SpreadsheetInput

class SpreadsheetInput(file=None, file_type=None, worksheet_name=None, tag_columns=None, has_column_names=True, column_prefix_dictionary=None, name=None)[source]

A spreadsheet of HED tags.

Methods

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.__init__([...])

Constructor for the SpreadsheetInput class.

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.assemble([...])

Assembles the hed strings

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.column_metadata()

Get the metadata for each column

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.combine_dataframe(...)

Combines all columns in the given dataframe into a single HED string series,

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.convert_to_form(...)

Convert all tags in underlying dataframe to the specified form.

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.convert_to_long(...)

Convert all tags in underlying dataframe to long form.

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.convert_to_short(...)

Convert all tags in underlying dataframe to short form.

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.expand_defs(...)

Shrinks any def-expand found in the underlying dataframe.

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.get_column_refs()

Returns a list of column refs for this file.

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.get_def_dict(...)

Returns the definition dict for this file

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.get_worksheet([...])

Get the requested worksheet.

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.reset_mapper(...)

Set mapper to a different view of the file.

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.set_cell(...)

Replace the specified cell with transformed text.

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.shrink_defs(...)

Shrinks any def-expand found in the underlying dataframe.

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.to_csv([file])

Write to file or return as a string.

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.to_excel(file)

Output to an Excel file.

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.validate(...)

Creates a SpreadsheetValidator and returns all issues with this fil

Attributes

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.COMMA_DELIMITER

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.EXCEL_EXTENSION

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.FILE_EXTENSION

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.FILE_INPUT

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.STRING_INPUT

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.TAB_DELIMITER

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.TEXT_EXTENSION

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.columns

Returns a list of the column names.

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.dataframe

The underlying dataframe.

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.dataframe_a

Return the assembled dataframe

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.has_column_names

True if dataframe has column names.

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.loaded_workbook

The underlying loaded workbooks.

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.name

Name of the data.

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.onsets

Returns the onset column if it exists

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.series_a

Return the assembled dataframe as a series

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.series_filtered

Return the assembled dataframe as a series, with rows that have the same onset combined

hed.models.spreadsheet_input.SpreadsheetInput.worksheet_name

The worksheet name.

SpreadsheetInput.__init__(file=None, file_type=None, worksheet_name=None, tag_columns=None, has_column_names=True, column_prefix_dictionary=None, name=None)[source]

Constructor for the SpreadsheetInput class.

Parameters:
  • file (str or file like) – An xlsx/tsv file to open or a File object.

  • file_type (str or None) – “.xlsx” for excel, “.tsv” or “.txt” for tsv. data. If file is a string, the

  • worksheet_name (str or None) – The name of the Excel workbook worksheet that contains the HED tags. Not applicable to tsv files. If omitted for Excel, the first worksheet is assumed.

  • tag_columns (list) – A list of ints containing the columns that contain the HED tags. The default value is [1] indicating only the second column has tags.

  • has_column_names (bool) – True if file has column names. Validation will skip over the first line of the file if the spreadsheet as column names.

  • column_prefix_dictionary (dict) – Dictionary with keys that are column numbers/names and values are HED tag prefixes to prepend to the tags in that column before processing.

Notes

  • column_prefix_dictionary may be deprecated/renamed. These are no longer prefixes, but rather converted to value columns. eg. {“key”: “Description”, 1: “Label/”} will turn into value columns as {“key”: “Description/#”, 1: “Label/#”} It will be a validation issue if column 1 is called “key” in the above example. This means it no longer accepts anything but the value portion only in the columns.

Raises:
  • HedFileError

    • file is blank

    • An invalid dataframe was passed with size 0

    • An invalid extension was provided

    • A duplicate or empty column name appears

  • OSError

    • Cannot open the indicated file

  • KeyError

    • The specified worksheet name does not exist

SpreadsheetInput.assemble(mapper=None, skip_curly_braces=False)

Assembles the hed strings

Parameters:
  • mapper (ColumnMapper or None) – Generally pass none here unless you want special behavior.

  • skip_curly_braces (bool) – If True, don’t plug in curly brace values into columns.

Returns:

the assembled dataframe

Return type:

Dataframe

SpreadsheetInput.column_metadata()

Get the metadata for each column

Returns:

number/ColumnMeta pairs

Return type:

dict

static SpreadsheetInput.combine_dataframe(dataframe)
Combines all columns in the given dataframe into a single HED string series,

skipping empty columns and columns with empty strings.

Parameters:

dataframe (Dataframe) – The dataframe to combine

Returns:

the assembled series

Return type:

Series

SpreadsheetInput.convert_to_form(hed_schema, tag_form)

Convert all tags in underlying dataframe to the specified form.

Parameters:
  • hed_schema (HedSchema) – The schema to use to convert tags.

  • tag_form (str) – HedTag property to convert tags to. Most cases should use convert_to_short or convert_to_long below.

SpreadsheetInput.convert_to_long(hed_schema)

Convert all tags in underlying dataframe to long form.

Parameters:

hed_schema (HedSchema or None) – The schema to use to convert tags.

SpreadsheetInput.convert_to_short(hed_schema)

Convert all tags in underlying dataframe to short form.

Parameters:

hed_schema (HedSchema) – The schema to use to convert tags.

SpreadsheetInput.expand_defs(hed_schema, def_dict)

Shrinks any def-expand found in the underlying dataframe.

Parameters:
  • hed_schema (HedSchema or None) – The schema to use to identify defs

  • def_dict (DefinitionDict) – The definitions to expand

SpreadsheetInput.get_column_refs()

Returns a list of column refs for this file.

Default implementation returns none.

Returns:

A list of unique column refs found

Return type:

column_refs(list)

SpreadsheetInput.get_def_dict(hed_schema, extra_def_dicts=None)

Returns the definition dict for this file

Note: Baseclass implementation returns just extra_def_dicts.

Parameters:
  • hed_schema (HedSchema) – used to identify tags to find definitions(if needed)

  • extra_def_dicts (list, DefinitionDict, or None) – Extra dicts to add to the list.

Returns:

A single definition dict representing all the data(and extra def dicts)

Return type:

DefinitionDict

SpreadsheetInput.get_worksheet(worksheet_name=None)

Get the requested worksheet.

Parameters:

worksheet_name (str or None) – The name of the requested worksheet by name or the first one if None.

Returns:

The workbook request.

Return type:

openpyxl.workbook.Workbook

Notes

If None, returns the first worksheet.

Raises:

KeyError

  • The specified worksheet name does not exist

SpreadsheetInput.reset_mapper(new_mapper)

Set mapper to a different view of the file.

Parameters:

new_mapper (ColumnMapper) – A column mapper to be associated with this base input.

SpreadsheetInput.set_cell(row_number, column_number, new_string_obj, tag_form='short_tag')

Replace the specified cell with transformed text.

Parameters:
  • row_number (int) – The row number of the spreadsheet to set.

  • column_number (int) – The column number of the spreadsheet to set.

  • new_string_obj (HedString) – Object with text to put in the given cell.

  • tag_form (str) – Version of the tags (short_tag, long_tag, base_tag, etc)

Notes

Any attribute of a HedTag that returns a string is a valid value of tag_form.

Raises:
  • ValueError

    • There is not a loaded dataframe

  • KeyError

    • the indicated row/column does not exist

  • AttributeError

    • The indicated tag_form is not an attribute of HedTag

SpreadsheetInput.shrink_defs(hed_schema)

Shrinks any def-expand found in the underlying dataframe.

Parameters:

hed_schema (HedSchema or None) – The schema to use to identify defs

SpreadsheetInput.to_csv(file=None)

Write to file or return as a string.

Parameters:

file (str, file-like, or None) – Location to save this file. If None, return as string.

Returns:

None if file is given or the contents as a str if file is None.

Return type:

None or str

Raises:

OSError

  • Cannot open the indicated file

SpreadsheetInput.to_excel(file)

Output to an Excel file.

Parameters:

file (str or file-like) – Location to save this base input.

Raises:
  • ValueError

    • if empty file object was passed

  • OSError

    • Cannot open the indicated file

SpreadsheetInput.validate(hed_schema, extra_def_dicts=None, name=None, error_handler=None)

Creates a SpreadsheetValidator and returns all issues with this fil

Parameters:
  • hed_schema (HedSchema) – The schema to use for validation

  • extra_def_dicts (list of DefDict or DefDict) – all definitions to use for validation

  • name (str) – The name to report errors from this file as

  • error_handler (ErrorHandler) – Error context to use. Creates a new one if None

Returns:

A list of issues for hed string

Return type:

issues (list of dict)

SpreadsheetInput.COMMA_DELIMITER = ','
SpreadsheetInput.EXCEL_EXTENSION = ['.xlsx']
SpreadsheetInput.FILE_EXTENSION = ['.tsv', '.txt', '.xlsx']
SpreadsheetInput.FILE_INPUT = 'file'
SpreadsheetInput.STRING_INPUT = 'string'
SpreadsheetInput.TAB_DELIMITER = '\t'
SpreadsheetInput.TEXT_EXTENSION = ['.tsv', '.txt']
SpreadsheetInput.columns

Returns a list of the column names.

Empty if no column names.

Returns:

the column names

Return type:

columns(list)

SpreadsheetInput.dataframe

The underlying dataframe.

SpreadsheetInput.dataframe_a
Return the assembled dataframe

Probably a placeholder name.

Returns:

the assembled dataframe

Return type:

Dataframe

SpreadsheetInput.has_column_names

True if dataframe has column names.

SpreadsheetInput.loaded_workbook

The underlying loaded workbooks.

SpreadsheetInput.name

Name of the data.

SpreadsheetInput.onsets

Returns the onset column if it exists

SpreadsheetInput.series_a

Return the assembled dataframe as a series

Returns:

the assembled dataframe with columns merged

Return type:

Series

SpreadsheetInput.series_filtered

Return the assembled dataframe as a series, with rows that have the same onset combined

Returns:

the assembled dataframe with columns merged, and the rows filtered together

Return type:

Series

SpreadsheetInput.worksheet_name

The worksheet name.