F# Data: Library for Data Access

The F# Data library (FSharp.Data.dll) implements everything you need to access data in your F# applications and scripts. It implements F# type providers for working with structured file formats (CSV, JSON and XML) and for accessing the WorldBank and Freebase data. It also includes helpers for parsing JSON files and for sending HTTP requests.

We're open to contributions from anyone. If you want to help out but don't know where to start, you can take one of the Up-For-Grabs issues, or help to improve the documentation.

You can see the version history here.

Building

• Simply build FSharp.Data.sln in Visual Studio, Mono Develop, or Xamarin Studio. You can also use the FAKE script:

  • Windows: Run build.cmd
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  • Mono: Run build.sh
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Supported platforms

• VS2012 compiling to FSharp.Core 4.3.0.0
• VS2012 compiling to FSharp.Core 2.3.5.0 (PCL profile 47)
• VS2013 compiling to FSharp.Core 4.3.0.0
• VS2013 compiling to FSharp.Core 4.3.1.0
• VS2013 compiling to FSharp.Core 2.3.5.0 (PCL profile 47)
• VS2013 compiling to FSharp.Core 2.3.6.0 (PCL profile 47)
• VS2013 compiling to FSharp.Core 3.3.1.0 (PCL profile 7)
• Mono F# 3.0 with FSharp.Core 4.3.0.0
• Mono F# 3.1 with FSharp.Core 4.3.0.0
• Mono F# 3.1 with FSharp.Core 4.3.1.0

Documentation

One of the key benefits of this library is that it comes with a comprehensive documentation. The documentation is automatically generated from *.fsx files in the content folder. If you find a typo, please submit a pull request!

• F# Data Library home page with more information about the library, contributions etc.

• F# Data Library documentation with links to pages that document individual type providers (CSV, XML, JSON and WorldBank) as well as for other public types available in FSharp.Data.dll.

• The samples from the documentation are included as part of FSharp.Data.Tests.sln, make sure you build the solution before trying out the samples to ensure that all needed packages are installed.

Support and community

• If you have a question about FSharp.Data, ask at StackOverflow and mark your question with the f#-data tag.
• If you want to submit a bug, a feature request or help witht fixing bugs then look at issues and read contributing to F# Data.
• To discuss more general issues about F# Data, its goals and other open-source F# projects, join the fsharp-opensource mailing list

Library license

The library is available under Apache 2.0. For more information see the License file in the GitHub repository.