Datagator

Datagator is a lightweight flexible framework to ingest, store, and analyze Data about Data

Ingestion

A collection of scripts to extract, transform, and publish data from a number of websites.

Usage

Setup

TODO: Configure by using datagator-config-template, copy it to ~/.datagator and fill-in the blanks. Alternatively, set env vars (see datagator-config-template file for details).

Create local data

Netflix Queue

Parse the DVD Queue page, which you might find useful prior to Netflix DVD ceasing operations on Sept. 28, 2023

Little Prince Collection

2. The Little Prince Collection (https://www.petit-prince-collection.com)

dg get PP-7146

Scrapes Little Prince Collection data from https://www.petit-prince-collection.com/lang/show_livre.php?lang=en&id=7146

Output:

• $DGOUT/PP/$PPID/items.json JSON array of Datagator-format records including metadata
• $DGOUT/PP/$PPID/raw-covers Downloaded resources (images)

Publish local data to an environment

dg build Do some validation on local data and build the publishable artifacts.

dg publish Upload (reconcile) all local data to the cloud deployment.