tabsdata.LocalFileSource

class LocalFileSource( path: str | list[str], format: str | FileFormat = None, initial_last_modified: str | datetime = None, )

Local-file-based data inputs.

__init__( path: str | list[str], format: str | FileFormat = None, initial_last_modified: str | datetime = None, )

Initializes the LocalFileSource with the given path, and optionally a format and a date and time after which the files were modified.

Parameters:

path – The path where the files can be found. It can be a single path or a list of paths.
format – The format of the file. If not provided, it will be inferred from the file extension of the data. Can be either a string with the format or a FileFormat object. Currently supported formats are ‘csv’, ‘parquet’, ‘avro’, ‘ndjson’, ‘jsonl’ and ‘log’.
initial_last_modified – If provided, only the files modified after this date and time will be considered. The date and time can be provided as a string in [ISO 8601 format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) or as a datetime object. If no timezone is provided, UTC will be assumed.

Raises:

Methods

`__init__`(path[, format, initial_last_modified])	Initializes the LocalFileSource with the given path, and optionally a format and a date and time after which the files were modified.
`chunk`(working_dir)	Trigger the import of the data.
`stream`(working_dir)

Attributes

`format`	The format of the file or files.
`initial_last_modified`	The date and time after which the files were modified.
`initial_values`	Return a dictionary with the initial values to be stored after execution of the plugin.
`path`	The path or paths to the files to load.