# Working with Local Data

Status: STABLE

You can read and write files locally with Frictionless. It’s basic functionality.

# Reading Local Data

You can read using Package/Resource or Table API, for example:

from frictionless import Resource
resource = Resource(path='data/table.csv')
print(resource.read_rows())

[Row([('id', 1), ('name', 'english')]), Row([('id', 2), ('name', '中国人')])]

# Writing Local Data

The same is actual for writing:

from frictionless import Resource
resource = Resource(data=[['id', 'name'], [1, 'english'], [2, 'german']])
resource.write('tmp/table.csv')

!cat tmp/table.csv

# Configuring Local Data

There are no options available in LocalControl.

References:

• Local Control