swallow 1.4.1

Swallow for data transformation

Swallow
========

Swallow is a python framework that aims to make data transformation easier and faster: it allows to focus on the transformation process, and to get
benefits of existing connector that will retreive/push data from/to a base/collection/index.

# Description
Swallow is composed of a main class (Swallow) and of many "io connectors".
It runs multiple workers that communicate with two queues
* Readers get data from a source and push it into the "in_queue"
* Processors get data from "in_queue", transform it and push it into the "out_queue"
* Writers get data from "out_queue" and store it into a destination base or file
* Readers are objects defining a "scan_and_queue" method according to the following signature : scan_and_queue(self,p_queue,**kwargs). This typically scans a base/file/collection/index and puts each document/item into the p_queue
* Writers are objects defining a "dequeue_and_store" method according to the following signature : dequeue_and_store(self,p_queue,**kwargs).This typically gets documents/items from a queue and stores them into a base/file/collection/index
* Processors are functions that transform a reader format doc into the writer expected format. They must have the signature : function_name(p_srcDoc,*args) and must return a list of doc in the expected format

Note that as they consume a queue, both writers and processors must deal the "poison pill" item. Once they get a "None" item from
the list they are consuming, they must stop to listen to it.
The Swallow object automatically generates these "pills" as it knows when producers have finished their task.

# Example of use
Get data from elastic search to a csv file

```python
from swallow import Swallow
# Transforms a doc from the es index to a csv row
def create_csv_row(p_srcdoc,*args):
csv_row = []
csv_row.append(p_srcdoc['field_for_col1'])
csv_row.append(p_srcdoc['field_for_col2'])
return [csv_row]

nb_threads = 5
es_reader = ESio('127.0.0.1','9200',1000)
csv_writer = CSVio()

swal = Swallow()
swal.set_reader(es_reader,p_index='my_es_index',p_doctype='my_doc_type',p_query={})
swal.set_writer(csv_writer,p_file=arguments['--csv'])
swal.set_process(create_csv_row)

swal.run(nb_threads)
```

Ce module proclame la bonne parole de sieurs Sam et Max. Puissent-t-ils
retrouver une totale liberté de pensée cosmique vers un nouvel age
reminiscent.

# Install

The easiest way is to run the pip command :

```
pip install swallow
```

# Tests

There are few unit tests but they keep growing !
They required py.test to be ran properly. From the home directory just launch :

```
py.test test/
```

# Python version
This lib requires python 3.2+

# License

This project is released under version 2.0 of the [Apache License][]

# About the project name

It refers to Holy Grail and King Arthur talking about African Swallows. This framework transmits and transforms data from queue to queue, as the original swallow carried coconuts.