metapack-build

Install

Install the Metapack package from PiPy with:

$ pip install metapack-build

Quick Start

Generate a new Metapack package with examples:

$ mp new -o metatab.org -d tutorial -L -E -T "Quickstart Example Package"

You now have a Metapack package in the metatab.org-tutorial directory, with two example data resources. Build the data packages with:

$ mp build metatab.org-tutorial/ -f -e -z

Now the metatab.org-tutorial/_packages directory has a Zip, Excel and Filesystem package, along with links to each package’s unversioned name.

Explore the schema for one of the built packages with:

$ cd metatab.org-tutorial/_packages/
$ mp info -s metatab.org-tutorial-1.zip#random_names

And dump a sample of the data for a resource in a table format:

$ mp run -T metatab.org-tutorial-1.zip#random_names

Also, open the Excel package (metatab.org-tutorial-1.xlsx) to see the pretty formatting of the metadata, and the generated HTML documentation in metatab.org-tutorial-1/index.html

That’s just a quick preview of how the system works. For more details see Getting Started.

Contents

• Getting Started
  • Install
  • Creating Packages with Metapack
  • Creating a new package
  • Adding Data References
  • Adding Row Generators
  • Building Packages
  • Referencing Metatab Files
  • Examining Packages
• Generating Rows
  • Generating Rows With Functions
  • Generating Rows With Programs
• Altering rows with transforms
• Geographic data
• Basic Data Wranging
  • Setting the Name
  • Adding Properties to Sections
  • Groups and Tags
  • Schemas
  • Testing Packages
• License
• Authors
• Changelog
  • Version 0.1
• Module Reference
  • metapack_build package

CLI Commands

• Metapack Build Commands

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page