pyx

A Python module for creating, reading, and editing Alteryx Designer workflows entirely in code.
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Table of Contents

• About the Project
  • Built With
• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
• Usage
• Roadmap
• Contributing
• License
• Contact
• Acknowledgements

About The Project

A Python module for creating, reading, and editing Alteryx Designer workflows entirely in code.

Using pyx, developers can:

• Read existing Alteryx workflows into a structured set of Python objects
• Create new Alteryx workflows as a structured set of Python objects
• Edit Alteryx workflows and the tools contained within
• Run Alteryx workflows on systems where Alteryx Designer is installed (Windows only)

Built With

Written and tested using Python 3.8.x. Also uses these Python packages:

• xmltodict

Getting Started

To get a local copy up and running follow these simple steps.

Prerequisites

You will need to install the following Python modules, either individually or using the included requirements.txt:

• xmltodict

pip install --user xmltodict

Using the requirements.txt to install all requirements at once:

pip install -r --user requirements.txt

Installation

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/bigangryguy/pyx.git

2. Install requirements (see above)

There is no installer configured for the module yet, but one is coming soon.

Usage

The file example-1.py shows a complete example of reading and modifying an example workflow (contained in the workflows folder).

To start, import the Workflow and OutputTool classes.

from pyx.workflow import Workflow

Then read a workflow using the Workflow class static read() function.

workflow: Workflow = Workflow.read('workflows/Example-Simple2.yxmd')

Next, create a new OutputTool instance with a tool ID from the workflow get_new_tool_id() helper function. Place the new tool below the tool with ID 6 using the workflow position_below() helper function.

outputTool: OutputTool = OutputTool(workflow.get_new_tool_id())
outputTool.position = workflow.position_below(6)

Many classes use a fluent interface to make chaining function calls possible. Add the new tool to the workflow and connect it to the tool with ID 5.

workflow.add_tool(outputTool) \
        .add_connection(5, 'Output', outputTool.tool_id, 'Input')

Finally, write the edited workflow to a new file using the Workflow class static write() function.

Workflow.write(workflow, 'workflows/Example-1-Output.yxmd')

Roadmap

See the open issues for a list of proposed features (and known issues).

• Add more concrete tool implementations
  • Until then, the base Tool class supports all existing tools through the properties property, which exposes the tool configuration as a set of nested OrderedDict. See the xmltodict module documentation for the syntax
• Add more API documentation
• Implement unit tests

Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to be learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.md for more information.

Contact

David Wilcox - @davidtwilcox - david@dtwil.co

Project Link: https://github.com/bigangryguy/pyx

Acknowledgements

• Alteryx
• Ned Harding - Founder and former CTO of Alteryx