The query string parser plugin for Data Connector transform query string data as key=value&key2=value2 line to {key: "value", key2: "value2"}. It takes 6 options as explained below. Detail is here.

Option	Description
strip_quote	If you have quoted lines file such as “foo=FOO&bar=BAR”, should be true for strip their quotes. (bool, default: true)
strip_whitespace	Strip whitespace before parsing lines for any indented line parse correctly such as ‘ foo=FOO’. (bool, default: true)
capture	Capture valuable text from each line using Regexp. Matched first pattern (a.k.a $1) will be used. See also partial-config.yml (string, default: nil)
charset	Character encoding (eg. ISO-8859-1, UTF-8)
newline	Newline character (CRLF, LF or CR)
columns	Columns (see below)

The columns option declares the list of columns.

Column	Description
name	Name of the column
type	Type of the column (see below). long: 64-bit signed integers timestamp: Date and time with nano-seconds precision double: 64-bit floating point numbers string: Strings

Configuration

Set the parser section like an example:

in:
...
  parser:
    strip_quote: true
    strip_whitespace: true
    charset: UTF-8
    newline: CRLF
    type: query_string
    columns:
      - {name: id, type: long}
      - {name: name, type: string}
      - {name: price, type: double}
      - {name: datetime, type: timestamp}
out:
...

Use Case Example: Simple case

Example of Source data

"user_id=42&some_param=ABC&price=100.95&datetime=2014-05-14_10:11:25"
"user_id=43&some_param=EFG&price=200.04&datetime=2015-05-15_11:11:25"
"user_id=44&some_param=XYZ&price=300.34&datetime=2016-05-16_12:11:25"
"user_id=44&some_param=XYZ&price=531.24&datetime=2017-05-17_23:11:25"

Example of load.yml

in:
...
parser:
  strip_quote: true
  strip_whitespace: true
  charset: UTF-8
  newline: CRLF
  type: query_string
  columns:
    - {name: user_id, type: long}
    - {name: some_param, type: string}
    - {name: price, type: double}
    - {name: datetime, type: timestamp}
filters: []
out: {mode: append}
exec: {}

You can show parsed query string data by preview command.

$ td connector:preview load.yml
+--------------+-------------------+--------------+---------------------------+
| user_id:long | some_param:string | price:double | datetime:timestamp        |
+--------------+-------------------+--------------+---------------------------+
| 42           | "ABC"             | 100.95       | "2014-05-14 10:11:25 UTC" |
| 43           | "EFG"             | 200.04       | "2015-05-15 11:11:25 UTC" |
| 44           | "XYZ"             | 300.34       | "2016-05-16 12:11:25 UTC" |
| 44           | "XYZ"             | 531.24       | "2017-05-17 23:11:25 UTC" |
+--------------+-------------------+--------------+---------------------------+

If your data doesn’t have a time column you may add it using add_time filter option. More details at add_time filter plugin

$ td connector:issue load.yml --database <database name> --table <table name>  --time-column timestamp --auto-create-table

Use Case Example: Using “capture” option

Source data is.

site A: "user_id=42&some_param=ABC&price=100.95&datetime=2014-05-14_10:11:25"
site B: "user_id=43&some_param=EFG&price=200.04&datetime=2015-05-15_11:11:25"
site C: "user_id=44&some_param=XYZ&price=300.34&datetime=2016-05-16_12:11:25"
site A: "customer_id=44&some_param=XYZ&price=531.24&datetime=2017-05-17_23:11:25"

If you use following load.yml for it.

in:
...
parser:
  strip_quote: true
  strip_whitespace: true
  capture: 'site A: ("u.*")'
  charset: UTF-8
  newline: CRLF
  type: query_string
  columns:
    - {name: user_id, type: long}
    - {name: some_param, type: string}
    - {name: price, type: double}
    - {name: datetime, type: timestamp}
filters: []
out: {mode: append}
exec: {}

The capture option matches first row only, so result is below.

$ td connector:preview load.yml
+--------------+-------------------+--------------+---------------------------+
| user_id:long | some_param:string | price:double | datetime:timestamp        |
+--------------+-------------------+--------------+---------------------------+
| 42           | "ABC"             | 100.95       | "2014-05-14 10:11:25 UTC" |
+--------------+-------------------+--------------+---------------------------+

“site B” and “site C” don’t match “site A: ” part.
Second “site A” row doesn’t match “("u.*”)“ part because query string started from c (customer_id).

query string parser plugin for Data Connector AWS USAWS TokyoIDCF

Configuration

Use Case Example: Simple case

Use Case Example: Using “capture” option

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Configuration

Use Case Example: Simple case

Use Case Example: Using “capture” option

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