Add support for insert CSV

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ### 0.14.0 -- TBA
 * Bugfix - Activating a schema requires all tables to exist even if `create_tables=False` PR [#1058](https://github.com/datajoint/datajoint-python/pull/1058)
 * Update - Populate call with `reserve_jobs=True` to exclude `error` and `ignore` keys - PR [#1062](https://github.com/datajoint/datajoint-python/pull/1062)
+* Add - Support for inserting data with CSV files - PR [#1067](https://github.com/datajoint/datajoint-python/pull/1067)
 
 ### 0.13.8 -- Sep 21, 2022
 * Add - New documentation structure based on markdown PR [#1052](https://github.com/datajoint/datajoint-python/pull/1052)

LNX-docker-compose.yml

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ services:
       interval: 1s
   fakeservices.datajoint.io:
     <<: *net
-    image: datajoint/nginx:v0.2.3
+    image: datajoint/nginx:v0.2.4
     environment:
     - ADD_db_TYPE=DATABASE
     - ADD_db_ENDPOINT=db:3306

README.md

@@ -112,15 +112,15 @@ important DataJoint schema or records.
 
 ### API docs
 
-The API documentation can be built using sphinx by running
+The API documentation can be built with mkdocs using the docker compose file in
+`docs/` with the following command:
 
 ``` bash
-pip install sphinx sphinx_rtd_theme 
-(cd docs-api/sphinx && make html)
+MODE="LIVE" PACKAGE=datajoint UPSTREAM_REPO=https://github.com/datajoint/datajoint-python.git HOST_UID=$(id -u) docker compose -f docs/docker-compose.yaml up --build
 ```
 
-Generated docs are written to `docs-api/docs/html/index.html`.
-More details in [docs-api/README.md](docs-api/README.md).
+The site will then be available at `http://localhost/`. When finished, be sure to run
+the same command as above, but replace `up --build` with `down`.
 
 ## Running Tests Locally
 <details>
@@ -141,11 +141,11 @@ HOST_GID=1000
 * Add entry in `/etc/hosts` for `127.0.0.1 fakeservices.datajoint.io`
 * Run desired tests. Some examples are as follows:
 
-| Use Case                     | Shell Code                                                                    |
-| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
-| Run all tests                | `nosetests -vsw tests --with-coverage --cover-package=datajoint`                                                              |
-| Run one specific class test       | `nosetests -vs --tests=tests.test_fetch:TestFetch.test_getattribute_for_fetch1`                                                           |
-| Run one specific basic test        | `nosetests -vs --tests=tests.test_external_class:test_insert_and_fetch`                                   |
+| Use Case                     | Shell Code                                                                      |
+| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------  |
+| Run all tests                | `nosetests -vsw tests --with-coverage --cover-package=datajoint`                |
+| Run one specific class test  | `nosetests -vs --tests=tests.test_fetch:TestFetch.test_getattribute_for_fetch1` |
+| Run one specific basic test  | `nosetests -vs --tests=tests.test_external_class:test_insert_and_fetch`         |
 
 
 ### Launch Docker Terminal

datajoint/table.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import pandas
 import logging
 import uuid
+import csv
 import re
 from pathlib import Path
 from .settings import config
@@ -345,13 +346,16 @@ def insert(
         """
         Insert a collection of rows.
 
-        :param rows: An iterable where an element is a numpy record, a dict-like object, a
-            pandas.DataFrame, a sequence, or a query expression with the same heading as self.
+        :param rows: Either (a) an iterable where an element is a numpy record, a
+            dict-like object, a pandas.DataFrame, a sequence, or a query expression with
+            the same heading as self, or (b) a pathlib.Path object specifying a path
+            relative to the current directory with a CSV file, the contents of which
+            will be inserted.
         :param replace: If True, replaces the existing tuple.
         :param skip_duplicates: If True, silently skip duplicate inserts.
         :param ignore_extra_fields: If False, fields that are not in the heading raise error.
-        :param allow_direct_insert: applies only in auto-populated tables. If False (default),
-            insert are allowed only from inside the make callback.
+        :param allow_direct_insert: Only applies in auto-populated tables. If False (default),
+            insert may only be called from inside the make callback.
 
         Example:
 
@@ -366,6 +370,10 @@ def insert(
                 drop=len(rows.index.names) == 1 and not rows.index.names[0]
             ).to_records(index=False)
 
+        if isinstance(rows, Path):
+            with open(rows, newline="") as data_file:
+                rows = list(csv.DictReader(data_file, delimiter=","))
+
         # prohibit direct inserts into auto-populated tables
         if not allow_direct_insert and not getattr(self, "_allow_insert", True):
             raise DataJointError(

docs/src/query-lang/common-commands.md

@@ -1,6 +1,70 @@
 
-<!-- ## Insert is present in the general docs here-->
-
+## Insert
+
+Data entry is as easy as providing the appropriate data structure to a permitted table.
+Given the following table definition, we can insert data as tuples, dicts, pandas
+dataframes, or pathlib `Path` relative paths to local CSV files.
+
+```text      
+    mouse_id: int            # unique mouse id
+    ---
+    dob: date                # mouse date of birth
+    sex: enum('M', 'F', 'U') # sex of mouse - Male, Female, or Unknown
+``` 
+
+=== "Tuple"
+
+    ```python
+    mouse.insert1( (0, '2017-03-01', 'M') ) # Single entry
+    data = [
+        (1, '2016-11-19', 'M'),
+        (2, '2016-11-20', 'U'),
+        (5, '2016-12-25', 'F')
+    ]
+    mouse.insert(data) # Multi-entry
+    ```
+
+=== "Dict"
+
+    ```python
+    mouse.insert1( dict(mouse_id=0, dob='2017-03-01', sex='M') ) # Single entry
+    data = [
+        {'mouse_id':1, 'dob':'2016-11-19', 'sex':'M'},
+        {'mouse_id':2, 'dob':'2016-11-20', 'sex':'U'},
+        {'mouse_id':5, 'dob':'2016-12-25', 'sex':'F'}
+    ]
+    mouse.insert(data) # Multi-entry
+    ```
+
+=== "Pandas"
+
+    ```python
+    import pandas as pd
+    data = pd.DataFrame(
+        [[1, "2016-11-19", "M"], [2, "2016-11-20", "U"], [5, "2016-12-25", "F"]],
+        columns=["mouse_id", "dob", "sex"],
+    )
+    mouse.insert(data)
+    ```
+
+=== "CSV"
+
+    Given the following CSV in the current working directory as `mice.csv`
+
+    ```console
+    mouse_id,dob,sex
+    1,2016-11-19,M
+    2,2016-11-20,U
+    5,2016-12-25,F
+    ```
+
+    We can import as follows:
+
+    ```python
+    from pathlib import Path
+    mouse.insert(Path('./mice.csv'))
+    ```
+
 ## Make
 
 See the article on [`make` methods](../../reproduce/make-method/)
@@ -31,8 +95,8 @@ data = query.fetch(as_dict=True) # (2)
 ### Separate variables
 
 ``` python
-name, img = query.fetch1('name', 'image')  # when query has exactly one entity
-name, img = query.fetch('name', 'image')   # [name, ...] [image, ...]
+name, img = query.fetch1('mouse_id', 'dob')  # when query has exactly one entity
+name, img = query.fetch('mouse_id', 'dob')   # [mouse_id, ...] [dob, ...]
 ```
 
 ### Primary key values
@@ -51,19 +115,18 @@ primary keys.
 To sort the result, use the `order_by` keyword argument.
 
 ``` python
-data = query.fetch(order_by='name')                 # ascending order
-data = query.fetch(order_by='name desc')            # descending order
-data = query.fetch(order_by=('name desc', 'year'))  # by name first, year second
-data = query.fetch(order_by='KEY')                  # sort by the primary key
-data = query.fetch(order_by=('name', 'KEY desc'))   # sort by name but for same names order by primary key
+data = query.fetch(order_by='mouse_id')                # ascending order
+data = query.fetch(order_by='mouse_id desc')           # descending order
+data = query.fetch(order_by=('mouse_id', 'dob'))       # by ID first, dob second
+data = query.fetch(order_by='KEY')                     # sort by the primary key
 ```
 
 The `order_by` argument can be a string specifying the attribute to sort by. By default
 the sort is in ascending order. Use `'attr desc'` to sort in descending order by
 attribute `attr`. The value can also be a sequence of strings, in which case, the sort
 performed on all the attributes jointly in the order specified.
 
-The special attribute name `'KEY'` represents the primary key attributes in order that
+The special attribute named `'KEY'` represents the primary key attributes in order that
 they appear in the index. Otherwise, this name can be used as any other argument.
 
 If an attribute happens to be a SQL reserved word, it needs to be enclosed in
@@ -82,7 +145,7 @@ Similar to sorting, the `limit` and `offset` arguments can be used to limit the
 to a subset of entities.
 
 ``` python
-data = query.fetch(order_by='name', limit=10, offset=5)
+data = query.fetch(order_by='mouse_id', limit=10, offset=5)
 ```
 
 Note that an `offset` cannot be used without specifying a `limit` as

local-docker-compose.yml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ services:
       interval: 1s
   fakeservices.datajoint.io:
     <<: *net
-    image: datajoint/nginx:v0.2.3
+    image: datajoint/nginx:v0.2.4
     environment:
     - ADD_db_TYPE=DATABASE
     - ADD_db_ENDPOINT=db:3306

tests/test_university.py

@@ -33,11 +33,9 @@ def test_activate():
         Enroll,
         Grade,
     ):
-        import csv
+        from pathlib import Path
 
-        with open("./data/" + table.__name__ + ".csv") as f:
-            reader = csv.DictReader(f)
-            table().insert(reader)
+        table().insert(Path("./data/" + table.__name__ + ".csv"))
 
 
 def test_fill():