Command: parse

The fides parse validates the syntax of all local resources in the .fides working directory and outputs any errors to the CLI.

When the parse command is run, it will:

Retrieve all local resources by their Fides key from the .fides working directory.
Validate the syntax and structure of all files, reporting errors if any occur.

Usage

Usage: fides parse [options]

The command will retrieve all local resources in the .fides working directory and validate their syntax and structure.

The command-line flags are all optional. The following flags are available:

-v, --verbose - Output results of validation in detail to the command line.

Example: No options provided

This example validates all systems and datasets in the .fides working directory.

$ fides parse
Loaded config from: .fides/fides.toml
Loading resource manifests from: .fides/
Taxonomy successfully created.

Example: Output validation process verbosely

This example outputs all details of the validation of all systems and datasets in the .fides working directory.

$ fides parse --verbose
Loaded config from: .fides/fides.toml
Loading resource manifests from: .fides/
{    fides_key: postgres,
    organization_fides_key: acme_inc,
    name: postgres,
    description: 'Fides Generated Description for Schema: postgres',
    { meta:,
        database_host: 127.0.0.1,
        database_name: postgres, }
    {   data_categories: {
            user,
            system
        }
        data_qualifier: aggregated.anonymized.unlinked_pseudonymized.pseudonymized.identified,
        retention: No retention or erasure policy,
        collections: {
            name: accessmanualwebhook
                description: 'Fides Generated Description for Table: accessmanualwebhook'
                data_categories {
                    - system
                }
                data_qualifier: aggregated. 
                }
            }
        }

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