[Developers] Python libraries

[Kurt Bollacker]

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 05:54:10PM -0400, Tom Morris wrote:
> Are there Python libraries for use with Freebase other than metaweb-py
> and freebase-api from http://code.google.com/p/freebase-python ?
> 
> I've been using freebase.api, but had to add my own support for
> as_of_time to it and now I've discovered that it doesn't support
> search (but metaweb-py does).  It's been 5 months since they've been
> updated, so I'm wondering if I'm overlooking a better option.  It's
> not exactly rocket science to fix them to do what I want, but I don't
> want to bother if there's a better option hiding somewhere.  If they
> are the best there is, what's the process for submitting patches?

I tried both free python clients and found a memory leak in
freebase-api, so I've been using metaweb.py, making hacks as needed to
add functionality. Perhaps it's time for this code to become community
owned, rather than gifts from the sky.

								Kurt :-)