Corese-server with Python

This document shows how to configure and query a Corese server from python.

1. Configure a Corese-Server

1. Download last version of Corese-Server.

2. Start the Corese-Server with command: java -jar corese-server.jar -l "./file_1.ttl"

It’s also possible to load data from several files or URL.

E.g: java -jar corese-server.jav -l "./file_1.ttl" -l "file_2.ttl" -l "http://file_3.ttl".

2. Query a Corese-server from python

2.1. Install dependencies

pip install --user SPARQLWrapper pandas

2.2. Execute a update query

from SPARQLWrapper import JSON, POST, POSTDIRECTLY, SPARQLWrapper


def sparql_service_update(service, update_query):
    """
    Helper function to update (DELETE DATA, INSERT DATA, DELETE/INSERT) data.

    """
    sparql = SPARQLWrapper(service)
    sparql.setMethod(POST)
    sparql.setRequestMethod(POSTDIRECTLY)
    sparql.setQuery(update_query)
    sparql.query()

    # SPARQLWrapper is going to throw an exception if result.response.status != 200:

    return 'Done'


query = '''
PREFIX dc: <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>

INSERT DATA 
{ <http://example/book1>  dc:title  "Oliver Twist"
  <http://example/book2>  dc:title  "David Copperfield"
}
'''

wds_Corese = 'http://localhost:8080/sparql'

df = sparql_service_update(wds_Corese, query)
print(df)

Results :

Done

2.3. Execute a select query

from SPARQLWrapper import get_sparql_dataframe


def sparql_service_to_dataframe(endpoint, query):
    """
    Query the given endpoint with the given query and return the result as a pandas DataFrame.
    :param endpoint: The SPARQL endpoint to query
    :param query: The SPARQL query
    :return: A pandas DataFrame containing the query result
    """
    df = get_sparql_dataframe(endpoint, query)
    return df


query = '''
select *
{
  ?s ?p ?o
}
limit 10
'''

wds_Corese = 'http://localhost:8080/sparql'

df = sparql_service_to_dataframe(wds_Corese, query)
print(df.head(10))

Results :

                      s                                      p                  o
0  http://example/book1  http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/title       Oliver Twist
1  http://example/book2  http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/title  David Copperfield