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Quiltr
An R package to Quilt data package manager. See docs and GitHub
This package is in reasonable shape and covers most of the Quilt Python API. Pull requests, issue reports, and further testing are very welcome.
Installation
devtools::install_github('stillmatic/quiltr')pip install quiltpip install git+git://github.com/quiltdata/quilt- you probably need this
If you have trouble testing in Rstudio, follow instructions to set the proper PATH for Rstudio.
Demo
Load data file:
seattle <- qload("akarve.seattle_911", "responses")## Warning: Coercing int64 to double
## Warning: Coercing int64 to double
seattle %>% head %>% knitr::kable()| CAD CDW ID | CAD Event Number | General Offense Number | Event Clearance Code | Event Clearance Description | Event Clearance SubGroup | Event Clearance Group | Event Clearance Date | Hundred Block Location | District/Sector | Zone/Beat | Census Tract | Longitude | Latitude | Incident Location | Initial Type Description | Initial Type Subgroup | Initial Type Group | At Scene Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15736 | 10000246357 | 2010246357 | 242 | FIGHT DISTURBANCE | DISTURBANCES | DISTURBANCES | 07/17/2010 08:49:00 PM | 3XX BLOCK OF PINE ST | M | M2 | 8100.2001 | -122.33814674799999 | 47.610975163 | (47.610975163, -122.338146748) | ||||
| 15737 | 10000246471 | 2010246471 | 65 | THEFT - MISCELLANEOUS | THEFT | OTHER PROPERTY | 07/17/2010 08:50:00 PM | 36XX BLOCK OF DISCOVERY PARK BLVD | Q | Q1 | 5700.1012 | -122.404612874 | 47.65832489899999 | (47.658324899, -122.404612874) | ||||
| 15738 | 10000246255 | 2010246255 | 250 | MISCHIEF, NUISANCE COMPLAINTS | NUISANCE, MISCHIEF COMPLAINTS | NUISANCE, MISCHIEF | 07/17/2010 08:55:00 PM | 21XX BLOCK OF 3RD AVE | M | M2 | 7200.2025 | -122.342843234 | 47.613551471 | (47.613551471, -122.342843234) | ||||
| 15739 | 10000246473 | 2010246473 | 460 | TRAFFIC (MOVING) VIOLATION | TRAFFIC RELATED CALLS | TRAFFIC RELATED CALLS | 07/17/2010 09:00:00 PM | 7XX BLOCK OF ROY ST | D | D1 | 7200.1002 | -122.341846999 | 47.625401388 | (47.625401388, -122.341846999) | ||||
| 15740 | 10000246330 | 2010246330 | 250 | MISCHIEF, NUISANCE COMPLAINTS | NUISANCE, MISCHIEF COMPLAINTS | NUISANCE, MISCHIEF | 07/17/2010 09:00:00 PM | 9XX BLOCK OF ALOHA ST | D | D1 | 6700.1009 | -122.339708605 | 47.627424837 | (47.627424837, -122.339708605) | ||||
| 15741 | 10000246477 | 2010246477 | 281 | SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE | SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES | SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES | 07/17/2010 09:02:00 PM | 30XX BLOCK OF W GOVERNMENT WAY | Q | Q1 | 5700.2005 | -122.39662681 | 47.66131158 | (47.66131158, -122.39662681) |
Create a package:
qbuild("hua/iris", README.md = readme, iris = iris)
qpush("hua/iris", TRUE)Design Philosophy
Given that the bulk of development on the Quilt project is done in Python, it makes sense to provide wrappers to the Python code for non-essential commands, and provide native R code to handle import/export of data only. Additionally, the Quilt project is under heavy development; rather than reimplementing this moving target in R, we can use
Many of the commands named by Quilt conflict with existing R functions, especially in base, e.g. search or ls. To avoid confusion we generally will prefix functions with q.
This package makes extensive use of the R package reticulate to interface with Python. The file IO and conversion is done via the feather project, in lieu of R support for Apache Arrow (see, e.g. ARROW-1325 and other stuff on the arrow-dev listserv).