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Format agnostic tabular data library (XLS, JSON, YAML, CSV)

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Tablib is a format-agnostic tabular dataset library, written in Python.

Output formats supported:

  • Excel (Sets + Books)

  • JSON (Sets + Books)

  • YAML (Sets + Books)

  • HTML (Sets)

  • TSV (Sets)

  • CSV (Sets)

Note that tablib purposefully excludes XML support. It always will. (Note: This is a joke. Pull requests are welcome.)

Overview

tablib.Dataset()

A Dataset is a table of tabular data. It may or may not have a header row. They can be build and manipulated as raw Python datatypes (Lists of tuples|dictionaries). Datasets can be imported from JSON, YAML, and CSV; they can be exported to Excel (XLS), JSON, YAML, and CSV.

tablib.Databook()

A Databook is a set of Datasets. The most common form of a Databook is an Excel file with multiple spreadsheets. Databooks can be imported from JSON and YAML; they can be exported to Excel (XLS), JSON, and YAML.

Usage

Populate fresh data files:

headers = ('first_name', 'last_name')

data = [
    ('John', 'Adams'),
    ('George', 'Washington')
]

data = tablib.Dataset(*data, headers=headers)

Intelligently add new rows:

>>> data.append(('Henry', 'Ford'))

Intelligently add new columns:

>>> data.append(col=(90, 67, 83), header='age')

Slice rows:

>>> print data[:2]
[('John', 'Adams', 90), ('George', 'Washington', 67)]

Slice columns by header:

>>> print data['first_name']
['John', 'George', 'Henry']

Easily delete rows:

>>> del data[1]

Exports

Drumroll please………..

JSON!

>>> print data.json
[
  {
    "last_name": "Adams",
    "age": 90,
    "first_name": "John"
  },
  {
    "last_name": "Ford",
    "age": 83,
    "first_name": "Henry"
  }
]

YAML!

>>> print data.yaml
- {age: 90, first_name: John, last_name: Adams}
- {age: 83, first_name: Henry, last_name: Ford}

CSV…

>>> print data.csv
first_name,last_name,age
John,Adams,90
Henry,Ford,83

EXCEL!

>>> open('people.xls', 'wb').write(data.xls)

It’s that easy.

Installation

To install tablib, simply:

$ pip install tablib

Or, if you absolutely must:

$ easy_install tablib

Contribute

If you’d like to contribute, simply fork the repository, commit your changes to the develop branch (or branch off of it), and send a pull request. Make sure you add yourself to AUTHORS.

Roadmap

v1.0.0:
  • Add hooks system

  • Tablib.ext namespace

History

0.9.5 (2011-03-24)

  • Python 3.1, Python 3.2 Support (same code base!)

  • Formatter callback support

  • Various bug fixes

0.9.4 (2011-02-18)

  • Python 2.5 Support!

  • Tox Testing for 2.5, 2.6, 2.7

  • AnyJSON Integrated

  • OrderedDict support

  • Caved to community pressure (spaces)

0.9.3 (2011-01-31)

  • Databook duplication leak fix.

  • HTML Table output.

  • Added column sorting.

0.9.2 (2010-11-17)

  • Transpose method added to Datasets.

  • New frozen top row in Excel output.

  • Pickling support for Datasets and Rows.

  • Support for row/column stacking.

0.9.1 (2010-11-04)

  • Minor reference shadowing bugfix.

0.9.0 (2010-11-04)

  • Massive documentation update!

  • Tablib.org!

  • Row tagging and Dataset filtering!

  • Column insert/delete support

  • Column append API change (header required)

  • Internal Changes (Row object and use thereof)

0.8.5 (2010-10-06)

  • New import system. All dependencies attempt to load from site-packages, then fallback on tenderized modules.

0.8.4 (2010-10-04)

  • Updated XLS output: Only wrap if ‘\n’ in cell.

0.8.3 (2010-10-04)

  • Ability to append new column passing a callable as the value that will be applied to every row.

0.8.2 (2010-10-04)

  • Added alignment wrapping to written cells.

  • Added separator support to XLS.

0.8.1 (2010-09-28)

  • Packaging Fix

0.8.0 (2010-09-25)

  • New format plugin system!

  • Imports! ELEGANT Imports!

  • Tests. Lots of tests.

0.7.1 (2010-09-20)

  • Reverting methods back to properties.

  • Windows bug compensated in documentation.

0.7.0 (2010-09-20)

  • Renamed DataBook Databook for consistency.

  • Export properties changed to methods (XLS filename / StringIO bug).

  • Optional Dataset.xls(path=’filename’) support (for writing on windows).

  • Added utf-8 on the worksheet level.

0.6.4 (2010-09-19)

  • Updated unicode export for XLS.

  • More exhaustive unit tests.

0.6.3 (2010-09-14)

  • Added Dataset.append() support for columns.

0.6.2 (2010-09-13)

  • Fixed Dataset.append() error on empty dataset.

  • Updated Dataset.headers property w/ validation.

  • Added Testing Fixtures.

0.6.1 (2010-09-12)

  • Packaging hotfixes.

0.6.0 (2010-09-11)

  • Public Release.

  • Export Support for XLS, JSON, YAML, and CSV.

  • DataBook Export for XLS, JSON, and YAML.

  • Python Dict Property Support.

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