sdmxabs
Capture data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) using the SDMX API.
1"""Capture data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) using the SDMX API.""" 2 3from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version 4 5from .download_cache import ( 6 CacheError, 7 GetFileKwargs, 8 HttpError, 9 ModalityType, 10) 11from .fetch import fetch 12from .fetch_multi import fetch_multi 13from .flow_metadata import code_lists, data_dimensions, data_flows 14from .select_items import MatchCriteria, MatchItem, MatchType, fetch_selection, match_criterion, select_items 15 16# --- version and author 17try: 18 __version__ = version(__name__) 19except PackageNotFoundError: 20 __version__ = "0.0.0" # Fallback for development mode 21__author__ = "Bryan Palmer" 22 23# --- establish the package contents 24__all__ = [ 25 "CacheError", 26 "GetFileKwargs", 27 "HttpError", 28 "MatchCriteria", 29 "MatchItem", 30 "MatchType", 31 "ModalityType", 32 "__author__", 33 "__version__", 34 "code_lists", 35 "data_dimensions", 36 "data_flows", 37 "fetch", 38 "fetch_multi", 39 "fetch_selection", 40 "match_criterion", 41 "select_items", 42]
A problem retrieving data from the cache.
37class GetFileKwargs(TypedDict): 38 """TypedDict for acqure_url function arguments.""" 39 40 verbose: NotRequired[bool] 41 """If True, print information about the data retrieval process.""" 42 modality: NotRequired[ModalityType] 43 """Kind of retrieval: "prefer_cache", "prefer_url"."""
TypedDict for acqure_url function arguments.
A problem retrieving data from HTTP.
17class MatchType(Enum): 18 """Enumeration for match types.""" 19 20 EXACT = 1 21 PARTIAL = 2 22 REGEX = 3
Enumeration for match types.
90@cache 91def code_lists(cl_id: str, **kwargs: Unpack[GetFileKwargs]) -> FlowMetaDict: 92 """Get the code list metadata from the ABS SDMX API. 93 94 Args: 95 cl_id (str): The ID of the code list to retrieve. 96 **kwargs: Additional keyword arguments passed to acquire_url(). 97 98 Returns: 99 FlowMetaDict: A dictionary containing the codes and 100 their associated key=value pairs. A "name" key should always 101 be present. A "parent" key may also be present. 102 103 Raises: 104 HttpError: If there is an issue with the HTTP request. 105 CacheError: If there is an issue with the cache. 106 ValueError: If no XML root is found in the response. 107 108 Note: 109 You will get a CacheError if the codelist is not found on the ABS SDMX API. 110 (This package tries the website first, then the cache.) 111 """ 112 tree = acquire_xml(f"{URL_STEM}/codelist/ABS/{cl_id}", **kwargs) 113 114 codes: FlowMetaDict = {} 115 for code in tree.findall(".//str:Code", NAME_SPACES): 116 code_id = code.get("id", None) 117 if code_id is None: 118 continue 119 elements: dict[str, str] = {} 120 name = code.find("com:Name", NAME_SPACES) 121 elements["name"] = str(name.text) if name is not None else "(missing)" 122 parent = code.find("str:Parent", NAME_SPACES) 123 parent_id = "" 124 if parent is not None: 125 ref = parent.find("Ref", NAME_SPACES) 126 if ref is not None: 127 parent_id = str(ref.get("id", "")) 128 elements["parent"] = parent_id 129 codes[code_id] = elements 130 131 return codes
Get the code list metadata from the ABS SDMX API.
Args: cl_id (str): The ID of the code list to retrieve. **kwargs: Additional keyword arguments passed to acquire_url().
Returns: FlowMetaDict: A dictionary containing the codes and their associated key=value pairs. A "name" key should always be present. A "parent" key may also be present.
Raises: HttpError: If there is an issue with the HTTP request. CacheError: If there is an issue with the cache. ValueError: If no XML root is found in the response.
Note: You will get a CacheError if the codelist is not found on the ABS SDMX API. (This package tries the website first, then the cache.)
55@cache 56def data_dimensions(flow_id: str, **kwargs: Unpack[GetFileKwargs]) -> FlowMetaDict: 57 """Get the data dimensions metadata from the ABS SDMX API. 58 59 Args: 60 flow_id (str): The ID of the dataflow to retrieve dimensions for. 61 **kwargs: Additional keyword arguments passed to acquire_url(). 62 63 Returns: 64 dict[str, dict[str, str]]: A dictionary containing the dimensions and 65 their metadata in key=value pairs. 66 67 Raises: 68 HttpError: If there is an issue with the HTTP request. 69 CacheError: If there is an issue with the cache. 70 ValueError: If no XML root is found in the response. 71 72 """ 73 tree = acquire_xml(f"{URL_STEM}/datastructure/ABS/{flow_id}", **kwargs) 74 75 dimensions = {} 76 for dim in tree.findall(".//str:Dimension", NAME_SPACES): 77 dim_id = dim.get("id") 78 dim_pos = dim.get("position") 79 if dim_id is None or dim_pos is None: 80 continue 81 contents = {"position": dim_pos} 82 if (lr := dim.find("str:LocalRepresentation", NAME_SPACES)) is not None and ( 83 enumer := lr.find("str:Enumeration/Ref", NAME_SPACES) 84 ) is not None: 85 contents = contents | enumer.attrib 86 dimensions[dim_id] = contents 87 return dimensions
Get the data dimensions metadata from the ABS SDMX API.
Args: flow_id (str): The ID of the dataflow to retrieve dimensions for. **kwargs: Additional keyword arguments passed to acquire_url().
Returns: dict[str, dict[str, str]]: A dictionary containing the dimensions and their metadata in key=value pairs.
Raises: HttpError: If there is an issue with the HTTP request. CacheError: If there is an issue with the cache. ValueError: If no XML root is found in the response.
22@cache 23def data_flows(flow_id: str = "all", **kwargs: Unpack[GetFileKwargs]) -> FlowMetaDict: 24 """Get the toplevel metadata from the ABS SDMX API. 25 26 Args: 27 flow_id (str): The ID of the dataflow to retrieve. Defaults to "all". 28 **kwargs: Additional keyword arguments passed to acquire_url(). 29 30 Returns: 31 dict[str, dict[str, str]]: A dictionary containing the dataflow IDs 32 and their metadatain key=value pairs. 33 34 Raises: 35 HttpError: If there is an issue with the HTTP request. 36 CacheError: If there is an issue with the cache. 37 ValueError: If no XML root is found in the response. 38 39 """ 40 tree = acquire_xml(f"{URL_STEM}/dataflow/ABS/{flow_id}", **kwargs) 41 42 d_flows: FlowMetaDict = {} 43 for dataflow in tree.findall(".//str:Dataflow", NAME_SPACES): 44 attributes: dict[str, str] = dataflow.attrib.copy() 45 if "id" not in attributes: 46 continue 47 df_id = attributes.pop("id") 48 name_elem = dataflow.find("com:Name", NAME_SPACES) 49 df_name = name_elem.text if name_elem is not None else "(no name)" 50 attributes["name"] = str(df_name) 51 d_flows[df_id] = attributes 52 return d_flows
Get the toplevel metadata from the ABS SDMX API.
Args: flow_id (str): The ID of the dataflow to retrieve. Defaults to "all". **kwargs: Additional keyword arguments passed to acquire_url().
Returns: dict[str, dict[str, str]]: A dictionary containing the dataflow IDs and their metadatain key=value pairs.
Raises: HttpError: If there is an issue with the HTTP request. CacheError: If there is an issue with the cache. ValueError: If no XML root is found in the response.
139def fetch( 140 flow_id: str, 141 dims: dict[str, str] | None = None, 142 constraints: dict[str, str] | None = None, # not implemented yet 143 *, 144 validate: bool = False, 145 **kwargs: Unpack[GetFileKwargs], 146) -> tuple[pd.DataFrame, pd.DataFrame]: 147 """Fetch data from the ABS SDMX API. 148 149 Args: 150 flow_id (str): The ID of the data flow from which to retrieve data items. 151 dims (dict[str, str], optional): A dictionary of dimensions to select the 152 data items. If None, the ABS fetch request will be for all data items, 153 which can be slow. 154 constraints (dict[str, str], optional): A dictionary of constraints to apply 155 to the data items. If None, no constraints are applied. 156 validate (bool): If True, print validation diagnostics for the proposed 157 dimensions against the metadata requirements. Defaults to False. 158 **kwargs (GetFileKwargs): Additional keyword arguments passed to acquire_xml(). 159 160 Returns: a tuple of two DataFrames: 161 - The first DataFrame contains the fetched data. 162 - The second DataFrame contains the metadata. 163 164 Raises: 165 HttpError: If there is an issue with the HTTP request. 166 CacheError: If there is an issue with the cache. 167 ValueError: If no XML root is found in the response. 168 169 Notes: 170 If the `dims` argument is not valid you will get a CacheError or HttpError. 171 If the `flow_id` is not valid, you will get a ValueError. 172 """ 173 # --- prepare to get the XML root from the ABS SDMX API 174 kwargs["modality"] = kwargs.get("modality", "prefer-cache") 175 key = build_key( 176 flow_id, 177 dims, 178 validate=validate, 179 ) 180 _not_implemented = constraints 181 url = f"{URL_STEM}/data/{flow_id}/{key}" 182 xml_root = acquire_xml(url, **kwargs) 183 return extract(flow_id, xml_root)
Fetch data from the ABS SDMX API.
Args: flow_id (str): The ID of the data flow from which to retrieve data items. dims (dict[str, str], optional): A dictionary of dimensions to select the data items. If None, the ABS fetch request will be for all data items, which can be slow. constraints (dict[str, str], optional): A dictionary of constraints to apply to the data items. If None, no constraints are applied. validate (bool): If True, print validation diagnostics for the proposed dimensions against the metadata requirements. Defaults to False. **kwargs (GetFileKwargs): Additional keyword arguments passed to acquire_xml().
Returns: a tuple of two DataFrames: - The first DataFrame contains the fetched data. - The second DataFrame contains the metadata.
Raises: HttpError: If there is an issue with the HTTP request. CacheError: If there is an issue with the cache. ValueError: If no XML root is found in the response.
Notes:
If the dims argument is not valid you will get a CacheError or HttpError.
If the flow_id is not valid, you will get a ValueError.
77def fetch_multi( 78 wanted: pd.DataFrame, 79 *, 80 validate: bool = False, 81 **kwargs: Unpack[GetFileKwargs], 82) -> tuple[pd.DataFrame, pd.DataFrame]: 83 """Fetch multiple SDMX datasets based on a DataFrame of desired datasets. 84 85 Args: 86 wanted: A DataFrame with rows for each desired data set (of one or more series). 87 Each row should contain the necessary identifiers to fetch the dataset. 88 The columns will be 'flow_id', plus the ABS dimensions relevant to the flow. 89 The 'flow_id' column is mandatory, and the rest are optional. 90 Note: the DataFrame index is not used in the fetching process. 91 validate: If True, the function will validate dimensions and values against 92 the ABS SDMX API codelists. Defaults to False. 93 **kwargs: Additional keyword arguments passed to the underlying data fetching function. 94 95 Returns: 96 A tuple containing two DataFrames: 97 - The first DataFrame contains the fetched data. 98 - The second DataFrame contains metadata about the fetched datasets. 99 100 Raises: 101 ValueError: If the 'flow_id' column is missing from the `wanted` DataFrame. 102 103 Note: 104 CacheError and HttpError are raised by the fetch function. 105 These will be caught and reported to standard output. 106 107 Caution: 108 The selected data should all have the same index. You cannot mix (for example) 109 Quarterly and Monthly data in the same DataFrame. 110 111 """ 112 # --- quick sanity checks 113 if wanted.empty: 114 print("wanted DataFrame is empty, returning empty DataFrames.") 115 return pd.DataFrame(), pd.DataFrame() 116 if "flow_id" not in wanted.columns: 117 raise ValueError("The 'flow_id' column is required in the 'wanted' DataFrame.") 118 119 # --- do the work 120 return extract(wanted, validate=validate, **kwargs)
Fetch multiple SDMX datasets based on a DataFrame of desired datasets.
Args: wanted: A DataFrame with rows for each desired data set (of one or more series). Each row should contain the necessary identifiers to fetch the dataset. The columns will be 'flow_id', plus the ABS dimensions relevant to the flow. The 'flow_id' column is mandatory, and the rest are optional. Note: the DataFrame index is not used in the fetching process. validate: If True, the function will validate dimensions and values against the ABS SDMX API codelists. Defaults to False. **kwargs: Additional keyword arguments passed to the underlying data fetching function.
Returns: A tuple containing two DataFrames: - The first DataFrame contains the fetched data. - The second DataFrame contains metadata about the fetched datasets.
Raises:
ValueError: If the 'flow_id' column is missing from the wanted DataFrame.
Note: CacheError and HttpError are raised by the fetch function. These will be caught and reported to standard output.
Caution: The selected data should all have the same index. You cannot mix (for example) Quarterly and Monthly data in the same DataFrame.
144def fetch_selection( 145 flow_id: str, 146 criteria: MatchCriteria, 147 *, 148 validate: bool = False, 149 **kwargs: Unpack[GetFileKwargs], 150) -> tuple[pd.DataFrame, pd.DataFrame]: 151 """Fetch data based on a selection criteria for items. 152 153 Args: 154 flow_id (str): The ID of the data flow to fetch. 155 criteria (MatchCriteria): A sequence of match criteria to filter the data. 156 validate (bool, optional): If True, validate the selection against the flow's 157 required dimensions. Defaults to False. 158 **kwargs: Additional keyword arguments for the fetch_multi function. 159 160 Returns: 161 tuple[pd.DataFrame, pd.DataFrame]: A tuple containing the fetched data and metadata. 162 163 """ 164 selection = select_items(flow_id, criteria) 165 return fetch_multi(selection, validate=validate, **kwargs)
Fetch data based on a selection criteria for items.
Args: flow_id (str): The ID of the data flow to fetch. criteria (MatchCriteria): A sequence of match criteria to filter the data. validate (bool, optional): If True, validate the selection against the flow's required dimensions. Defaults to False. **kwargs: Additional keyword arguments for the fetch_multi function.
Returns: tuple[pd.DataFrame, pd.DataFrame]: A tuple containing the fetched data and metadata.
73def match_criterion( 74 pattern: str, 75 dimension: str, 76 match_type: MatchType = MatchType.PARTIAL, 77) -> MatchItem: 78 """Create a new match criterion for use in selection. 79 80 Args: 81 pattern (str): The pattern to match. 82 dimension (str): The dimension to match against. 83 match_type (MatchType, optional): The type of match to perform. Defaults to MatchType.EXACT. 84 85 Returns: 86 MatchElement: A tuple representing the match element. 87 88 """ 89 return (pattern, dimension, match_type)
Create a new match criterion for use in selection.
Args: pattern (str): The pattern to match. dimension (str): The dimension to match against. match_type (MatchType, optional): The type of match to perform. Defaults to MatchType.EXACT.
Returns: MatchElement: A tuple representing the match element.
92def select_items( 93 flow_id: str, 94 criteria: MatchCriteria, 95) -> pd.DataFrame: 96 """Build the `wanted` Dataframe for use by fetch_multi() by matching flow metadata. 97 98 Args: 99 flow_id (str): The ID of the data flow to select items from. 100 criteria (MatchElements): A sequence of tuples containing the element name, 101 the value to match, and the match type (exact, partial, or regex). 102 103 Returns: 104 pd.DataFrame: A DataFrame containing the selected items, which can be dropped 105 into the call of the function fetch_multi(). 106 107 Raises: 108 ValueError: If the flow_id is not valid or if no items match the criteria. 109 110 Notes: 111 - Should build a one line DataFrame. This Frame may select multiple data series, 112 when passed to fetch_multi. It also can be concatenated with other DataFrames 113 to build a larger selection. 114 - If two match elements refer to the same dimension, only the `intersection` of the 115 matches will be returned. 116 117 """ 118 # --- some sanity checks 119 if flow_id not in data_flows(): 120 raise ValueError(f"Invalid flow_id: {flow_id}.") 121 dimensions = data_dimensions(flow_id) 122 if not dimensions: 123 raise ValueError(f"No dimensions found for flow_id: {flow_id}.") 124 125 # --- lets build the codelist dictionary 126 return_dict: dict[str, str] = {} 127 for pattern, dimension, match_type in criteria: 128 if dimension not in dimensions: 129 print(f"Dimension '{dimension}' not found for flow '{flow_id}'; (skipping)") 130 continue 131 dim_dict = dimensions[dimension] 132 if "package" not in dim_dict or dim_dict["package"] != "codelist" or "id" not in dim_dict: 133 print(f"Dimension '{dimension}' does not have a codelist; (skipping)") 134 continue 135 code_list_name = dim_dict.get("id") 136 codes = get_codes(code_lists(code_list_name), pattern, match_type) 137 package_codes(codes, dimension, return_dict) 138 139 # --- return as a (one row) `wanted` DataFrame 140 return_dict["flow_id"] = flow_id 141 return pd.DataFrame([return_dict]).astype(str)
Build the wanted Dataframe for use by fetch_multi() by matching flow metadata.
Args: flow_id (str): The ID of the data flow to select items from. criteria (MatchElements): A sequence of tuples containing the element name, the value to match, and the match type (exact, partial, or regex).
Returns: pd.DataFrame: A DataFrame containing the selected items, which can be dropped into the call of the function fetch_multi().
Raises: ValueError: If the flow_id is not valid or if no items match the criteria.
Notes:
- Should build a one line DataFrame. This Frame may select multiple data series, when passed to fetch_multi. It also can be concatenated with other DataFrames to build a larger selection.
- If two match elements refer to the same dimension, only the
intersectionof the matches will be returned.