What I would like to be able to do is take an .avdl file and parse it into python. I would like to make use of the information from within python.
According to the documentation, Apache's python package does not handle .avdl files. I need to use their `avro-tools` to convert the .avdl file into something it does know how to parse. According to the documentation at https://avro.apache.org/docs/current/idl.html, I can convert a .avdl file into a .avpr file with the following command: > java -jar avro-tools.jar idl src/test/idl/input/namespaces.avdl /tmp/namespaces.avpr I ran through my .avdl file through Avro-tools, and it produced an .avpr file. What is unclear is how I can use the python package to interpret this data. I tried something simple... > schema = avro.schema.parse(open("my.avpr", "rb").read()) but that generates the error: > SchemaParseException: No "type" property: I believe that `avro.schema.parse` is designed to parse .avsc files (?). However, it is unclear how I can use `avro-tools` to convert my .avdl into .avsc. Is that possible? I am guessing there are many pieces I am missing and do not quite understand (yet) what the purpose of all of these files are. It does appear that an .avpr is a JSON file (?) so I can just read and interpret it myself, but I was hoping that there would be a python package that would assist me in navigating the data. Can anyone provide some insights into this? Thank you.
