How do I get started with analyzing XBRL in python?

Question

How do i get started analyzing XBRL data?

I've heard python-xbrl should have some problems, and I'm having difficulties finding documention and examples.

I've heard that Arelle is supposed to be what you want to use. But I simple can't figure out how to install it without getting any weird errors.

I've tried: 1) pip install git+https://github.com/Arelle/Arelle.git Which returns

error: [Error 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'c:\\users\\bc0655\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-    gkza0x-    build\\.eggs\\3to2-1.1.1-py2.7.egg\\lib3to2\\fixes/*.*'
----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in c:\users\bc0655\appdata\local\temp\pip-gkza0x-build\

2) pip install -e git+https://github.com/Arelle/Arelle.git #egg=Arelle

Which returns me:

Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  \pip\basecommand.py", line 209, in main status = self.run(options, args)
  \pip\commands\install.py", line 287, in run wheel_cache
  \pip\basecommand.py", line 270, in populate_requirement_set wheel_cache=wheel_cache
  \pip\req\req_install.py", line 230, in from_line wheel_cache=wheel_cache, constraint=constraint)
  \pip\req\req_install.py", line 77, in __init__req = pkg_resources.Requirement.parse(req)
  \pip\_vendor\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 3036, in parse req, = parse_requirements(s)
ValueError: need more than 0 values to unpack

3) Install from zip (would like to avoid this) Returns same errors as 2).

Should I:

• Try to figure out why my Arelle installations fails (suggestions / help would be appreciated <3 )
• Try another module
• Build my system with python-xbrl

Answer 1

try this, it worked for me. Go to the current path and try using below command

pip install arelle