Hi Eric, You did everything right, except that you ended up with a protocol file.
Please use the tool idl2schemata instead, to generate schema file(s): java -jar avro-tools.jar idl2schemata src/test/idl/input/namespaces.avdl /tmp/ This will create a .avsc file per schema that you can use. Kind regards, Oscar -- Oscar Westra van Holthe - Kind <os...@westravanholthe.nl> Op vr 22 apr. 2022 14:27 schreef Eric Gorr <eric.g...@twosixtech.com>: > 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. >
