feat: Accept None as column values in Buffer.row() API.

docs/examples.rst

@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ Explicit Buffers
 
 For more advanced use cases where the same messages need to be sent to multiple
 questdb instances or you want to decouple serialization and sending (as may be
-in a multi-threaded application) construct :class:``questdb.ingress.Buffer``
-objects explicitly, then pass them to the :func:``questdb.ingress.Sender.flush``
+in a multi-threaded application) construct :class:`questdb.ingress.Buffer`
+objects explicitly, then pass them to the :func:`questdb.ingress.Sender.flush`
 method.
 
 Note that this bypasses ``auto-flush`` logic

proj.py

@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ def clean():
     _rm(PROJ_ROOT / 'src', '**/*.dylib')
     _rm(PROJ_ROOT / 'src', '**/*.c')
     _rm(PROJ_ROOT / 'src', '**/*.html')
+    _rm(PROJ_ROOT, 'rustup-init.exe')
+    _rm(PROJ_ROOT, 'rustup-init.sh')
 
 
 @command

src/questdb/ingress.pyx

@@ -462,15 +462,15 @@ cdef class Buffer:
         """
         line_sender_buffer_clear(self._impl)
 
-    def __len__(self):
+    def __len__(self) -> int:
         """
         The current number of bytes currently in the buffer.
 
         Equivalent (but cheaper) to ``len(str(sender))``.
         """
         return line_sender_buffer_size(self._impl)
 
-    def __str__(self):
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
         """Return the constructed buffer as a string. Use for debugging."""
         return self._to_str()
 
@@ -595,22 +595,19 @@ cdef class Buffer:
         cdef line_sender_error* err = NULL
         if not line_sender_buffer_at(self._impl, ts.value, &err):
             raise c_err_to_py(err)
-        self._may_trigger_row_complete()
         return 0
 
     cdef inline int _at_dt(self, datetime dt) except -1:
         cdef int64_t value = datetime_to_nanos(dt)
         cdef line_sender_error* err = NULL
         if not line_sender_buffer_at(self._impl, value, &err):
             raise c_err_to_py(err)
-        self._may_trigger_row_complete()
         return 0
 
     cdef inline int _at_now(self) except -1:
         cdef line_sender_error* err = NULL
         if not line_sender_buffer_at_now(self._impl, &err):
             raise c_err_to_py(err)
-        self._may_trigger_row_complete()
         return 0
 
     cdef inline int _at(self, object ts) except -1:
@@ -634,6 +631,7 @@ cdef class Buffer:
         """
         Add a row to the buffer.
         """
+        cdef bint wrote_fields = False
         self._set_marker()
         try:
             self._table(table_name)
@@ -644,14 +642,22 @@ cdef class Buffer:
             if symbols is not None:
                 for name, value in symbols.items():
                     self._symbol(name, value)
+                    wrote_fields = True
             if columns is not None:
                 for name, value in columns.items():
-                    self._column(name, value)
-            self._at(at)
-            self._clear_marker()
+                    if value is not None:
+                        self._column(name, value)
+                        wrote_fields = True
+            if wrote_fields:
+                self._at(at)
+                self._clear_marker()
+            else:
+                self._rewind_to_marker()
         except:
             self._rewind_to_marker()
             raise
+        if wrote_fields:
+            self._may_trigger_row_complete()
 
     def row(
             self,
@@ -660,7 +666,8 @@ cdef class Buffer:
             symbols: Optional[Dict[str, str]]=None,
             columns: Optional[Dict[
                 str,
-                Union[bool, int, float, str, TimestampMicros, datetime]]]=None,
+                Union[None, bool, int, float, str, TimestampMicros, datetime]]
+                ]=None,
             at: Union[None, TimestampNanos, datetime]=None):
         """
         Add a single row (line) to the buffer.
@@ -679,7 +686,8 @@ cdef class Buffer:
                     'col3': 3.14,
                     'col4': 'xyz',
                     'col5': TimestampMicros(123456789),
-                    'col6': datetime(2019, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0)},
+                    'col6': datetime(2019, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0),
+                    'col7': None},
                 at=TimestampNanos(123456789))
 
             # Only symbols specified. Designated timestamp assigned by the db.
@@ -707,10 +715,38 @@ cdef class Buffer:
         understand the difference between the ``SYMBOL`` and ``STRING`` types
         (TL;DR: symbols are interned strings).
 
+        Column values can be specified with Python types directly and map as so:
+
+        .. list-table::
+            :header-rows: 1
+
+            * - Python type
+              - Serialized as ILP type
+            * - ``bool``
+              - `BOOLEAN <https://questdb.io/docs/reference/api/ilp/columnset-types#boolean>`_
+            * - ``int``
+              - `INTEGER <https://questdb.io/docs/reference/api/ilp/columnset-types#integer>`_
+            * - ``float``
+              - `FLOAT <https://questdb.io/docs/reference/api/ilp/columnset-types#float>`_
+            * - ``str``
+              - `STRING <https://questdb.io/docs/reference/api/ilp/columnset-types#string>`_
+            * - ``datetime.datetime`` and ``TimestampMicros``
+              - `TIMESTAMP <https://questdb.io/docs/reference/api/ilp/columnset-types#timestamp>`_
+            * - ``None``
+              - *Column is skipped and not serialized.*
+
+        If the destination table was already created, then the columns types
+        will be cast to the types of the existing columns whenever possible
+        (Refer to the QuestDB documentation pages linked above).
+
         :param table_name: The name of the table to which the row belongs.
         :param symbols: A dictionary of symbol column names to ``str`` values.
         :param columns: A dictionary of column names to ``bool``, ``int``,
             ``float``, ``str``, ``TimestampMicros`` or ``datetime`` values.
+            As a convenience, you can also pass a ``None`` value, however - due
+            to ILP protocol limitations - this will skip the column rather
+            necessarily writing a ``NULL`` value, so if the column did not exist
+            yet it will not be created.
         :param at: The timestamp of the row. If ``None``, timestamp is assigned
             by the server. If ``datetime``, the timestamp is converted to
             nanoseconds. A nanosecond unix epoch timestamp can be passed
@@ -764,9 +800,9 @@ cdef class Buffer:
 
     #         buffer.tabular(
     #             'table_name',
-    #             [[True, 123, 3.14, 'xyz'],
-    #              [False, 456, 6.28, 'abc'],
-    #              [True, 789, 9.87, 'def']],
+    #             [[True, None, 3.14, 'xyz'],
+    #              [False, 123, 6.28, 'abc'],
+    #              [True, 456, 9.87, 'def']],
     #             header=['col1', 'col2', 'col3', 'col4'],
     #             at=datetime.datetime.utcnow())
 
@@ -848,7 +884,7 @@ cdef class Buffer:
     #         buffer.tabular(
     #             'table_name',
     #             [['abc', 123, 3.14, 'xyz'],
-    #              ['def', 456, 6.28, 'abc'],
+    #              ['def', 456, None, 'abc'],
     #              ['ghi', 789, 9.87, 'def']],
     #             header=['col1', 'col2', 'col3', 'col4'],
     #             symbols=True)  # `col1` and `col4` are SYMBOL columns.
@@ -941,7 +977,7 @@ cdef class Sender:
             sender.flush()
 
 
-    **Auto-flushing (on by default)**
+    **Auto-flushing (on by default, watermark at 63KiB)**
 
     To avoid accumulating very large buffers, the sender will flush the buffer
     automatically once its buffer reaches a certain byte-size watermark.
@@ -987,14 +1023,14 @@ cdef class Sender:
     * A special ``'insecure_skip_verify'`` string: Dangerously disable all
       TLS certificate verification (do *NOT* use in production environments).
 
-    **Positional constructor arguments for the ``Sender(..)``**
+    **Positional constructor arguments for the Sender(..)**
 
     * ``host``: Hostname or IP address of the QuestDB server.
 
     * ``port``: Port number of the QuestDB server.
 
 
-    **Keyword-only constructor arguments for the ``Sender(..)``**
+    **Keyword-only constructor arguments for the Sender(..)**
 
     * ``interface`` (``str``): Network interface to bind to.
       Set this if you have an accelerated network interface (e.g. Solarflare)
@@ -1011,13 +1047,15 @@ cdef class Sender:
       This field is expressed in milliseconds. The default is 15 seconds.
 
     * ``init_capacity`` (``int``): Initial buffer capacity of the internal buffer.
-      *See :class:`Buffer`'s constructor for more details.*
+      *Default: 65536 (64KiB).*
+      *See Buffer's constructor for more details.*
 
     * ``max_name_length`` (``int``): Maximum length of a table or column name.
-      *See :class:`Buffer`'s constructor for more details.*
+      *See Buffer's constructor for more details.*
 
     * ``auto_flush`` (``bool`` or ``int``): Whether to automatically flush the
       buffer when it reaches a certain byte-size watermark.
+      *Default: 64512 (63KiB).*
       *See above for details.*
     """
 
@@ -1195,7 +1233,7 @@ cdef class Sender:
         if self._buffer is not None:
             self._buffer._row_complete_sender = PyWeakref_NewRef(self, None)
 
-    def __enter__(self):
+    def __enter__(self) -> Sender:
         """Call :func:`Sender.connect` at the start of a ``with`` block."""
         self.connect()
         return self
@@ -1210,7 +1248,7 @@ cdef class Sender:
         """
         return str(self._buffer)
 
-    def __len__(self):
+    def __len__(self) -> int:
         """
         Number of bytes of unsent data in the internal buffer.
 

test/test.py

@@ -68,12 +68,25 @@ def test_column(self):
             'col4': 0.5,
             'col5': 'val',
             'col6': qi.TimestampMicros(12345),
-            'col7': two_h_after_epoch})
+            'col7': two_h_after_epoch,
+            'col8': None})
         exp = (
             'tbl1 col1=t,col2=f,col3=-1i,col4=0.5,'
             'col5="val",col6=12345t,col7=7200000000t\n')
         self.assertEqual(str(buf), exp)
 
+    def test_none_column(self):
+        buf = qi.Buffer()
+        buf.row('tbl1', columns={'col1': 1})
+        exp = 'tbl1 col1=1i\n'
+        self.assertEqual(str(buf), exp)
+        self.assertEqual(len(buf), len(exp))
+
+        # No fields to write, no fields written, therefore a no-op.
+        buf.row('tbl1', columns={'col1': None, 'col2': None})
+        self.assertEqual(str(buf), exp)
+        self.assertEqual(len(buf), len(exp))
+
     def test_unicode(self):
         buf = qi.Buffer()
         buf.row('tbl1', symbols={'questdb1': '❤️'}, columns={'questdb2': '❤️'})
@@ -262,6 +275,17 @@ def test_immediate_auto_flush(self):
                 msgs = server.recv()
                 self.assertEqual(msgs, [b'tbl1,sym1=val1'])
 
+    def test_auto_flush_on_closed_socket(self):
+        with Server() as server:
+            with qi.Sender('localhost', server.port, auto_flush=True) as sender:
+                server.accept()
+                server.close()
+                exp_err = 'Could not flush buffer'
+                with self.assertRaisesRegexp(qi.IngressError, exp_err):
+                    for _ in range(1000):
+                        time.sleep(0.01)
+                        sender.row('tbl1', symbols={'a': 'b'})
+
     def test_dont_auto_flush(self):
         with Server() as server:
             with qi.Sender('localhost', server.port, auto_flush=0) as sender: