Data Contract CLI

The datacontract CLI is an open-source command-line tool for working with data contracts. It uses data contract YAML files as Data Contract Specification or ODCS to lint the data contract, connect to data sources and execute schema and quality tests, detect breaking changes, and export to different formats. The tool is written in Python. It can be used as a standalone CLI tool, in a CI/CD pipeline, or directly as a Python library.

Getting started

Let's look at this data contract: https://datacontract.com/examples/orders-latest/datacontract.yaml

We have a servers section with endpoint details to the S3 bucket, models for the structure of the data, servicelevels and quality attributes that describe the expected freshness and number of rows.

This data contract contains all information to connect to S3 and check that the actual data meets the defined schema and quality requirements. We can use this information to test if the actual data product in S3 is compliant to the data contract.

Let's use pip to install the CLI (or use the Docker image),

$ python3 -m pip install datacontract-cli[all]

now, let's run the tests:

$ datacontract test https://datacontract.com/examples/orders-latest/datacontract.yaml

# returns:
Testing https://datacontract.com/examples/orders-latest/datacontract.yaml
╭────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┬─────────╮
│ Result │ Check                                                               │ Field                         │ Details │
├────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────┼─────────┤
│ passed │ Check that JSON has valid schema                                    │ orders                        │         │
│ passed │ Check that JSON has valid schema                                    │ line_items                    │         │
│ passed │ Check that field order_id is present                                │ orders                        │         │
│ passed │ Check that field order_timestamp is present                         │ orders                        │         │
│ passed │ Check that field order_total is present                             │ orders                        │         │
│ passed │ Check that field customer_id is present                             │ orders                        │         │
│ passed │ Check that field customer_email_address is present                  │ orders                        │         │
│ passed │ row_count >= 5000                                                   │ orders                        │         │
│ passed │ Check that required field order_id has no null values               │ orders.order_id               │         │
│ passed │ Check that unique field order_id has no duplicate values            │ orders.order_id               │         │
│ passed │ duplicate_count(order_id) = 0                                       │ orders.order_id               │         │
│ passed │ Check that required field order_timestamp has no null values        │ orders.order_timestamp        │         │
│ passed │ freshness(order_timestamp) < 24h                                    │ orders.order_timestamp        │         │
│ passed │ Check that required field order_total has no null values            │ orders.order_total            │         │
│ passed │ Check that required field customer_email_address has no null values │ orders.customer_email_address │         │
│ passed │ Check that field lines_item_id is present                           │ line_items                    │         │
│ passed │ Check that field order_id is present                                │ line_items                    │         │
│ passed │ Check that field sku is present                                     │ line_items                    │         │
│ passed │ values in (order_id) must exist in orders (order_id)                │ line_items.order_id           │         │
│ passed │ row_count >= 5000                                                   │ line_items                    │         │
│ passed │ Check that required field lines_item_id has no null values          │ line_items.lines_item_id      │         │
│ passed │ Check that unique field lines_item_id has no duplicate values       │ line_items.lines_item_id      │         │
╰────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────┴─────────╯
🟢 data contract is valid. Run 22 checks. Took 6.739514 seconds.

Voilà, the CLI tested that the datacontract.yaml itself is valid, all records comply with the schema, and all quality attributes are met.

We can also use the datacontract.yaml to export in many formats, e.g., to generate a SQL DDL:

$ datacontract export --format sql https://datacontract.com/examples/orders-latest/datacontract.yaml

# returns:
-- Data Contract: urn:datacontract:checkout:orders-latest
-- SQL Dialect: snowflake
CREATE TABLE orders (
  order_id TEXT not null primary key,
  order_timestamp TIMESTAMP_TZ not null,
  order_total NUMBER not null,
  customer_id TEXT,
  customer_email_address TEXT not null,
  processed_timestamp TIMESTAMP_TZ not null
);
CREATE TABLE line_items (
  lines_item_id TEXT not null primary key,
  order_id TEXT,
  sku TEXT
);

Or generate an HTML export:

$ datacontract export --format html https://datacontract.com/examples/orders-latest/datacontract.yaml > datacontract.html

which will create this HTML export.

Usage

# create a new data contract from example and write it to datacontract.yaml
$ datacontract init datacontract.yaml

# lint the datacontract.yaml
$ datacontract lint datacontract.yaml

# execute schema and quality checks
$ datacontract test datacontract.yaml

# execute schema and quality checks on the examples within the contract
$ datacontract test --examples datacontract.yaml

# export data contract as html (other formats: avro, dbt, dbt-sources, dbt-staging-sql, jsonschema, odcs_v2, odcs_v3, rdf, sql, sodacl, terraform, ...)
$ datacontract export --format html datacontract.yaml > datacontract.html

# import avro (other formats: sql, glue, bigquery...)
$ datacontract import --format avro --source avro_schema.avsc

# find differences between two data contracts
$ datacontract diff datacontract-v1.yaml datacontract-v2.yaml

# find differences between two data contracts categorized into error, warning, and info.
$ datacontract changelog datacontract-v1.yaml datacontract-v2.yaml

# fail pipeline on breaking changes. Uses changelog internally and showing only error and warning.
$ datacontract breaking datacontract-v1.yaml datacontract-v2.yaml

Programmatic (Python)

from datacontract.data_contract import DataContract

data_contract = DataContract(data_contract_file="datacontract.yaml")
run = data_contract.test()
if not run.has_passed():
    print("Data quality validation failed.")
    # Abort pipeline, alert, or take corrective actions...

Installation

Choose the most appropriate installation method for your needs:

pip

Python 3.10, 3.11, and 3.12 are supported. We recommend to use Python 3.11.

python3 -m pip install datacontract-cli[all]

pipx

pipx installs into an isolated environment.

pipx install datacontract-cli[all]

Docker

You can also use our Docker image to run the CLI tool. It is also convenient for CI/CD pipelines.

docker pull datacontract/cli
docker run --rm -v ${PWD}:/home/datacontract datacontract/cli

You can create an alias for the Docker command to make it easier to use:

alias datacontract='docker run --rm -v "${PWD}:/home/datacontract" datacontract/cli:latest'

Note: The output of Docker command line messages is limited to 80 columns and may include line breaks. Don't pipe docker output to files if you want to export code. Use the --output option instead.

Optional Dependencies

The CLI tool defines several optional dependencies (also known as extras) that can be installed for using with specific servers types. With all, all server dependencies are included.

pip install datacontract-cli[all]

A list of available extras:

Dependency	Installation Command
Avro Support	pip install datacontract-cli[avro]
Google BigQuery	pip install datacontract-cli[bigquery]
Databricks Integration	pip install datacontract-cli[databricks]
Iceberg	pip install datacontract-cli[iceberg]
Kafka Integration	pip install datacontract-cli[kafka]
PostgreSQL Integration	pip install datacontract-cli[postgres]
S3 Integration	pip install datacontract-cli[s3]
Snowflake Integration	pip install datacontract-cli[snowflake]
Microsoft SQL Server	pip install datacontract-cli[sqlserver]
Trino	pip install datacontract-cli[trino]
Dbt	pip install datacontract-cli[dbt]
Dbml	pip install datacontract-cli[dbml]
Parquet	pip install datacontract-cli[parquet]

Documentation

Commands

• init
• lint
• test
• export
• import
• breaking
• changelog
• diff
• catalog
• publish

init

 Usage: datacontract init [OPTIONS] [LOCATION]

 Download a datacontract.yaml template and write it to file.

╭─ Arguments ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│   location      [LOCATION]  The location (url or path) of the data contract yaml to create.  │
│                             [default: datacontract.yaml]                                     │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Options ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --template                       TEXT  URL of a template or data contract                    │
│                                        [default:                                             │
│                                        https://datacontract.com/datacontract.init.yaml]      │
│ --overwrite    --no-overwrite          Replace the existing datacontract.yaml                │
│                                        [default: no-overwrite]                               │
│ --help                                 Show this message and exit.                           │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

lint

 Usage: datacontract lint [OPTIONS] [LOCATION]

 Validate that the datacontract.yaml is correctly formatted.

╭─ Arguments ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│   location      [LOCATION]  The location (url or path) of the data contract yaml. [default: datacontract.yaml]                  │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Options ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --schema        TEXT  The location (url or path) of the Data Contract Specification JSON Schema                                 │
│                       [default: https://datacontract.com/datacontract.schema.json]                                              │
│ --help                Show this message and exit.                                                                               │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

test

 Usage: datacontract test [OPTIONS] [LOCATION]

 Run schema and quality tests on configured servers.

╭─ Arguments ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│   location      [LOCATION]  The location (url or path) of the data contract yaml. [default: datacontract.yaml]                  │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Options ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --schema                                                       TEXT  The location (url or path) of the Data Contract            │
│                                                                      Specification JSON Schema                                  │
│                                                                      [default:                                                  │
│                                                                      https://datacontract.com/datacontract.schema.json]         │
│ --server                                                       TEXT  The server configuration to run the schema and quality     │
│                                                                      tests. Use the key of the server object in the data        │
│                                                                      contract yaml file to refer to a server, e.g.,             │
│                                                                      `production`, or `all` for all servers (default).          │
│                                                                      [default: all]                                             │
│ --examples                    --no-examples                          Run the schema and quality tests on the example data       │
│                                                                      within the data contract.                                  │
│                                                                      [default: no-examples]                                     │
│ --publish                                                      TEXT  The url to publish the results after the test              │
│                                                                      [default: None]                                            │
│ --publish-to-opentelemetry    --no-publish-to-opentelemetry          Publish the results to opentelemetry. Use environment      │
│                                                                      variables to configure the OTLP endpoint, headers, etc.    │
│                                                                      [default: no-publish-to-opentelemetry]                     │
│ --logs                        --no-logs                              Print logs [default: no-logs]                              │
│ --help                                                               Show this message and exit.                                │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

Data Contract CLI connects to a data source and runs schema and quality tests to verify that the data contract is valid.

$ datacontract test --server production datacontract.yaml

To connect to the databases the server block in the datacontract.yaml is used to set up the connection. In addition, credentials, such as username and passwords, may be defined with environment variables.

The application uses different engines, based on the server type. Internally, it connects with DuckDB, Spark, or a native connection and executes the most tests with soda-core and fastjsonschema.

Credentials are provided with environment variables.

Supported server types:

• s3
• bigquery
• azure
• sqlserver
• databricks
• databricks (programmatic)
• dataframe (programmatic)
• snowflake
• kafka
• postgres
• trino
• local

Supported formats:

• parquet
• json
• csv
• delta
• iceberg (coming soon)

Feel free to create an issue, if you need support for an additional type and formats.

S3

Data Contract CLI can test data that is stored in S3 buckets or any S3-compliant endpoints in various formats.

• CSV
• JSON
• Delta
• Parquet
• Iceberg (coming soon)

Examples

JSON

datacontract.yaml

servers:
  production:
    type: s3
    endpointUrl: https://minio.example.com # not needed with AWS S3
    location: s3://bucket-name/path/*/*.json
    format: json
    delimiter: new_line # new_line, array, or none

Delta Tables

datacontract.yaml

servers:
  production:
    type: s3
    endpointUrl: https://minio.example.com # not needed with AWS S3
    location: s3://bucket-name/path/table.delta # path to the Delta table folder containing parquet data files and the _delta_log
    format: delta

Environment Variables

Environment Variable	Example	Description
DATACONTRACT_S3_REGION	eu-central-1	Region of S3 bucket
DATACONTRACT_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID	AKIAXV5Q5QABCDEFGH	AWS Access Key ID
DATACONTRACT_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY	93S7LRrJcqLaaaa/XXXXXXXXXXXXX	AWS Secret Access Key
DATACONTRACT_S3_SESSION_TOKEN	AQoDYXdzEJr...	AWS temporary session token (optional)

Google Cloud Storage (GCS)

The S3 integration also works with files on Google Cloud Storage through its interoperability. Use https://storage.googleapis.com as the endpoint URL.

Example

datacontract.yaml

servers:
  production:
    type: s3
    endpointUrl: https://storage.googleapis.com
    location: s3://bucket-name/path/*/*.json # use s3:// schema instead of gs://
    format: json
    delimiter: new_line # new_line, array, or none

Environment Variables

Environment Variable	Example	Description
DATACONTRACT_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID	GOOG1EZZZ...	The GCS HMAC Key Key ID
DATACONTRACT_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY	PDWWpb...	The GCS HMAC Key Secret

BigQuery

We support authentication to BigQuery using Service Account Key. The used Service Account should include the roles:

• BigQuery Job User
• BigQuery Data Viewer

Example

datacontract.yaml

servers:
  production:
    type: bigquery
    project: datameshexample-product
    dataset: datacontract_cli_test_dataset
models:
  datacontract_cli_test_table: # corresponds to a BigQuery table
    type: table
    fields: ...

Environment Variables

Environment Variable	Example	Description
DATACONTRACT_BIGQUERY_ACCOUNT_INFO_JSON_PATH	~/service-access-key.json	Service Access key as saved on key creation by BigQuery. If this environment variable isn't set, the cli tries to use GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS as a fallback, so if you have that set for using their Python library anyway, it should work seamlessly.

Azure

Data Contract CLI can test data that is stored in Azure Blob storage or Azure Data Lake Storage (Gen2) (ADLS) in various formats.

Example

datacontract.yaml

servers:
  production:
    type: azure
    location: abfss://datameshdatabricksdemo.dfs.core.windows.net/dataproducts/inventory_events/*.parquet
    format: parquet

Environment Variables

Authentication works with an Azure Service Principal (SPN) aka App Registration with a secret.

Environment Variable	Example	Description
DATACONTRACT_AZURE_TENANT_ID	79f5b80f-10ff-40b9-9d1f-774b42d605fc	The Azure Tenant ID
DATACONTRACT_AZURE_CLIENT_ID	3cf7ce49-e2e9-4cbc-a922-4328d4a58622	The ApplicationID / ClientID of the app registration
DATACONTRACT_AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET	yZK8Q~GWO1MMXXXXXXXXXXXXX	The Client Secret value

Sqlserver

Data Contract CLI can test data in MS SQL Server (including Azure SQL, Synapse Analytics SQL Pool).

Example

datacontract.yaml

servers:
  production:
    type: sqlserver
    host: localhost
    port: 5432
    database: tempdb
    schema: dbo
    driver: ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server
models:
  my_table_1: # corresponds to a table
    type: table
    fields:
      my_column_1: # corresponds to a column
        type: varchar

Environment Variables

Environment Variable	Example	Description
DATACONTRACT_SQLSERVER_USERNAME	root	Username
DATACONTRACT_SQLSERVER_PASSWORD	toor	Password
DATACONTRACT_SQLSERVER_TRUSTED_CONNECTION	True	Use windows authentication, instead of login
DATACONTRACT_SQLSERVER_TRUST_SERVER_CERTIFICATE	True	Trust self-signed certificate
DATACONTRACT_SQLSERVER_ENCRYPTED_CONNECTION	True	Use SSL

Databricks

Works with Unity Catalog and Hive metastore.

Needs a running SQL warehouse or compute cluster.

Example

datacontract.yaml

servers:
  production:
    type: databricks
    host: dbc-abcdefgh-1234.cloud.databricks.com
    catalog: acme_catalog_prod
    schema: orders_latest
models:
  orders: # corresponds to a table
    type: table
    fields: ...

Environment Variables

Environment Variable	Example	Description
DATACONTRACT_DATABRICKS_TOKEN	dapia00000000000000000000000000000	The personal access token to authenticate
DATACONTRACT_DATABRICKS_HTTP_PATH	/sql/1.0/warehouses/b053a3ffffffff	The HTTP path to the SQL warehouse or compute cluster

Databricks (programmatic)

Works with Unity Catalog and Hive metastore. When running in a notebook or pipeline, the provided spark session can be used. An additional authentication is not required.

Requires a Databricks Runtime with Python >= 3.10.

Example

datacontract.yaml

servers:
  production:
    type: databricks
    host: dbc-abcdefgh-1234.cloud.databricks.com # ignored, always use current host
    catalog: acme_catalog_prod
    schema: orders_latest
models:
  orders: # corresponds to a table
    type: table
    fields: ...

Notebook

%pip install datacontract-cli[databricks]
dbutils.library.restartPython()

from datacontract.data_contract import DataContract

data_contract = DataContract(
  data_contract_file="/Volumes/acme_catalog_prod/orders_latest/datacontract/datacontract.yaml",
  spark=spark)
run = data_contract.test()
run.result

Dataframe (programmatic)

Works with Spark DataFrames. DataFrames need to be created as named temporary views. Multiple temporary views are supported if your data contract contains multiple models.

Testing DataFrames is useful to test your datasets in a pipeline before writing them to a data source.

Example

datacontract.yaml

servers:
  production:
    type: dataframe
models:
  my_table: # corresponds to a temporary view
    type: table
    fields: ...

Example code

from datacontract.data_contract import DataContract

df.createOrReplaceTempView("my_table")

data_contract = DataContract(
  data_contract_file="datacontract.yaml",
  spark=spark,
)
run = data_contract.test()
assert run.result == "passed"

Snowflake

Data Contract CLI can test data in Snowflake.

Example

datacontract.yaml

servers:
  snowflake:
    type: snowflake
    account: abcdefg-xn12345
    database: ORDER_DB
    schema: ORDERS_PII_V2
models:
  my_table_1: # corresponds to a table
    type: table
    fields:
      my_column_1: # corresponds to a column
        type: varchar

Environment Variables

All parameters supported by Soda, uppercased and prepended by DATACONTRACT_SNOWFLAKE_ prefix.
For example:

Soda parameter	Environment Variable
username	DATACONTRACT_SNOWFLAKE_USERNAME
password	DATACONTRACT_SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD
warehouse	DATACONTRACT_SNOWFLAKE_WAREHOUSE
role	DATACONTRACT_SNOWFLAKE_ROLE
connection_timeout	DATACONTRACT_SNOWFLAKE_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT

Beware, that parameters:

• account
• database
• schema

are obtained from the servers section of the YAML-file.
E.g. from the example above:

servers:
  snowflake:
    account: abcdefg-xn12345
    database: ORDER_DB
    schema: ORDERS_PII_V2

Kafka

Kafka support is currently considered experimental.

Example

datacontract.yaml

servers:
  production:
    type: kafka
    host: abc-12345.eu-central-1.aws.confluent.cloud:9092
    topic: my-topic-name
    format: json

Environment Variables

Environment Variable	Example	Description
DATACONTRACT_KAFKA_SASL_USERNAME	xxx	The SASL username (key).
DATACONTRACT_KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD	xxx	The SASL password (secret).
DATACONTRACT_KAFKA_SASL_MECHANISM	PLAIN	Default PLAIN. Other supported mechanisms: SCRAM-SHA-256 and SCRAM-SHA-512

Postgres

Data Contract CLI can test data in Postgres or Postgres-compliant databases (e.g., RisingWave).

Example

datacontract.yaml

servers:
  postgres:
    type: postgres
    host: localhost
    port: 5432
    database: postgres
    schema: public
models:
  my_table_1: # corresponds to a table
    type: table
    fields:
      my_column_1: # corresponds to a column
        type: varchar

Environment Variables

Environment Variable	Example	Description
DATACONTRACT_POSTGRES_USERNAME	postgres	Username
DATACONTRACT_POSTGRES_PASSWORD	mysecretpassword	Password

Trino

Data Contract CLI can test data in Trino.

Example

datacontract.yaml

servers:
  trino:
    type: trino
    host: localhost
    port: 8080
    catalog: my_catalog
    schema: my_schema
models:
  my_table_1: # corresponds to a table
    type: table
    fields:
      my_column_1: # corresponds to a column
        type: varchar
      my_column_2: # corresponds to a column with custom trino type
        type: object
        config:
          trinoType: row(en_us varchar, pt_br varchar)

Environment Variables

Environment Variable	Example	Description
DATACONTRACT_TRINO_USERNAME	trino	Username
DATACONTRACT_TRINO_PASSWORD	mysecretpassword	Password

export

 Usage: datacontract export [OPTIONS] [LOCATION]                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Convert data contract to a specific format. Saves to file specified by `output` option if present, otherwise prints to stdout.      
                                                                                                                                  
╭─ Arguments ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│   location      [LOCATION]  The location (url or path) of the data contract yaml. [default: datacontract.yaml]                 │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Options ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ *  --format        [jsonschema|pydantic-model|sodacl|dbt|dbt-sources|db  The export format. [default: None] [required]         │
│                    t-staging-sql|odcs|odcs_v2|odcs_v3|rdf|avro|protobuf                                                        │
│                    |great-expectations|terraform|avro-idl|sql|sql-query                                                        │
│                    |html|go|bigquery|dbml|spark|sqlalchemy|data-caterer                                                        │
│                    |dcs|iceberg]                                                                                                       │
│    --output        PATH                                                  Specify the file path where the exported data will be │
│                                                                          saved. If no path is provided, the output will be     │
│                                                                          printed to stdout.                                    │
│                                                                          [default: None]                                       │
│    --server        TEXT                                                  The server name to export. [default: None]            │
│    --model         TEXT                                                  Use the key of the model in the data contract yaml    │
│                                                                          file to refer to a model, e.g., `orders`, or `all`    │
│                                                                          for all models (default).                             │
│                                                                          [default: all]                                        │
│    --schema        TEXT                                                  The location (url or path) of the Data Contract       │
│                                                                          Specification JSON Schema                             │
│                                                                          [default:                                             │
│                                                                          https://datacontract.com/datacontract.schema.json]    │
│    --engine        TEXT                                                  [engine] The engine used for great expection run.     │
│                                                                          [default: None]                                       │
│    --help                                                                Show this message and exit.                           │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ RDF Options ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --rdf-base        TEXT  [rdf] The base URI used to generate the RDF graph. [default: None]                                     │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ SQL Options ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --sql-server-type        TEXT  [sql] The server type to determine the sql dialect. By default, it uses 'auto' to automatically │
│                                detect the sql dialect via the specified servers in the data contract.                          │
│                                [default: auto]                                                                                 │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

# Example export data contract as HTML
datacontract export --format html --output datacontract.html

Available export options:

Type	Description	Status
html	Export to HTML	✅
jsonschema	Export to JSON Schema	✅
odcs_v2	Export to Open Data Contract Standard (ODCS) V2	✅
odcs_v3	Export to Open Data Contract Standard (ODCS) V3	✅
odcs	Export to Open Data Contract Standard (ODCS) V3	✅
sodacl	Export to SodaCL quality checks in YAML format	✅
dbt	Export to dbt models in YAML format	✅
dbt-sources	Export to dbt sources in YAML format	✅
dbt-staging-sql	Export to dbt staging SQL models	✅
rdf	Export data contract to RDF representation in N3 format	✅
avro	Export to AVRO models	✅
protobuf	Export to Protobuf	✅
terraform	Export to terraform resources	✅
sql	Export to SQL DDL	✅
sql-query	Export to SQL Query	✅
great-expectations	Export to Great Expectations Suites in JSON Format	✅
bigquery	Export to BigQuery Schemas	✅
go	Export to Go types	✅
pydantic-model	Export to pydantic models	✅
DBML	Export to a DBML Diagram description	✅
spark	Export to a Spark StructType	✅
sqlalchemy	Export to SQLAlchemy Models	✅
data-caterer	Export to Data Caterer in YAML format	✅
dcs	Export to Data Contract Specification in YAML format	✅
iceberg	Export to an Iceberg JSON Schema Definition	partial
Missing something?	Please create an issue on GitHub	TBD

Great Expectations

The export function transforms a specified data contract into a comprehensive Great Expectations JSON suite. If the contract includes multiple models, you need to specify the names of the model you wish to export.

datacontract  export datacontract.yaml --format great-expectations --model orders

The export creates a list of expectations by utilizing:

• The data from the Model definition with a fixed mapping
• The expectations provided in the quality field for each model (find here the expectations gallery: Great Expectations Gallery)

Additional Arguments

To further customize the export, the following optional arguments are available:

• suite_name: The name of the expectation suite. This suite groups all generated expectations and provides a convenient identifier within Great Expectations. If not provided, a default suite name will be generated based on the model name(s).

• engine: Specifies the engine used to run Great Expectations checks. Accepted values are:

  • pandas — Use this when working with in-memory data frames through the Pandas library.
  • spark — Use this for working with Spark dataframes.
  • sql — Use this for working with SQL databases.

• sql_server_type: Specifies the type of SQL server to connect with when engine is set to sql.

  Providing sql_server_type ensures that the appropriate SQL dialect and connection settings are applied during the expectation validation.

RDF

The export function converts a given data contract into a RDF representation. You have the option to add a base_url which will be used as the default prefix to resolve relative IRIs inside the document.

datacontract export --format rdf --rdf-base https://www.example.com/ datacontract.yaml

The data contract is mapped onto the following concepts of a yet to be defined Data Contract Ontology named https://datacontract.com/DataContractSpecification/ :

• DataContract
• Server
• Model

Having the data contract inside an RDF Graph gives us access the following use cases:

• Interoperability with other data contract specification formats
• Store data contracts inside a knowledge graph
• Enhance a semantic search to find and retrieve data contracts
• Linking model elements to already established ontologies and knowledge
• Using full power of OWL to reason about the graph structure of data contracts
• Apply graph algorithms on multiple data contracts (Find similar data contracts, find "gatekeeper" data products, find the true domain owner of a field attribute)

DBML

The export function converts the logical data types of the datacontract into the specific ones of a concrete Database if a server is selected via the --server option (based on the type of that server). If no server is selected, the logical data types are exported.

Spark

The export function converts the data contract specification into a StructType Spark schema. The returned value is a Python code picture of the model schemas.
Spark DataFrame schema is defined as StructType. For more details about Spark Data Types please see the spark documentation

Avro

The export function converts the data contract specification into an avro schema. It supports specifying custom avro properties for logicalTypes and default values.

Custom Avro Properties

We support a config map on field level. A config map may include any additional key-value pairs and support multiple server type bindings.

To specify custom Avro properties in your data contract, you can define them within the config section of your field definition. Below is an example of how to structure your YAML configuration to include custom Avro properties, such as avroLogicalType and avroDefault.

>NOTE: At this moment, we just support logicalType and default

Data Caterer

The export function converts the data contract to a data generation task in YAML format that can be ingested by Data Caterer. This gives you the ability to generate production-like data in any environment based off your data contract.

datacontract export datacontract.yaml --format data-caterer --model orders

You can further customise the way data is generated via adding additional metadata in the YAML to suit your needs.

Example Configuration

models:
  orders:
    fields:
      my_field_1:
        description: Example for AVRO with Timestamp (microsecond precision) https://avro.apache.org/docs/current/spec.html#Local+timestamp+%28microsecond+precision%29
        type: long
        example: 1672534861000000  # Equivalent to 2023-01-01 01:01:01 in microseconds
        required: true
        config:
          avroLogicalType: local-timestamp-micros
          avroDefault: 1672534861000000

Explanation

• models: The top-level key that contains different models (tables or objects) in your data contract.
• orders: A specific model name. Replace this with the name of your model.
• fields: The fields within the model. Each field can have various properties defined.
• my_field_1: The name of a specific field. Replace this with your field name.
  • description: A textual description of the field.
  • type: The data type of the field. In this example, it is long.
  • example: An example value for the field.
  • required: Is this a required field (as opposed to optional/nullable).
  • config: Section to specify custom Avro properties.
    • avroLogicalType: Specifies the logical type of the field in Avro. In this example, it is local-timestamp-micros.
    • avroDefault: Specifies the default value for the field in Avro. In this example, it is 1672534861000000 which corresponds to 2023-01-01 01:01:01 UTC.

Iceberg

Exports to an Iceberg Table Json Schema Definition.

This export only supports a single model export at a time because Iceberg's schema definition is for a single table and the exporter maps 1 model to 1 table, use the --model flag to limit your contract export to a single model.

 $ datacontract export --format iceberg --model orders https://datacontract.com/examples/orders-latest/datacontract.yaml --output /tmp/orders_iceberg.json
 
 $ cat /tmp/orders_iceberg.json | jq '.'
{
  "type": "struct",
  "fields": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "order_id",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "name": "order_timestamp",
      "type": "timestamptz",
      "required": true
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "name": "order_total",
      "type": "long",
      "required": true
    },
    {
      "id": 4,
      "name": "customer_id",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false
    },
    {
      "id": 5,
      "name": "customer_email_address",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true
    },
    {
      "id": 6,
      "name": "processed_timestamp",
      "type": "timestamptz",
      "required": true
    }
  ],
  "schema-id": 0,
  "identifier-field-ids": [
    1
  ]
}

import

 Usage: datacontract import [OPTIONS]                                                                                          
                                                                                                                               
 Create a data contract from the given source location. Saves to file specified by `output` option if present, otherwise
 prints to stdout.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                               
╭─ Options ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ *  --format                       [sql|avro|dbt|dbml|glue|jsonschema|bigquery  The format of the source file.               │
│                                   |odcs|unity|spark|iceberg|parquet]           [default: None]                              │
│                                                                                [required]                                   │
│    --output                       PATH                                         Specify the file path where the Data         │
│                                                                                Contract will be saved. If no path is        │
│                                                                                provided, the output will be printed to      │
│                                                                                stdout.                                      │
│                                                                                [default: None]                              │
│    --source                       TEXT                                         The path to the file or Glue Database that   │
│                                                                                should be imported.                          │
│                                                                                [default: None]                              │
│    --glue-table                   TEXT                                         List of table ids to import from the Glue    │
│                                                                                Database (repeat for multiple table ids,     │
│                                                                                leave empty for all tables in the dataset).  │
│                                                                                [default: None]                              │
│    --bigquery-project             TEXT                                         The bigquery project id. [default: None]     │
│    --bigquery-dataset             TEXT                                         The bigquery dataset id. [default: None]     │
│    --bigquery-table               TEXT                                         List of table ids to import from the         │
│                                                                                bigquery API (repeat for multiple table ids, │
│                                                                                leave empty for all tables in the dataset).  │
│                                                                                [default: None]                              │
│    --unity-table-full-name        TEXT                                         Full name of a table in the unity catalog    │
│                                                                                [default: None]                              │
│    --dbt-model                    TEXT                                         List of models names to import from the dbt  │
│                                                                                manifest file (repeat for multiple models    │
│                                                                                names, leave empty for all models in the     │
│                                                                                dataset).                                    │
│                                                                                [default: None]                              │
│    --dbml-schema                  TEXT                                         List of schema names to import from the DBML │
│                                                                                file (repeat for multiple schema names,      │
│                                                                                leave empty for all tables in the file).     │
│                                                                                [default: None]                              │
│    --dbml-table                   TEXT                                         List of table names to import from the DBML  │
│                                                                                file (repeat for multiple table names, leave │
│                                                                                empty for all tables in the file).           │
│                                                                                [default: None]                              │
│    --iceberg-table                TEXT                                         Table name to assign to the model created    │
│                                                                                from the Iceberg schema.                     │
│                                                                                [default: None]                              │
│    --help                                                                      Show this message and exit.                  │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

Example:

# Example import from SQL DDL
datacontract import --format sql --source my_ddl.sql
# To save to file
datacontract import --format sql --source my_ddl.sql --output datacontract.yaml

Available import options:

Type	Description	Status
sql	Import from SQL DDL	✅
avro	Import from AVRO schemas	✅
glue	Import from AWS Glue DataCatalog	✅
jsonschema	Import from JSON Schemas	✅
bigquery	Import from BigQuery Schemas	✅
unity	Import from Databricks Unity Catalog	partial
dbt	Import from dbt models	✅
odcs	Import from Open Data Contract Standard (ODCS)	✅
spark	Import from Spark StructTypes	✅
dbml	Import from DBML models	✅
protobuf	Import from Protobuf schemas	TBD
iceberg	Import from an Iceberg JSON Schema Definition	partial
parquet	Import from Parquet File Metadta	✅
Missing something?	Please create an issue on GitHub	TBD

ODCS

Import from Open Data Contract Standard (ODCS) v2 or v3. The importer automatically detects the ODCS version and imports the data contract.

Examples:

# Example import from ODCS
datacontract import --format odcs --source my_data_contract.odcs.yaml

BigQuery

BigQuery data can either be imported off of JSON Files generated from the table descriptions or directly from the Bigquery API. In case you want to use JSON Files, specify the source parameter with a path to the JSON File.

To import from the Bigquery API, you have to omit source and instead need to provide bigquery-project and bigquery-dataset. Additionally you may specify bigquery-table to enumerate the tables that should be imported. If no tables are given, all available tables of the dataset will be imported.

For providing authentication to the Client, please see the google documentation or the one about authorizing client libraries.

Examples:

# Example import from Bigquery JSON
datacontract import --format bigquery --source my_bigquery_table.json

# Example import from Bigquery API with specifying the tables to import
datacontract import --format bigquery --bigquery-project  --bigquery-dataset  --bigquery-table  --bigquery-table  --bigquery-table 

# Example import from Bigquery API importing all tables in the dataset
datacontract import --format bigquery --bigquery-project  --bigquery-dataset 

Unity Catalog

# Example import from a Unity Catalog JSON file
datacontract import --format unity --source my_unity_table.json

# Example import single table from Unity Catalog via HTTP endpoint
export DATABRICKS_IMPORT_INSTANCE="https://xyz.cloud.databricks.com"
export DATABRICKS_IMPORT_ACCESS_TOKEN=
datacontract import --format unity --unity-table-full-name 

dbt

Importing from dbt manifest file. You may give the dbt-model parameter to enumerate the tables that should be imported. If no tables are given, all available tables of the database will be imported.

Examples:

# Example import from dbt manifest with specifying the tables to import
datacontract import --format dbt --source  --dbt-model  --dbt-model  --dbt-model 

# Example import from dbt manifest importing all tables in the database
datacontract import --format dbt --source 

Glue

Importing from Glue reads the necessary Data directly off of the AWS API. You may give the glue-table parameter to enumerate the tables that should be imported. If no tables are given, all available tables of the database will be imported.

Examples:

# Example import from AWS Glue with specifying the tables to import
datacontract import --format glue --source  --glue-table  --glue-table  --glue-table 

# Example import from AWS Glue importing all tables in the database
datacontract import --format glue --source 

Spark

Importing from Spark table or view these must be created or accessible in the Spark context. Specify tables list in source parameter.

Example:

datacontract import --format spark --source "users,orders"

DBML

Importing from DBML Documents. NOTE: Since DBML does not have strict requirements on the types of columns, this import may create non-valid datacontracts, as not all types of fields can be properly mapped. In this case you will have to adapt the generated document manually. We also assume, that the description for models and fields is stored in a Note within the DBML model.

You may give the dbml-table or dbml-schema parameter to enumerate the tables or schemas that should be imported. If no tables are given, all available tables of the source will be imported. Likewise, if no schema is given, all schemas are imported.

Examples:

# Example import from DBML file, importing everything
datacontract import --format dbml --source 

# Example import from DBML file, filtering for tables from specific schemas
datacontract import --format dbml --source  --dbml-schema  --dbml-schema 

# Example import from DBML file, filtering for tables with specific names
datacontract import --format dbml --source  --dbml-table  --dbml-table 

# Example import from DBML file, filtering for tables with specific names from a specific schema
datacontract import --format dbml --source  --dbml-table  --dbml-schema 

Iceberg

Importing from an Iceberg Table Json Schema Definition. Specify location of json files using the source parameter.

Examples:

datacontract import --format iceberg --source ./tests/fixtures/iceberg/simple_schema.json --iceberg-table test-table

breaking

 Usage: datacontract breaking [OPTIONS] LOCATION_OLD LOCATION_NEW

 Identifies breaking changes between data contracts. Prints to stdout.

╭─ Arguments ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ *    location_old      TEXT  The location (url or path) of the old data contract yaml. [default: None] [required]         │
│ *    location_new      TEXT  The location (url or path) of the new data contract yaml. [default: None] [required]         │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Options ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --help          Show this message and exit.                                                                               │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

changelog

 Usage: datacontract changelog [OPTIONS] LOCATION_OLD LOCATION_NEW

 Generate a changelog between data contracts. Prints to stdout.

╭─ Arguments ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ *    location_old      TEXT  The location (url or path) of the old data contract yaml. [default: None] [required]         │
│ *    location_new      TEXT  The location (url or path) of the new data contract yaml. [default: None] [required]         │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Options ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --help          Show this message and exit.                                                                               │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

diff

 Usage: datacontract diff [OPTIONS] LOCATION_OLD LOCATION_NEW

 PLACEHOLDER. Currently works as 'changelog' does.

╭─ Arguments ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ *    location_old      TEXT  The location (url or path) of the old data contract yaml. [default: None] [required]         │
│ *    location_new      TEXT  The location (url or path) of the new data contract yaml. [default: None] [required]         │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Options ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --help          Show this message and exit.                                                                               │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

catalog

 Usage: datacontract catalog [OPTIONS]

 Create an html catalog of data contracts.

╭─ Options ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --files         TEXT  Glob pattern for the data contract files to include in the catalog. [default: *.yaml]              │
│ --output        TEXT  Output directory for the catalog html files. [default: catalog/]                                   │
│ --help                Show this message and exit.                                                                        │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

Examples:

# create a catalog right in the current folder
datacontract catalog --output "."

# Create a catalog based on a filename convention
datacontract catalog --files "*.odcs.yaml"

Publish

 Usage: datacontract publish [OPTIONS] [LOCATION]

 Publish the data contract to the Data Mesh Manager.

╭─ Arguments ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│   location      [LOCATION]  The location (url or path) of the data contract yaml. [default: datacontract.yaml]             │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Options ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --help          Show this message and exit.                                                                                │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

Integrations

Integration	Option	Description
Data Mesh Manager	--publish	Push full results to the Data Mesh Manager API
Data Contract Manager	--publish	Push full results to the Data Contract Manager API
OpenTelemetry	--publish-to-opentelemetry	Push result as gauge metrics

Integration with Data Mesh Manager

If you use Data Mesh Manager or Data Contract Manager, you can use the data contract URL and append the --publish option to send and display the test results. Set an environment variable for your API key.

# Fetch current data contract, execute tests on production, and publish result to data mesh manager
$ EXPORT DATAMESH_MANAGER_API_KEY=xxx
$ datacontract test https://demo.datamesh-manager.com/demo279750347121/datacontracts/4df9d6ee-e55d-4088-9598-b635b2fdcbbc/datacontract.yaml \ 
 --server production \
 --publish https://api.datamesh-manager.com/api/test-results

Integration with OpenTelemetry

If you use OpenTelemetry, you can use the data contract URL and append the --publish-to-opentelemetry option to send the test results to your OLTP-compatible instance, e.g., Prometheus.

The metric name is "datacontract.cli.test.result" and it uses the following encoding for the result:

datacontract.cli.test.result	Description
0	test run passed, no warnings
1	test run has warnings
2	test run failed
3	test run not possible due to an error
4	test status unknown

# Fetch current data contract, execute tests on production, and publish result to open telemetry
$ EXPORT OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=datacontract-cli
$ EXPORT OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=https://YOUR_ID.apm.westeurope.azure.elastic-cloud.com:443
$ EXPORT OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS=Authorization=Bearer%20secret # Optional, when using SaaS Products
$ EXPORT OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL=http/protobuf # Optional, default is http/protobuf - use value grpc to use the gRPC protocol instead
# Send to OpenTelemetry
$ datacontract test https://demo.datamesh-manager.com/demo279750347121/datacontracts/4df9d6ee-e55d-4088-9598-b635b2fdcbbc/datacontract.yaml --server production --publish-to-opentelemetry

Current limitations:

• currently, only ConsoleExporter and OTLP Exporter
• Metrics only, no logs yet (but loosely planned)

Best Practices

We share best practices in using the Data Contract CLI.

Data-first Approach

Create a data contract based on the actual data. This is the fastest way to get started and to get feedback from the data consumers.

1. Use an existing physical schema (e.g., SQL DDL) as a starting point to define your logical data model in the contract. Double check right after the import whether the actual data meets the imported logical data model. Just to be sure.

   $ datacontract import --format sql --source ddl.sql
   $ datacontract test
   

2. Add examples to the datacontract.yaml. If you can, use actual data and anonymize. Make sure that the examples match the imported logical data model.

   $ datacontract test --examples
   

3. Add quality checks and additional type constraints one by one to the contract and make sure the examples and the actual data still adheres to the contract. Check against examples for a very fast feedback loop.

   $ datacontract test --examples
   $ datacontract test
   

4. Make sure that all the best practices for a datacontract.yaml are met using the linter. You probably forgot to document some fields and add the terms and conditions.

   $ datacontract lint
   

5. Set up a CI pipeline that executes daily and reports the results to the Data Mesh Manager. Or to some place else. You can even publish to any opentelemetry compatible system.

   $ datacontract test --publish https://api.datamesh-manager.com/api/test-results
   

Contract-First

Create a data contract based on the requirements from use cases.

1. Start with a datacontract.yaml template.

   $ datacontract init
   

2. Add examples to the datacontract.yaml. Do not start with the data model, although you are probably tempted to do that. Examples are the fastest way to get feedback from everybody and not loose someone in the discussion.

3. Create the model based on the examples. Test the model against the examples to double-check whether the model matches the examples.

   $ datacontract test --examples
   

4. Add quality checks and additional type constraints one by one to the contract and make sure the examples and the actual data still adheres to the contract. Check against examples for a very fast feedback loop.

   $ datacontract test --examples
   

5. Fill in the terms, descriptions, etc. Make sure you follow all best practices for a datacontract.yaml using the linter.

   $ datacontract lint
   

6. Set up a CI pipeline that lints and tests the examples so you make sure that any changes later do not decrease the quality of the contract.

   $ datacontract lint
   $ datacontract test --examples
   

7. Use the export function to start building the providing data product as well as the integration into the consuming data products.

   # data provider
   $ datacontract export --format dbt
   # data consumer
   $ datacontract export --format dbt-sources
   $ datacontract export --format dbt-staging-sql
   

Schema Evolution

Non-breaking Changes

Examples: adding models or fields

• Add the models or fields in the datacontract.yaml
• Increment the minor version of the datacontract.yaml on any change. Simply edit the datacontract.yaml for this.
• You need a policy that these changes are non-breaking. That means that one cannot use the star expression in SQL to query a table under contract. Make the consequences known.
• Fail the build in the Pull Request if a datacontract.yaml accidentally adds a breaking change even despite only a minor version change

  $ datacontract breaking datacontract-from-pr.yaml datacontract-from-main.yaml
  

• Create a changelog of this minor change.

  $ datacontract changelog datacontract-from-pr.yaml datacontract-from-main.yaml
  

Breaking Changes

Examples: Removing or renaming models and fields.

• Remove or rename models and fields in the datacontract.yaml, and any other change that might be part of this new major version of this data contract.
• Increment the major version of the datacontract.yaml for this and create a new file for the major version. The reason being, that one needs to offer an upgrade path for the data consumers from the old to the new major version.
• As data consumers need to migrate, try to reduce the frequency of major versions by making multiple breaking changes together if possible.
• Be aware of the notice period in the data contract as this is the minimum amount of time you have to offer both the old and the new version for a migration path.
• Do not fear making breaking changes with data contracts. It's okay to do them in this controlled way. Really!
• Create a changelog of this major change.

  $ datacontract changelog datacontract-from-pr.yaml datacontract-from-main.yaml
  

Customizing Exporters and Importers

Custom Exporter

Using the exporter factory to add a new custom exporter

from datacontract.data_contract import DataContract
from datacontract.export.exporter import Exporter
from datacontract.export.exporter_factory import exporter_factory


# Create a custom class that implements export method
class CustomExporter(Exporter):
    def export(self, data_contract, model, server, sql_server_type, export_args) -> dict:
        result = {
            "title": data_contract.info.title,
            "version": data_contract.info.version,
            "description": data_contract.info.description,
            "email": data_contract.info.contact.email,
            "url": data_contract.info.contact.url,
            "model": model,
            "model_columns": ", ".join(list(data_contract.models.get(model).fields.keys())),
            "export_args": export_args,
            "custom_args": export_args.get("custom_arg", ""),
        }
        return result


# Register the new custom class into factory
exporter_factory.register_exporter("custom", CustomExporter)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Create a DataContract instance
    data_contract = DataContract(
        data_contract_file="/path/datacontract.yaml"
    )
    # Call export
    result = data_contract.export(
        export_format="custom", model="orders", server="production", custom_arg="my_custom_arg"
    )
    print(result)

Output

{
 'title': 'Orders Unit Test', 
 'version': '1.0.0', 
 'description': 'The orders data contract', 
 'email': 'team-orders@example.com', 
 'url': 'https://wiki.example.com/teams/checkout', 
 'model': 'orders', 
 'model_columns': 'order_id, order_total, order_status', 
 'export_args': {'server': 'production', 'custom_arg': 'my_custom_arg'}, 
 'custom_args': 'my_custom_arg'
}

Custom Importer

Using the importer factory to add a new custom importer

from datacontract.model.data_contract_specification import DataContractSpecification, Field, Model
from datacontract.data_contract import DataContract
from datacontract.imports.importer import Importer
from datacontract.imports.importer_factory import importer_factory

import json

# Create a custom class that implements import_source method
class CustomImporter(Importer):
    def import_source(
        self, data_contract_specification: DataContractSpecification, source: str, import_args: dict
    ) -> dict:
        source_dict = json.loads(source)
        data_contract_specification.id = source_dict.get("id_custom")
        data_contract_specification.info.title = source_dict.get("title")
        data_contract_specification.info.version = source_dict.get("version")
        data_contract_specification.info.description = source_dict.get("description_from_app")
        
        for model in source_dict.get("models", []):
            fields = {}
            for column in model.get('columns'):
                field = Field(
                    description=column.get('column_description'), 
                    type=column.get('type') 
                )
                fields[column.get('name')] = field               
                   
            dc_model = Model(
                description=model.get('description'), 
                fields= fields
            )

            data_contract_specification.models[model.get('name')] = dc_model
        return data_contract_specification
 

# Register the new custom class into factory
importer_factory.register_importer("custom_company_importer", CustomImporter)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Get a custom data from other app 
    json_from_custom_app = '''
    {
        "id_custom": "uuid-custom",
        "version": "0.0.2",
        "title": "my_custom_imported_data",
        "description_from_app": "Custom contract description",
        "models": [
            {
            "name": "model1",
            "description": "model description from app",
            "columns": [
                {
                "name": "columnA",
                "type": "varchar",
                "column_description": "my_column description"
                },
                {
                "name": "columnB",
                "type": "varchar",
                "column_description": "my_columnB description"
                }
            ]
            }
        ]
        }
    '''
    # Create a DataContract instance
    data_contract = DataContract()

    # Call import_from_source
    result = data_contract.import_from_source(
        format="custom_company_importer", 
        data_contract_specification=DataContract.init(), 
        source=json_from_custom_app
    ) 
    print(result.to_yaml() )

Output

dataContractSpecification: 1.1.0
id: uuid-custom
info:
  title: my_custom_imported_data
  version: 0.0.2
  description: Custom contract description
models:
  model1:
    fields:
      columnA:
        type: varchar
        description: my_column description
      columnB:
        type: varchar
        description: my_columnB description

Development Setup

Python base interpreter should be 3.11.x (unless working on 3.12 release candidate).

# create venv
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# Install Requirements
pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
pip install -e '.[dev]'
pre-commit install
pre-commit run --all-files
pytest

Docker Build

docker build -t datacontract/cli .
docker run --rm -v ${PWD}:/home/datacontract datacontract/cli

Docker compose integration

We've included a docker-compose.yml configuration to simplify the build, test, and deployment of the image.

Building the Image with Docker Compose

To build the Docker image using Docker Compose, run the following command:

docker compose build

This command utilizes the docker-compose.yml to build the image, leveraging predefined settings such as the build context and Dockerfile location. This approach streamlines the image creation process, avoiding the need for manual build specifications each time.

Testing the Image

After building the image, you can test it directly with Docker Compose:

docker compose run --rm datacontract --version

This command runs the container momentarily to check the version of the datacontract CLI. The --rm flag ensures that the container is automatically removed after the command executes, keeping your environment clean.

Use with pre-commit

To run datacontract-cli as part of a pre-commit workflow, add something like the below to the repos list in the project's .pre-commit-config.yaml:

repos:
  - repo: https://github.com/datacontract/datacontract-cli
    rev: "v0.10.9"
    hooks:
      - id: datacontract-lint
      - id: datacontract-test
        args: ["--server", "production"]

Available Hook IDs

Hook ID	Description	Dependency
datacontract-lint	Runs the lint subcommand.	Python3
datacontract-test	Runs the test subcommand. Please look at	Python3
	test section for all available arguments.

Release Steps

1. Update the version in pyproject.toml
2. Have a look at the CHANGELOG.md
3. Create release commit manually
4. Execute ./release
5. Wait until GitHub Release is created
6. Add the release notes to the GitHub Release

Contribution

We are happy to receive your contributions. Propose your change in an issue or directly create a pull request with your improvements.

Companies using this tool

• INNOQ
• Data Catering
• And many more. To add your company, please create a pull request.

Related Tools

• Data Contract Manager is a commercial tool to manage data contracts. It contains a web UI, access management, and data governance for a full enterprise data marketplace.
• Data Contract GPT is a custom GPT that can help you write data contracts.
• Data Contract Editor is an editor for Data Contracts, including a live html preview.
• Data Contract Playground allows you to validate and export your data contract to different formats within your browser.

License

MIT License

Credits

Created by Stefan Negele and Jochen Christ.