link2postgresql

This is a collection of methods for uploading or downloading data with different formats.

1. Using SQL to manage DB
2. Spark DataFrame <-> DB
3. Pandas DataFrame <-> DB
4. Excel/csv/json -->DB

• Automatically add an ID column when uploading

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.

Prerequisites

What things you need to install the software and how to install them

spark
jdk
hadoop
PostgreSQL

# python package
pip install psycopg2
pip install pandas
pip install numpy
pip install findspark
pip install pyspark
pip install pyarrow
pip install geoalchemy2
pip install geopandas

Installing

A step by step series of examples that tell you how to get a development env running

Say what the step will be Step1:

copy 'link2postgresql' folder and paste it into 'python/Lib/site-packages'

Step2: open a terminal or command to open a python having a test.

from link2postgresql import Link2postgresql as link

End with an example of getting some data out of the system or using it for a little demo

Running the tests

Explain how to run the automated tests for this system.

initialization

aim_link=link(user="postgres", password="1234", ip="localhost", port="5432",database="sample_database")

table2spark_df

Download table from PostgreSQL database as spark dataframe (transformation).

cmd="select * from sample_table where id=1"
pandas_df=aim_link.table2spark_df(table_name="sample_table",cmd=cmd)

table2spark_df_slow

Download table from PostgreSQL database as spark dataframe (action). All the data in the table are stored in the memory.

cmd="select * from sample_table where id=1"
pandas_df=aim_link.table2spark_df_slow(table_name="sample_table",cmd=cmd)

spark_df2table

Upload spark dataframe into PostgreSQL database. mode is the same as in JDBC

aim_link.spark_df2table(df=spark_df,table_name='sample_table',mode="append"):

execute

Using sql to control the database. eg: delete the records with id equal to 1 in sample_table.

aim_link.execute("delete from sample_table where id=1;")

fetch_execute

Download the data (String) from DB

cmd="select * from sample_table;"
temp=aim_link.fetch_execute(cmd=cmd)

Download the data and title (Tuple) from DB

cmd="select * from sample_table;"
temp=aim_link.fetch_execute(cmd=cmd,title=True)
data=temp[0]
title=temp[1]

tablemaxcount

Inner-class function. Getting the max value of id from the defined table and columns.

def tablemaxcount(self,id_name,table_name):
    ......

table2pandas_df

Download table from PostgreSQL database as spark dataframe. All the data in the table are stored in the memory.

cmd="select * from sample_table where id=1"
pandas_df=aim_link.table2pandas_df(table_name='sample_table',cmd=cmd)

table2pandas_df_slow

Using JDBC to download to spark dataframe and then transform it into pandas dataframe. Pyarrow is used to accelerate the action.

cmd="select * from sample_table where id=1"
pandas_df=aim_link.table2pandas_df_slow(table_name='sample_table',cmd=cmd)

emptytable

Create a new empty table in PostgreSQL database

schema="(a bigint,b real,c text)"
aim_link.emptytable(table_name='sample_table', schema)

insert_s

Insert values into an extant table. Supporting multiline. the schema is different from the above.

schema="a,b,c"
values="(1,1.0,'1.0'),(2,2.0,'2.0'),(3,3.0,'3.0')"
aim_link.insert_s(table_name='sample_table', schema=schema, values=values)

addgeocolumn

Manually transform a column about wkt¹ into geometry.

aim_link.addgeocolumn(table_name='sample_table',wkt_column='wkt_column',geo_type='POINT')

pandas_df2table

upload pandas dataframe to PostgreSQL database.

1. table_name should not contian uppercase letters!!

2. if_exists='append': Continuoulsy insert table without wawrnings.

3. id='True': create a ID column in the first. At the same time, a creasing sequence and a primary key constraint will be created.

4. clean="True":Special marks in title may casue some errors with a high risk!! So I use 'clean' to fix it.

5. check="True":single quota marks in the content will also cause error. So set check="True".

aim_link.pandas_df2table(df=pandas_df, table_name='sample_table', if_exists='append', id='True', check="True", clean="True")

pandas_df2table_slow

Using emptytable and insert_s to realize uploading pandas dataframe to Postgresql database. The best advantage: it supports postgis that is geo-information. The coordinate system is 4326. geo_schema:the column label of cooridinate information. It must be in the format of WKT, eg: POINT(113.1 22.3)

aim_link.pandas_df2table_slow(df=pandas_df, table_name='sample_table', geo_schema="geometry", check="Yes"):

pandas_df2table_lite

Inner-class function. it suits for building a lightweight form in DB. The machine will in a high probability be stuck when big data.

def pandas_df2table_lite(self, df, table_name,if_exists='append',clean='False', *args, **kwargs): 
    ......

excel2table

if your original data are clean enough, you can choose it! otherwise, do data clean first

aim_link.excel2table(excelpath='./sample_table.xls',table_name='sample_table', if_exists='fail')

csv2table

if your original data are clean enough, you can choose it! otherwise, do data clean first

aim_link.csv2table(csvpath='./sample_table.csv',table_name='sample_table', if_exists='fail')

json2table

if your original data are clean enough, you can choose it! otherwise, do data clean first

aim_link.json2table(jsonpath='./sample_table.json',table_name='sample_table', if_exists='fail')

Authors

• GUO Zijian

License

MIT License

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Footnotes

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-known_text_representation_of_geometry ↩