dBase Database Files

tap-dbf (edgarrmondragon variant)🥈

dbf file extension represents the dBase database file

The tap-dbf extractor pulls data from dBase Database Files that can then be sent to a destination using a loader.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

If you haven't already, follow the initial steps of the Getting Started guide:

  1. Install Meltano
  2. Create your Meltano project

Installation and configuration

  1. Add the tap-dbf extractor to your project using
    meltano add
    :
  2. meltano add extractor tap-dbf
  3. Configure the tap-dbf settings using
    meltano config
    :
  4. meltano config tap-dbf set --interactive
  5. Test that extractor settings are valid using
    meltano config
    :
  6. meltano config tap-dbf test

Next steps

If you run into any issues, learn how to get help.

Capabilities

The current capabilities for tap-dbf may have been automatically set when originally added to the Hub. Please review the capabilities when using this extractor. If you find they are out of date, please consider updating them by making a pull request to the YAML file that defines the capabilities for this extractor.

This plugin has the following capabilities:

  • about
  • batch
  • catalog
  • discover
  • schema-flattening
  • state
  • stream-maps

You can override these capabilities or specify additional ones in your meltano.yml by adding the capabilities key.

Settings

The tap-dbf settings that are known to Meltano are documented below. To quickly find the setting you're looking for, click on any setting name from the list:

You can also list these settings using

meltano config
with the list subcommand:

meltano config tap-dbf list

You can override these settings or specify additional ones in your meltano.yml by adding the settings key.

Please consider adding any settings you have defined locally to this definition on MeltanoHub by making a pull request to the YAML file that defines the settings for this plugin.

Fs Root (fs_root)

  • Environment variable: TAP_DBF_FS_ROOT
  • Default Value: file://

The root of the filesystem to read from.


Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:

meltano config tap-dbf set fs_root [value]

Gcs Token (gcs.token)

  • Environment variable: TAP_DBF_GCS_TOKEN

OAuth 2.0 token for GCS.


Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:

meltano config tap-dbf set gcs token [value]

Ignore Missing Memofile (ignore_missing_memofile)

  • Environment variable: TAP_DBF_IGNORE_MISSING_MEMOFILE
  • Default Value: false

Whether to proceed reading the file even if the [memofile] is not present.


Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:

meltano config tap-dbf set ignore_missing_memofile [value]

Path (path)

  • Environment variable: TAP_DBF_PATH

Glob expression where the files are located. Stream names will be extracted from the file name.


Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:

meltano config tap-dbf set path [value]

S3 Endpoint URL (s3.endpoint_url)

  • Environment variable: TAP_DBF_S3_ENDPOINT_URL

The S3 endpoint URL.


Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:

meltano config tap-dbf set s3 endpoint_url [value]

S3 Key (s3.key)

  • Environment variable: TAP_DBF_S3_KEY

The AWS key ID.


Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:

meltano config tap-dbf set s3 key [value]

S3 Secret (s3.secret)

  • Environment variable: TAP_DBF_S3_SECRET

The AWS secret key.


Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:

meltano config tap-dbf set s3 secret [value]
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Batch Compression Format (batch_config.encoding.compression)

  • Environment variable: TAP_DBF_BATCH_CONFIG_ENCODING_COMPRESSION

Compression format to use for batch files.


Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:

meltano config tap-dbf set batch_config encoding.compression [value]

Batch Encoding Format (batch_config.encoding.format)

  • Environment variable: TAP_DBF_BATCH_CONFIG_ENCODING_FORMAT

Format to use for batch files.


Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:

meltano config tap-dbf set batch_config encoding.format [value]

Batch Storage Prefix (batch_config.storage.prefix)

  • Environment variable: TAP_DBF_BATCH_CONFIG_STORAGE_PREFIX

Prefix to use when writing batch files.


Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:

meltano config tap-dbf set batch_config storage.prefix [value]

Batch Storage Root (batch_config.storage.root)

  • Environment variable: TAP_DBF_BATCH_CONFIG_STORAGE_ROOT

Root path to use when writing batch files.


Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:

meltano config tap-dbf set batch_config storage.root [value]

Faker Locale (faker_config.locale)

  • Environment variable: TAP_DBF_FAKER_CONFIG_LOCALE

One or more LCID locale strings to produce localized output for: https://faker.readthedocs.io/en/master/#localization


Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:

meltano config tap-dbf set faker_config locale [value]

Faker Seed (faker_config.seed)

  • Environment variable: TAP_DBF_FAKER_CONFIG_SEED

Value to seed the Faker generator for deterministic output: https://faker.readthedocs.io/en/master/#seeding-the-generator


Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:

meltano config tap-dbf set faker_config seed [value]

Enable Schema Flattening (flattening_enabled)

  • Environment variable: TAP_DBF_FLATTENING_ENABLED

'True' to enable schema flattening and automatically expand nested properties.


Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:

meltano config tap-dbf set flattening_enabled [value]

Max Flattening Depth (flattening_max_depth)

  • Environment variable: TAP_DBF_FLATTENING_MAX_DEPTH

The max depth to flatten schemas.


Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:

meltano config tap-dbf set flattening_max_depth [value]

User Stream Map Configuration (stream_map_config)

  • Environment variable: TAP_DBF_STREAM_MAP_CONFIG

User-defined config values to be used within map expressions.


Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:

meltano config tap-dbf set stream_map_config [value]

Stream Maps (stream_maps)

  • Environment variable: TAP_DBF_STREAM_MAPS

Config object for stream maps capability. For more information check out Stream Maps.


Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:

meltano config tap-dbf set stream_maps [value]

Something missing?

This page is generated from a YAML file that you can contribute changes to.

Edit it on GitHub!

Looking for help?

If you're having trouble getting the tap-dbf extractor to work, look for an existing issue in its repository, file a new issue, or join the Meltano Slack community and ask for help in the
#plugins-general
channel.

Install

meltano add extractor tap-dbf

Maintenance Status

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Repo

https://github.com/edgarrmondragon/tap-dbf
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Maintainer

  • Edgar Ramirez

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