butterdb

butterdb is a Python object mapper for Google Drive Spreadsheets. Still in development, but usable.

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butterdb is a Python object mapper for Google Drive Spreadsheets. Still in development, but usable.

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Widdershin·Aug 2, 2014

I have considered it, and just opened an issue to track demand (https://github.com/Widdershin/butterdb/issues/14). I would probably use another library to handle parsing (and hopefully avoid some of those pitfalls), just like I rely on gspread to handle all Google Spreadsheets integration. If you'd use butterdb if it had that feature, please let me know.

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Widdershin·Aug 2, 2014

Hey folks, I'm the author of this library. I actually renamed it to 'butterdb' a while ago because some people found fuckitdb hard to swallow. You can check out the code here: https://github.com/Widdershin/butterdb. I have grown a bit as a programmer since then, but I appreciate any feedback you might have. I actually used this in production against my own recommendation to run the matching for /r/longboarding's Secret Santa. All of our data came from Google Forms, so it just made sense. Hit me up if you have any questions.

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theGimp·Aug 2, 2014

According to this commit, the name was changed to butterdb about three months ago. https://github.com/Widdershin/butterdb/commit/6a73c9199d53f5... Digging on PyPI, I found the new package named butterdb. The version is bumped from .13 to .14, though that might just be the name change. In any case, it might be a good idea to change the submission to reflect the new name and the new package. https://pypi.python.org/pypi/butterdb/0.1.4

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