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jc - JSON Convert cbt command output parser (Google Bigtable)

Parses the human-, but not machine-, friendly output of the cbt command (for Google's Bigtable).

No effort is made to convert the data types of the values in the cells.

The timestamp_epoch calculated timestamp field is naive. (i.e. based on the local time of the system the parser is run on)

The timestamp_epoch_utc calculated timestamp field is timezone-aware and is only available if the timestamp has a UTC timezone.

The timestamp_iso calculated timestamp field will only include UTC timezone information if the timestamp has a UTC timezone.

Raw output contains all cells for each column (including timestamps), while the normal output contains only the latest value for each column.

Usage (cli):

$ cbt | jc --cbt

or

$ jc cbt

Usage (module):

import jc
result = jc.parse('cbt', cbt_command_output)

Schema:

[
  {
    "key":                      string,
    "cells": {
      <string>: {                         # column family
        <string>:               string    # column: value
      }
    }
  }
]

Schema (raw):

[
  {
    "key":                      string,
    "cells": [
      {
        "column_family":        string,
        "column":               string,
        "value":                string,
        "timestamp_iso":        string,
        "timestamp_epoch":      integer,
        "timestamp_epoch_utc":  integer
      }
    ]
  }
]

Examples:

$ cbt -project=$PROJECT -instance=$INSTANCE lookup $TABLE foo | jc --cbt -p
[
  {
    "key": "foo",
    "cells": {
      "foo": {
        "bar": "baz"
      }
    }
  }
]

$ cbt -project=$PROJECT -instance=$INSTANCE lookup $TABLE foo | jc --cbt -p -r
[
  {
    "key": "foo",
    "cells": [
      {
        "column_family": "foo",
        "column": "bar",
        "value": "baz1",
        "timestamp_iso": "1970-01-01T01:00:00",
        "timestamp_epoch": 32400,
        "timestamp_epoch_utc": null
      }
    ]
  }
]

parse

def parse(data: str,
          raw: bool = False,
          quiet: bool = False) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]

Main text parsing function

Parameters:

data:        (string)  text data to parse
raw:         (boolean) unprocessed output if True
quiet:       (boolean) suppress warning messages if True

Returns:

List of Dictionaries. Raw or processed structured data.

Parser Information

Compatibility: linux, darwin, cygwin, win32, aix, freebsd

Source: jc/parsers/cbt.py

Version 1.0 by Andreas Weiden (andreas.weiden@gmail.com)