export_contract() – Pointblank | Pointblank

export_contract()

Export a Pointblank validation or contract to an external format.

Usage

export_contract(
    validation_or_contract,
    destination=None,
    *,
    format,
    **kwargs,
)

Parameters

validation_or_contract: Any: A Validate or Contract object to export.
destination: str | None = None: Optional file path to write the output. If None, the result is returned without writing to disk.
format: str: The target format identifier (e.g., "json_schema", "frictionless", "dbt", etc.).
**kwargs: Any: Format-specific options passed to the adapter.

Returns

str | dict: The exported content.

Raises

ValueError: If no adapter is registered for the format, or the adapter doesn’t support export.

Examples

import pointblank as pb

validation = pb.Validate(data=df).col_vals_gt(columns="age", value=0).interrogate()
pb.export_contract(validation, "output.schema.json", format="json_schema")