toml (PyPI never allows a reuse)
# 2. land it on main, then tag with the py-v prefix (NOT the bare v prefix):
git tag py-v0.1.0 && git push origin py-v0.1.0

The py-v* tag triggers .github/workflows/publish-python.yml, which runs the tests, builds the sdist and wheel, runs twine check, and fails if the tag and the packaged version disagree. Publishing uses PyPI Trusted Publishing, so no API token secret is stored.

To rehearse before a real release, build locally and upload to TestPyPI:

cd python
python -m build && twine check dist/*
twine upload -r testpypi dist/*

First-time setup (once, on PyPI): add a pending publisher for the project reqmd-io with owner dVoo, repository reqmd, workflow publish-python.yml, and environment pypi.