Marvin-Brain Utilities¶

General¶

brain.utils.general.general.getDbMachine()[source]¶

Get the machine that the app is running on.

This determines correct database and app configuration

brain.utils.general.general.merge(user, default)[source]¶

Merges a user configuration with the default one.

Merges two dictionaries, replacing default values of similar matching keys from user.

Parameters:	user (dict) – A user defined dictionary default (dict) –
Returns:	A new merged dictionary

brain.utils.general.general.convertIvarToErr(ivar)[source]¶

Converts a list of inverse variance into an a list of standard errors

brain.utils.general.general.compress_data(data, compress_with=None, uncompress=None)[source]¶

Compress data via json or msgpack

Parameters:	data (obj) – The input data to compress or uncompress compress_with (str) – Compression algorithm. Defaults to config.compression. uncompress (bool) – If True, uncompresses the data instead of compressing. Default is False
Returns:	Data compressed with with json or msgpack

brain.utils.general.general.uncompress_data(data, uncompress_with=None)[source]¶

Compress data via json or msgpack

Parameters:	data (obj) – The data to compress uncompress_with (str) – Compression algorithm. Defaults to config.compression.
Returns:	Data compressed with with json or msgpack