ACME::QuoteDB::LoadDB - Database loader for ACME::QuoteDB

Version 0.1.1

load a csv file to quotes database

  my $load_db = ACME::QuoteDB::LoadDB->new({
                              file => '/home/me/data/simpsons_quotes.csv',
                              file_format => 'csv',
                          });

  $load_db->data_to_db;

  print $load_db->success; # bool

header columns of the csv file as follows:

"Quote", "Attribution Name", "Attribution Source", "Category", "Rating"

This module is part of ACME::QuoteDB. This is a Database loader, it takes (quotes) data and loads into a database (currently sqlite3 or mysql), which is then accessed by ACME::QuoteDB.

There are several ways to get quote data into the db via this loader: (There are more aimed towards 'batch' operations, i.e load a bunch of records quickly)

1

* csv file (pre determined format)

     pros: quick and easy to load.
     cons: getting the quotes data into the correct format need by this module

2

* any source.

    One can take quote data from any source, override
    L<ACME::QuoteDB::LoadDB/dbload> loader methods to populate a record
    and write it to the db.
     pros: can get any quote data into the db.
     cons: you supply the method. depending on the complexity of the data
           source and munging required this will take longer then the other 
           methods.

The pre defined csv file format is:

format of file is as follows: (headers) "Quote", "Attribution Name", "Attribution Source", "Category", "Rating"

   for example:
   "Quote", "Attribution Name", "Attribution Source", "Category", "Rating"
   "I hope this has taught you kids a lesson: kids never learn.","Chief Wiggum","The Simpsons","Humor",9
   "Sideshow Bob has no decency. He called me Chief Piggum. (laughs) Oh wait, I get it, he's all right.","Chief Wiggum","The Simpsons","Humor",8




   my $load_db = ACME::QuoteDB::LoadDB->new({
                               file => dirname(__FILE__).'/data/simpsons_quotes.csv',
                               file_format => 'csv',
                           });

   $load_db->data_to_db;

   if (!$load_db->success){print 'failed'}

If those dont catch your interest, ACME::QuoteDB::LoadDB is sub-classable, so one can extract data anyway they like and populate the db themselves. (there is a test that illustrates overriding the stub method, 'dbload')

you need to populate a record data structure:

    $self->set_record(quote  => q{}); # mandatory
    $self->set_record(name   => q{}); # mandatory
    $self->set_record(source => q{}); # optional but useful
    $self->set_record(catg   => q{}); # optional but useful
    $self->set_record(rating => q{}); # optional but useful

    # then to write the record you call
    $self->write_record;

NOTE: this is a one record at a time operation, so one would perform this within a loop. there is no bulk write operation currently.

You have a collection of quotes (adages/sayings/quips/epigrams, etc) for whatever reason, you use these quotes for whatever reason, you want to access these quotes in a variety of ways,...

This module is part of ACME::QuoteDB.

This is a Database loader, it takes data (quotes) and loads into a database, which is then accessed by ACME::QuoteDB.

See ACME::QuoteDB.

General usage, csv/tsv file in the expected format loaded to the database

  my $load_db = ACME::QuoteDB::LoadDB->new({
                              file => '/home/me/data/sorta_funny_quotes.tsv',
                              file_format => 'tsv',
                              delimiter => "\t",
                              # provide a attr_source for all (if not in data)
                              # data is used first, if not defined use below
                              attr_source => 'Things Randomly Overheard',
                              # provide a category for all (if not in data)
                              category => 'Humor',
                              # provide a rating for all
                              rating   => 5, # scale 1-10
                          });
  $load_db->data_to_db;

  if (!$load_db->success){print 'failed'}

Also see t/01-load_quotes.t included with the distribution.

(available from the CPAN if not included on your system)

This is an Object Oriented module. There is no proceedural interface.

  Instantiate a ACME::QuoteDB::LoadDB object.

  Argument is a hash ref. Params below 

file or directory - one or the other required (not both)

if file, must be in our defined format, full path is needed.

if directory, full path is needed, can supply a basic glob type filter.

example:

{ file => '/home/me/data/simpsons_quotes.csv' }

{ dir => '/home/me/data/*.csv' }

file_format - required

can be one of: 'csv', 'tsv', 'custom', or 'html'

if 'html' or 'custom' you must supply the method for parsing. (see tests for examples)

example:

{ file_format => 'csv' }

delimiter - optional, default is a comma for csv

csv/tsv options tested: comma(,) and tab(\t)

'html' - not applicable

example:

{ delimiter => "\t" }

category - optional, extracted from data if exists, otherwise will use what you specify

TODO one quote to multiple categories

attr_source - extracted from data if exists, otherwise will use what you specify

example:

{attr_source => 'The Simpsons'}

file_encoding - optional

Files being loaded are assumed to be utf8 encoded. if utf8 flag is not detected, falls back to latin1 (iso-8859-1). If neither of these is correct, set this option to the encoding your file is in.

dry_run - optional

do not write to the database. Use with verbose flag to see what would have beed written.

This can be helpful for testing the outcome of Loading results.

i.e. like to confirm that the parsing of your data is correct

example:

{ dry_run => 1, verbose => 1 }

verbose - optional

display to STDOUT what is being done

This can be helpful for testing quotes extraction from file parsing

example:

{verbose => 1}

create_db - optional (boolean)

ACME::QuoteDB::LoadDB default behaviour is to always assume there is a database and append new data to that. (It is usually only needed the first time one load's data)

setting this parameter to a true value will create a new database. (so while this is an optional param, it is required at least once ;)

NOTE: it is not intelligent, if you hand it a populated database, it will happily overwrite all data

AGAIN: setting this param will destroy the current database, creating a new empty one

example:

{create_db => 1}

takes the data input provided to new, process' it and writes to the database. should appropriatly blow up if not successful

takes a csv file (in our defined format) as an argument, parses it and writes the data to the database. (uses Text::CSV with pure perl parser) utf-8 safe. (opens file as utf8)

will croak with message if not successful

if your file format is set to 'html' or 'custom' you must define this method to do your parsing in a sub class.

Load from html is not supported because there are too many ways to represt the data. (same with 'custom') (see tests for examples - there is a test for loading a 'fortune' file format)

One can subclass ACME::QuoteDB::LoadDB and override dbload, to do our html parsing

dump record (show what is set on the internal data structure)

e.g. Data::Dumper

only needed it one plans to sub-class this module. otherwise, is transparent in usage.

if you are sub-classing this module, you would have to populate this record. (write_record knows about/uses this data structure)

possible fields consist of:

$self->set_record(quote => q{}); $self->set_record(rating => q{}); $self->set_record(name => q{}); $self->set_record(source => q{}); $self->set_record(catg => q{});

currently can only set one attribute at a time.

ie. you cant do this:

 $self->set_record(
            name   => $name,
            source => $source
 );

 # or this even
 $self->set_record({
            name   => $name,
            source => $source
 });

only useful it one plans to sub-class this module. otherwise, is transparent in usage.

if you are sub-classing this module, you would have to populate this record. [see set_record]

(write_record knows about/uses this data structure)

possible fields consist of:

$self->get_record('quote'); $self->get_record('rating'); $self->get_record('name'); $self->get_record('source'); $self->get_record('catg');

indicates that the database load was successfull

is undef on failure or if trying a dry_run

takes the data structure 'record' '$self->get_record' (which must exist). checks if attribution name ($self->get_record('name')) exists, if so, uses existing attribution name, otherwsie creates a new one

Load from html is not supported because there are too many ways to represt the data. (see tests for examples)

One can subclass ACME::QuoteDB::LoadDB and override dbload, to do our html parsing

create an empty quotes database (with correct tables).

(usually only performed the first time you load data)

NOTE: will overwrite ALL existing data

Set 'create_db' parameter (boolean) to a true value upon instantiation to enable.

The default action is to assume the database (and tables) exist and just append new ACME::QuoteDB::LoadDB loads to that.

An error such as:

DBD::SQLite::db prepare_cached failed: no such table: ,...

probably means that you do not have a database created in the correct format.

basically, you need to create the database, usually, on a first run

you need to add the flag:

create_db => 1, # first run, create the db

appending to an existing database is the default behaviour

see create_db_tables

if you are running perl > 5.8.5 and have access to install cpan modules, you should have no problem installing this module (utf-8 support in Text::CSV not avaible until 5.8 - we don't support 'non utf-8 mode)

* By default, the quotes database used by this module installs in the system path, 'lib', (See "INSTALL PATHS" in Module::Build) as world writable - i.e. 0666 (and probably owned by root) If you don't like this, you can modify Build.PL to not chmod the file and it will install as 444/readonly, you can also set a chown in there for whoever you want to have RW access to the quotes db.

Alternativly, one can specify a location to a quotes database (file) to use. (Since the local mode is sqlite3, the file doesn't even need to exist, just needs read/write access to the path)

Set the environmental variable:

$ENV{ACME_QUOTEDB_PATH} (untested on windows)

(this has to be set before trying a database load and also (everytime) before using this module, obviouly)

Something such as:

BEGIN { # give alternate path to the DB # doesn't need to exist, will create $ENV{ACME_QUOTEDB_PATH} = '/home/me/my_stuff/my_quote_db' }

* (NOTE: be sure this (BEGIN) exists *before* the 'use ACME::QuoteDB' lines)

The default is to use sqlite3.

In order to connect to a mysql database, several environmental variables are required.

BEGIN { # have to set this to use remote database $ENV{ACME_QUOTEDB_REMOTE} = 'mysql'; $ENV{ACME_QUOTEDB_DB} = 'acme_quotedb'; $ENV{ACME_QUOTEDB_HOST} = 'localhost'; $ENV{ACME_QUOTEDB_USER} = 'acme_user'; $ENV{ACME_QUOTEDB_PASS} = 'acme'; }

Set the above in a begin block and all operations are the same but now you will be writing to the remote mysql database specified.

(The user will need read/write permissions to the db/tables) (mysql admin duties are beyond the scope of this module)

The only supported databases at this time are sqlite and mysql.

It is trivial to add support for others

see: LOADING QUOTES

Carp

Data::Dumper

criticism (pragma - enforce Perl::Critic if installed)

version(pragma - version numbers)

aliased

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DBD::SQLite

DBI

Class::DBI

File::Basename

Readonly

Module::Build

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man fortune (unix/linux)

Fortune

fortune

ACME::QuoteDB

David Wright, <david_v_wright at yahoo.com>

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Copyright 2009 David Wright, all rights reserved.

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