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Set of command line utilities to work with various MasterCard files.

Warning

THIS PACKAGE HAS BEEN DEPRECATED AND WILL NOT BE UPDATED GOING FORWARD

This package was created when I first started learning python. I have learned a lot over the last 4 years and I now see the error in my ways.

Some of the issues with this module that prompted me to rewrite it:

  • memory efficiency - loads entire file into memory for processing. Very ineffient and not very scalable

  • programming interface - mciutil did not consider the developer experience. You have to hack to use the logic elsewhere

  • dependencies - Too many third party modules, with ones that required a compilation. New version is compile free

  • bloat - I used a cookie cutter template when I started and it has stuff I don’t like, value or use.

  • just mastercard - The old module was for mastercard only but I think it makes sense to have a library for all card utils

  • python 2 guff - mciutil works on py2 and 3. There is a lot of gunk in the code to make this work. We live in a py3 world now!

The replacement module is cardutil - see https://cardutil.readthedocs.io It addresses all of the above issues.

why not just update mciutil?

Thats a good question. I think because the new codebase as developed from scratch rather than via changes to the existing one (there is some borrowed code from mciutil). If I just released a new version, anyone leaning on the internal API’s would definetly be in trouble as they are not the same.

Features

Provides the following command line utilities:

  • paramconv: Utility for working with MasterCard MPE parameter extract files

  • mideu: Utility for working with MasterCard IPM files

History

0.6.0 (2018-10-01)

  • Removed dependency on bitarray (no binary wheels)

  • Added details on installation for non-python users

  • 2 years almost since last update!

0.5.0 (2016-10-03)

  • Fixed version display in release version.

  • Removed support for mongo extract

0.4.8 (2016-10-02)

  • added support for latin1 encoding of csv extract

  • fixes to setup process so that mideu.yml file is installed

  • fixed de43 split to allow more formats for different countries

0.4.6 (2016-08-09)

  • added --no1014blocking option to allow processing of VBS structure files.

0.4.5 (2016-08-06)

  • check that all of message consumed by fields otherwise raise exception

  • get rid of a heap of debugging prints that were clogging the output

  • allow freestyle de43 fields with the de43 processor enabled. Use regex rather than string splits

0.4.4-0.4.3 (2016-08-03)

  • Fix issue with mideu when no parameters passed (stack trace)

  • Some more debugging messages provided with -d switch

  • signed the release with key for 0.4.4. need to publish my pub key somewhere..

0.4.2 (2016-03-13)

  • Complete data elements added to default config.

  • Added versioneer support for easier package versions

0.4.1 (2015-12-16)

  • Additional data elements added to default config file.

0.4.0 (2015-10-05)

  • Now supporting python 2.6 (for all those still using RHEL 6)

  • Headers rows in mideu csv extracts don’t work in 2.6

0.3.0 (2015-10-03)

  • added sub commands for mideu

  • mideu now supports IPM encoding conversion between ascii and ebcdic

  • Now faster using list comps instead of slow loops

0.2.0 (2015-08-28)

  • Support for config override for mideu - see usage doco

  • Progress bar while using mideu.. it takes a while

  • Now supports python 3.4, 3.5 and 2.7. Upgrade if you are using 2.6

  • New usage documentation

0.1.0 (2015-08-20)

  • First release.

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