Processing Multiple AVRO (avsc files) which are in different directory and refer each other using python (fastavro)

Question

I have two avsc files in different directories -

1.  com.company.model.AddressRecord.avsc
2.  com.company.model.Customer.avsc

Here is address file

{
    "type": "record",
    "namespace": "com.company.model",
    "name": "AddressRecord",
    "fields": [
        {
            "name": "streetaddress",
            "type": "string"
        },
        {
            "name": "city",
            "type": "string"
        },
        {
            "name": "state",
            "type": "string"
        },
        {
            "name": "zip",
            "type": "string"
        }
    ]
}

here is customer file which is a parent (top level) schema

{
    "namespace": "com.company.model",
    "type": "record",
    "name": "Customer",
    "fields": [
        {
            "name": "firstname",
            "type": "string"
        },
        {
            "name": "lastname",
            "type": "string"
        },
        {
            "name": "email",
            "type": "string"
        },
        {
            "name": "phone",
            "type": "string"
        },
        {
            "name": "address",
            "type": {
                "type": "array",
                "items": "com.company.model.AddressRecord"
            }
        }
    ]
}

I am able to load the files using fastavro when both files are in same directory

fastavro.schema.load_schema('com.company.model.Customer.avsc')

But it does not work when both avsc files are in different directories. What changes I need to do in the files so that fast avro can load the schema if both avsc files are in different direcotry

Answer 1

The documentation for load_schema says that it only works for files in the same directory. It's not currently possible to do what you want.