transaction-metadata 1.0.0

A metadata package for transaction and user Avro schemas

Transaction Metadata

transaction-metadata is a small Python package that exposes versioned Avro schemas for transaction and user data. It is useful for data pipelines and applications that need a reliable way to fetch schema definitions at runtime.

Installation

Install from PyPI:

pip install transaction-metadata

Or, if you are using a virtual environment:

python -m pip install transaction-metadata

Package Structure

transaction_metadata/
├── schemas/
│   ├── transaction/v1/transaction.avsc
│   └── user/v1/user.avsc
├── loader.py
└── version.py

Usage

Get a schema for a specific entity

from transaction_metadata.loader import get_schema

schema = get_schema(entity="transaction", version="v1")
print(schema)

Get the schema for a user entity

from transaction_metadata.loader import get_schema

user_schema = get_schema(entity="user", version="v1")
print(user_schema)

Example: inspect a few fields

from transaction_metadata.loader import get_schema

schema = get_schema(entity="transaction", version="v1")
for field in schema.get("fields", []):
    print(field["name"], field.get("type"))

PyPI Package

The package is published on PyPI here:

https://pypi.org/project/transaction-metadata/

Notes

• The public API exposed by this package is get_schema(entity, version).
• The schema files are stored under the package resources so they can be loaded safely at runtime.