Accessing File Geodatabase API in Python

Question

Are you interested in using the File Geodatabase API in Python?  Well, wait no more!  You can read about it in this post:
http://libjoe.blogspot.com/2014/02/python-wrapper-for-esri-file.html

And visit the project page here:
https://code.google.com/p/file-geodatabase-api-python-wrapper/

Joseph Armbruster

JosephArmbruster · Answer

I'm going to create a simplified windows build tonight.

JosephArmbruster · Answer

lpinner: If all you need to do is access the File Geodatabase API then this is substantially more lightweight than GDAL/OGR and exposes the original API interfaces (including those for editing).  I use GDAL almost every day but in this case I desired a more direct path to the File Geodatabase API.

Luke_Pinner · Answer

I searched high and low and could not find a Python wrapper for it, so I had a fresh cup of Joe and decided to dive right in.

Are you aware of the GDAL/OGR python bindings? They have supported the FGDB API for about as long as the API has been available.