https://github.com/seamusabshere/data_miner

Download, unpack from a ZIP/TAR/GZ/BZ2 archive, parse, correct, convert units and import Google Spreadsheets, XLS, ODS, XML, CSV, HTML, etc. into your ActiveRecord models. Uses RemoteTable gem internally.
https://github.com/seamusabshere/data_miner

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Download, unpack from a ZIP/TAR/GZ/BZ2 archive, parse, correct, convert units and import Google Spreadsheets, XLS, ODS, XML, CSV, HTML, etc. into your ActiveRecord models. Uses RemoteTable gem internally.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/seamusabshere/data_miner
• Owner: seamusabshere
• License: mit
• Created: 2009-08-19T12:46:06.000Z (over 15 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2014-02-27T14:23:08.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-20T07:46:03.045Z (about 2 months ago)
• Language: Ruby
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.38 MB
• Stars: 302
• Watchers: 14
• Forks: 18
• Open Issues: 8
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.markdown
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG
  • License: LICENSE

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# data_miner

Download, pull out of a ZIP/TAR/GZ/BZ2 archive, parse, correct, and import XLS, ODS, XML, CSV, HTML, etc. into your ActiveRecord models.

Tested in MRI 1.8.7+, MRI 1.9.2+, and JRuby 1.6.7+. Thread safe.

## Real-world usage



We use `data_miner` for [data science at Brighter Planet](http://brighterplanet.com/research) and in production at

* [Brighter Planet's reference data web service](http://data.brighterplanet.com)

* [Brighter Planet's impact estimate web service](http://impact.brighterplanet.com)

The killer combination for us is:

1. [`active_record_inline_schema`](https://github.com/seamusabshere/active_record_inline_schema) - define table structure

2. [`remote_table`](https://github.com/seamusabshere/remote_table) - download data and parse it

3. [`errata`](https://github.com/seamusabshere/errata) - apply corrections in a transparent way

4. [`data_miner`](https://github.com/seamusabshere/data_miner) (this library!) - import data idempotently

## Documentation

Check out the [extensive documentation](http://rdoc.info/github/seamusabshere/data_miner).

## Quick start

You define data_miner blocks in your ActiveRecord models. For example, in app/models/country.rb:

    class Country < ActiveRecord::Base

      self.primary_key = 'iso_3166_code'

      # the "col" class method is provided by a different library - active_record_inline_schema

      col :iso_3166_code                            # alpha-2 2-letter like GB

      col :iso_3166_numeric_code, :type => :integer # numeric like 826; aka UN M49 code

      col :iso_3166_alpha_3_code                    # 3-letter like GBR

      col :name

  

      data_miner do

        # auto_upgrade! is provided by active_record_inline_schema

        process :auto_upgrade!

        import("OpenGeoCode.org's Country Codes to Country Names list",

               :url => 'http://opengeocode.org/download/countrynames.txt',

               :format => :delimited,

               :delimiter => '; ',

               :headers => false,

               :skip => 22) do

          key   :iso_3166_code, :field_number => 0

          store :iso_3166_alpha_3_code, :field_number => 1

          store :iso_3166_numeric_code, :field_number => 2

          store :name, :field_number => 5

        end

      end

    end

Now you can run:

    >> Country.run_data_miner!

    => nil

## More advanced usage

The [`earth` library](https://github.com/brighterplanet/earth) has dozens of real-life examples showing how to download, pull out of a ZIP/TAR/BZ2 archive, parse, correct, and import CSVs, fixed-width files, ODS, XLS, XLSX, even HTML and XML:

  

    Model

    Highlights

    Reference

  

  

    Aircraft

    parsing Microsoft Frontpage HTML (!)

    data_miner.rb

  

  

    Airports

    forcing column names and use of :select block (Proc)

    data_miner.rb

  

  

    Automobile model variants

    super advanced usage of "custom parser" and errata

    data_miner.rb

  

  

    Country

    parsing CSV and a few other tricks

    data_miner.rb

  

  

    EGRID regions

    parsing XLS

    data_miner.rb

  

  

    Flight segment (stage)

    super advanced usage of POSTing form data

    data_miner.rb

  

  

    Zip codes

    downloading a ZIP file and pulling an XLSX out of it

    data_miner.rb

  

And many more - look for the `data_miner.rb` file that corresponds to each model. Note that you would normally put the `data_miner` declaration right inside the ActiveRecord model file... it's kept separate in `earth` so that loading it is optional.

## Authors

* Seamus Abshere 

* Andy Rossmeissl 

* Derek Kastner 

* Ian Hough 

* Tower He 

## Wishlist

* Make the tests real unit tests

* sql steps shouldn't shell out if binaries are missing

## Copyright

Copyright (c) 2013 Seamus Abshere