Usage

To use LookML Generator in a project:

from lookmlgen.view import View
from lookmlgen.field import Dimension, DimensionGroup, Measure
from lookmlgen.base_generator import GeneratorFormatOptions

view_name = 'my_view'
v = View(view_name, sql_table_name='my_table')
v.add_field(Dimension('id', type='number', primary_key=True))
v.add_field(DimensionGroup('created'))
v.add_field(Dimension('name'))
v.add_field(Dimension('quantity', type='number'))
v.add_field(Measure('total_quantity', sql='${TABLE}.quantity', type='sum'))

with open('%s.view.lkml' % view_name, 'w') as f:
    v.generate_lookml(f, GeneratorFormatOptions(view_fields_alphabetical=False))

The contents of the file ‘my_view.view.lkml’ will be:

# STOP! This file was generated by an automated process.
# Any edits you make will be lost the next time it is
# re-generated.
view: my_view {
  sql_table_name: my_table ;;

  dimension: id {
    type: number
    primary_key: yes
    sql: ${TABLE}.id ;;
  }

  dimension_group: created {
    type: time
    timeframes: ["time", "date", "week", "month"]
    datatype: datetime
    sql: ${TABLE}.created ;;
  }

  dimension: name {
    sql: ${TABLE}.name ;;
  }

  dimension: quantity {
    type: number
    sql: ${TABLE}.quantity ;;
  }

  measure: total_quantity {
    type: sum
    sql: ${TABLE}.quantity ;;
  }
}