Reference

Core API

The three user-facing functions that mirror the R {fcall} package.

download_data()

Download a quarter’s FCA Call Report archive and unzip into dest.

process_data()

Read a quarter’s downloaded .TXT files into tidy Polars DataFrames.

compare_metadata()

Diff the metadata (D_*.TXT) files between two quarter directories.

Lower-level helpers

Exported for power users who need fine-grained control over parsing. Most users should call process_data() instead.

process_metadata_file()

Parse a metadata (D_*.TXT) file into a scenario + vars_info dict.

process_data_file()

Read file and return a tidy DataFrame using metadata and codes_dict.

read_data_file()

Low-level reader: returns an unnamed DataFrame matching the raw CSV shape.

get_codes_dict()

Return the codes dictionary for data_name, or None values if none.

compare_files_content()

Return unified-diff lines between filename in dir1 and dir2.

Data assets

Internal datasets shipped with the package. fcall.file_metadata is a Polars DataFrame (36 rows) mapping file prefixes to descriptions — access it directly. get_code_df returns a code-to-label DataFrame for datasets that have repeating code groups.

get_code_df()

Return a DataFrame[code: Int64, value: Utf8] for registry_key.