yamlalchemy 0.1.2

YAMLAlchemy is a Python-based library to convert YAML to SQLAlchemy read-only queries.

YAMLAlchemy

YAMLAlchemy is a Python-based library to convert YAML string to SQLAlchemy read-only queries.

Installation

Installation via PyPI:

 pip install yamlalchemy

Usage

from yamlalchemy import parse
from sqlalchemy.engine import URL
from sqlalchemy import create_engine
from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
from sqlalchemy.ext.automap import automap_base
import pandas as pd


uri = URL.create(**{
    'drivername': "mysql+pymysql",
    "username": "guest",
    "host": "relational.fit.cvut.cz",
    "port": "3306",
    "password": "relational",
    "database": "AdventureWorks2014"
})

engine = create_engine(uri)
engine.connect()

base = automap_base()

yaml_content = 
"""
$from: Product
$column:
  -
      $name: Color
      $alias: Color of Product
  -
      $name: ListPrice
      $alias: List Price of Product
      $func: avg
$where:
  -
  $name: Color
  $filter:
    $nis: null
  -
    $name: SellStartDate
    $filter:
      $gt: 2013-01-01
$group:
  -
      $name: Color
$order:
  -
    $name: Name
    $direction: asc
$limit: 10
$offset: 0
"""

engine = get_engine()
base.prepare(engine, reflect=True)
session = Session(engine)
qs = parse(yaml_content, session, base).to_query()

df = pd.read_sql_query(qs.statement, session.connection())

YAML Query Language Syntax

Description

FROM

Name of the table from which to select data. For now, YAMLAlchemy supports only one table.

Identifier	Data Type
$column	String

Usage:

$from: Product

COLUMNS

Field names of the table you want to select data from.

Identifier	Data Type
$column	List

Column Definition:

Identifier	Description	Required
$name	Name of column	True
$alias	Alias of column	False
$func	Aggregate function of column. avg, sum, etc...	False

Usage:

$column:
  -
    $name: Color
    $alias: Color of Product
  -
    $name: ListPrice
    $alias: List Price of Product
    $func: avg

GROUP

Field names of the table you want to group the same values into summary rows.

Identifier	Data Type
$group	List

Column Definition:

Identifier	Description	Required
$name	Name of column	True

Usage:

$group:
  -
    $name: Color

ORDER

Field names of the table you want to sort result-set in ascending or descending order.

Identifier	Data Type
$order	List

Column Definition:

Identifier	Description	Required	Defaults
$name	Name of column	True	--
$direction	Ascending or descending order	Fase	asc or desc

Usage:

$order:
  -
    $name: Name
    $direction: asc

WHERE

Filtering records to return.

Identifier	Data Type
$where	List

Column Definition:

Identifier	Description	Required
$name	Name of column	True
$filter	List of filter definitions	True

Filter Definition:

Filtering consists of the following two parts.

Operator Definition:

This part is optional.

Identifier	Description
$and	Combines where statements with AND
$or	Combines where statements with OR
$not	Combines where statements with NOT

Comparator Definition:

This part is required.

Identifier	Description	SQL Part (MySQL)
$eq	Equal	COLUMN = 'value'
$gt	Greator than	COLUMN > 'value'
$gte	Greater than or equal	COLUMN >= 'value'
$lt	Less than	COLUMN > 'value'
$lte	Less than or equal	COLUMN <= 'value'
$neq	Not equal	COLUMN != 'value'
$like	Like	COLUMN LIKE '%value%'
$ilike	Case-insensitive like	COLUMN ILIKE '%value%'
$nlike	Not like	COLUMN NOT LIKE '%value%'
$nilike	Case-insensitive not like	COLUMN NOT ILIKE '%value%'
$in	In	COLUMN IN ['value1', 'value2]
$nin	Not in	COLUMN NOT IN ['value1', 'value2]
$is (:null)	is null	COLUMN IS NULL
$nis (:null)	Is not null	COLUMN IS NOT NULL
$contains	Contains (Operand should contain 1 column)	COLUMN LIKE '%value%'
$startswith	Starts with	COLUMN LIKE 'value%'
$endswith	Ends with	COLUMN LIKE '%value'

Usage:

$where:
  -
    $name: Class
    $filter:
      $is: null

  -
    $name: Color
    $filter:
      $nis: null
  -
    $name: SellStartDate
    $filter:
      $gt: 2013-01-01
  -
    $name: Style
    $filter:
      $or:
        $startswith:
          - U
          - M

HAVING

Filtering with aggregate functions.

Identifier	Data Type
$having	List

Column Definition:

Identifier	Description	Required
$name	Name of column	True
$func	Aggregate function name	True
$filter	Filtering part. Same sytntax with the filter part of WHERE statement.	True

Usage:

$having:
  -
    $name: Review
    $func: avg
    $filter:
      $and:
        $lt: 1500
        $gt: 1000
  -
    $name: Stars
    $func: count
    $filter:
      $lt: 20

LIMIT

Specifying the number of records to return.

Identifier	Data Type
$limit	Integer

Usage:

$limit: 10

OFFSET

Specifying an offset from where to start returning data.

Identifier	Data Type
$offset	Integer

Usage:

$offset: 10

Running tests

 python -m unittest tests/test_parser.py

Roadmap

• Joins
• Sub Queries

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2021 Ahmet Önol

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