pgcontents

A PostgreSQL-backed implementation of IPEP 27.

This repository is under development as part of the Quantopian Research Environment, currently in Alpha.

Getting Started

Prerequisites:

• Write access to an empty PostgreSQL database.
• A Python installation with the latest master of IPython Notebook.

Installation:

0. Install pgcontents from PyPI via pip install pgcontents.
1. Run pgcontents init to configure your database. You will be prompted for a database URL for pgcontents to use for storage.
2. Configure IPython Notebook to use PostgresContentsManager as its storage backend. This can be done from the command line or by modifying your ipython_notebook_config.py file. See examples/example_ipython_notebook_config.py for an example config file.
3. Enjoy your filesystem-free IPython experience!