fdata

This tool is meant for the cleaning, creation and storage of custom tables using FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) data.

Download whichever quarterly files (ASCII format) you wish to analyze, and utilize these functions to expedite cleaning, organization and database management for your project!

Updates

Database access via psycopg2 and PostgreSQL (last updated 9/23/21)

Installation

Run the following to install:

pip install fdata

Note: If there are empty lists initialized before defining the function, the final output of the function will be attached to these built-in lists. See example below.

Usage

import fdata as fd

for drug_file in glob.iglob('file(s)'):
	fd.sorter(drug_file)

	…

	“Check shortened_file and none_list for sorted files”

fd.shortened_file
    (output)
    

See function documentation for further explanation

Dataset creation

Easily create your own dataset using FAERS data for machine learning applications and data visualization tasks!

See function documentation for further explanation

For help installing and using of psycopg2, see their documentation