sodapy 0.1.4

Python bindings for the Socrata Open Data API

# sodapy Python bindings for the Socrata Open Data API

Installation

You can install with pip install sodapy.

If you want to install from source, then python setup.py install.

Requirements

This wrapper could be written using only the standard library. For ease of development, I’ve opted for a few useful packages.

• Py

• Pytest

• Requests

Documentation

The official Socrata API docs provide thorough documentation of the available methods, as well as other client libraries. A quick list of eligible domains to use with the API is available here.

Examples

Retrieving data is easy! Use SQL-style keyword args to filter data, or lookup an individual row by simply appending the row identifier to the resource endpoint for that dataset.

>>> from sodapy import Socrata
>>> client = Socrata("sandbox.demo.socrata.com", "FakeAppToken", username="[e-mail]", password="ndKS92mS01msjJKs")

>>> client.get("/resource/nimj-3ivp.json", limit=2)
[{u'geolocation': {u'latitude': u'41.1085', u'needs_recoding': False, u'longitude': u'-117.6135'}, u'version': u'9', u'source': u'nn', u'region': u'Nevada', u'occurred_at': u'2012-09-14T22:38:01', u'number_of_stations': u'15', u'depth': u'7.60', u'magnitude': u'2.7', u'earthquake_id': u'00388610'}, {u'geolocation': {u'latitude': u'34.525', u'needs_recoding': False, u'longitude': u'-118.1527'}, u'version': u'0', u'source': u'ci', u'region': u'Southern California', u'occurred_at': u'2012-09-14T22:14:45', u'number_of_stations': u'35', u'depth': u'10.60', u'magnitude': u'1.5', u'earthquake_id': u'15215753'}]

>>> client.get("/resource/nimj-3ivp.json", where="depth > 300", order="magnitude DESC", exclude_system_fields=False)
[{u'geolocation': {u'latitude': u'-15.563', u'needs_recoding': False, u'longitude': u'-175.6104'}, u'version': u'9', u':updated_at': 1348778988, u'number_of_stations': u'275', u'region': u'Tonga', u':created_meta': u'21484', u'occurred_at': u'2012-09-13T21:16:43', u':id': 132, u'source': u'us', u'depth': u'328.30', u'magnitude': u'4.8', u':meta': u'{\n}', u':updated_meta': u'21484', u'earthquake_id': u'c000cnb5', u':created_at': 1348778988}, {u'geolocation': {u'latitude': u'-23.5123', u'needs_recoding': False, u'longitude': u'-179.1089'}, u'version': u'3', u':updated_at': 1348778988, u'number_of_stations': u'93', u'region': u'south of the Fiji Islands', u':created_meta': u'21484', u'occurred_at': u'2012-09-14T16:14:58', u':id': 32, u'source': u'us', u'depth': u'387.00', u'magnitude': u'4.6', u':meta': u'{\n}', u':updated_meta': u'21484', u'earthquake_id': u'c000cp1z', u':created_at': 1348778988}, {u'geolocation': {u'latitude': u'21.6711', u'needs_recoding': False, u'longitude': u'142.9236'}, u'version': u'C', u':updated_at': 1348778988, u'number_of_stations': u'136', u'region': u'Mariana Islands region', u':created_meta': u'21484', u'occurred_at': u'2012-09-13T11:19:07', u':id': 193, u'source': u'us', u'depth': u'300.70', u'magnitude': u'4.4', u':meta': u'{\n}', u':updated_meta': u'21484', u'earthquake_id': u'c000cmsq', u':created_at': 1348778988}]

>>> client.get("/resource/nimj-3ivp/193.json", exclude_system_fields=False)
{u'geolocation': {u'latitude': u'21.6711', u'needs_recoding': False, u'longitude': u'142.9236'}, u'version': u'C', u':updated_at': 1348778988, u'number_of_stations': u'136', u'region': u'Mariana Islands region', u':created_meta': u'21484', u'occurred_at': u'2012-09-13T11:19:07', u':id': 193, u'source': u'us', u'depth': u'300.70', u'magnitude': u'4.4', u':meta': u'{\n}', u':updated_meta': u'21484', u':position': 193, u'earthquake_id': u'c000cmsq', u':created_at': 1348778988}

Create a new row in an existing dataset

>>> data = [{'Delegation': 'AJU', 'Name': 'Alaska', 'Key': 'AL', 'Entity': 'Juneau'}]
>>> client.upsert("/resource/eb9n-hr43.json", data)
{u'Errors': 0, u'Rows Deleted': 0, u'Rows Updated': 0, u'By SID': 0, u'Rows Created': 1, u'By RowIdentifier': 0}

Update/Delete rows in a dataset.

>>> data = [{'Delegation': 'sfa', ':id': 8, 'Name': 'bar', 'Key': 'doo', 'Entity': 'dsfsd'}, {':id': 7, ':deleted': True}]
>>> client.upsert("/resource/eb9n-hr43.json", data)
{u'Errors': 0, u'Rows Deleted': 1, u'Rows Updated': 1, u'By SID': 2, u'Rows Created': 0, u'By RowIdentifier': 0}

Upserts can even be performed with a csv file.

>>> data = open("upsert_test.csv")
>>> client.upsert("/resource/eb9n-hr43.json", data)
{u'Errors': 0, u'Rows Deleted': 0, u'Rows Updated': 1, u'By SID': 1, u'Rows Created': 0, u'By RowIdentifier': 0}

The same is true for full replace.

>>> data = open("replace_test.csv")
>>> client.replace("/resource/eb9n-hr43.json", data)
{u'Errors': 0, u'Rows Deleted': 0, u'Rows Updated': 0, u'By SID': 0, u'Rows Created': 12, u'By RowIdentifier': 0}

Delete an individual row.

>>> client.delete("/resource/nimj-3ivp.json", id=2)
<Response [200]>

Delete the entire dataset.

>>> client.delete("/resource/nimj-3ivp.json")
<Response [200]>

Wrap up when you’re finished.

>>> client.close()

TODO and known issues

• Currently, the client does not support dataset creation.

• Tests are lacking.