Shorthand for 'assert a == b, "%r != %r" % (a, b)

Shorthand for assert. Saves 3 whole characters!

Open an existing ShardedDB.

Returns the content of this database as an in-memory Python dictionary

:param path: path to an existing directory :return: timestamp of the first file found in the given directory as YYYY-MM-DD - If the fi

:param path: path to an existing directory :return: timestamp of the newest file found in the given directory as YYYY-MM-DD

A Flattening function that takes a highly nested dictionary and flattens it into a single depth dictionary with breadcrumb style keys, {a.b.c:

A helper function to construct a join key from dictionary values.

Helper function which flattens a filtered harmonized db entry. Moves any key/values from the `classification` dictionary to the top-

Simple drugname normalization: strip punctuation and whitespace and lowercase.

Helper function that removes the last entry from a '.' delimited string.

Create a new ShardedDB with the given number of output shards.

Returns the checksum digit of an EAN-13/8 code

Return a task that supplies the data files to load into ES. By default, this is just `data_source`, but this can be overridden for more

Honour the longMessage attribute when generating failure messages. If longMessage is False this means: * Use only an explicit message if it is pro

Helper function for making uniform file names.

Helper function for making the partition object that is appended to manifest.partitions list.

Helper function that splits a string into an array, swaps the encoded values for more descriptive ones and then generates an _exact field

Helper function for writing out zip file chunks.