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Enrich Events with Geo IP Data in Python

Returns a copy of each event dictionary, enriched with a geo-location dict from a mock IP-to-geo lookup table, with a fallback for unknown IPs.

data-enrichment dictionaries pipelines
Python
import ipaddress


GEO_IP_DB = {
    "192.168.1.10": {"country": "US", "city": "New York", "lat": 40.7128, "lon": -74.0060},
    "10.0.0.5": {"country": "DE", "city": "Berlin", "lat": 52.5200, "lon": 13.4050},
    "172.16.0.8": {"country": "JP", "city": "Tokyo", "lat": 35.6762, "lon": 139.6503},
}

EVENTS = [
    {"id…
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Generate a Mock CDC Changelog in Python

Simulate a CDC changelog with INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE operations, timestamps, and record snapshots for testing data pipelines.

cdc changelog mock-data
Python
import json
from datetime import datetime, timedelta


def generate_mock_changelog(records, operations=("INSERT", "UPDATE", "DELETE")):
    """Simulate a CDC changelog from a list of record snapshots."""
    base_time = datetime(2025, 1, 1, 8, 0, 0)
    changelog = []
    for idx, record in enumerate(records):
       …
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Group Python Events into Sessions with a Gap Timeout

Groups timestamped events into sessions, starting a new session when the time gap exceeds a specified timeout.

sessions grouping datetime
Python
from itertools import groupby
from datetime import datetime, timedelta

def session_window_group(events, gap_seconds=300):
    """Group events into sessions where gap > gap_seconds starts a new session."""
    if not events:
        return []
    
    events = sorted(events, key=lambda x: x[0])
    sessions = []
    c…
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How to Group Rows by Key into Nested Arrays in Python

This code groups rows in a list of dictionaries by a specified key and returns a dictionary with each key mapped to a list of values from another key.

grouping defaultdict data-aggregation
Python
from collections import defaultdict


def implode_rows(rows, key, value_key):
    grouped = defaultdict(list)
    for row in rows:
        grouped[row[key]].append(row[value_key])
    return dict(grouped)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    data = [
        {"category": "fruit", "item": "apple"},
        {"category": "fr…
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How to List Failed Records in a Dead Letter Queue Mock in Python

A mock Dead Letter Queue stores failed processing records with error details and timestamps, lists them, and exports to JSON.

dead-letter-queue json logging
Python
import json
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
import random


class DeadLetterQueue:
    def __init__(self):
        self.failed_records = []

    def add_failed_record(self, record_id, payload, error_message):
        self.failed_records.append({
            "record_id": record_id,
            "payload": paylo…
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How to Merge Incremental Snapshot Upsert Dict in Python

Merge a snapshot dict into a base dict, recursively updating nested dictionaries while preferring snapshot values on conflicts.

dict merge upsert
Python
def merge_upsert(base: dict, snapshot: dict) -> dict:
    """
    Merge a snapshot dict into a base dict, preferring snapshot values 
    on key conflicts (upsert semantics). Nested dicts are merged recursively.
    """
    result = dict(base)
    
    for key, value in snapshot.items():
        if key in result and i…
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How to create a dated snapshot path for a dataset in Python

Generate a versioned directory path combining a base directory, dataset name, and today's date, ready for creating snapshots in data pipelines.

date pathlib datasets
Python
import datetime
import os
from pathlib import Path


def snapshot_path(base_dir: str, dataset_name: str) -> Path:
    """Return a dated snapshot path for a dataset under a base directory."""
    today = datetime.date.today().isoformat()
    return Path(base_dir) / dataset_name / today


if __name__ == "__main__":
    …
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Rollback dataset to previous snapshot pointer in Python

A SnapshotManager class stores timestamped data snapshots and rolls back to the most recent snapshot at or before a target time.

snapshots rollback datetime
Python
from datetime import datetime, timedelta


class SnapshotManager:
    def __init__(self):
        self.snapshots = {}  # timestamp -> data
        self.current_pointer = None

    def create_snapshot(self, data):
        timestamp = datetime.now()
        self.snapshots[timestamp] = data
        self.current_pointer =…
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