lib.csv.*

Provides

• sniff(): Sniffs CSV dialect and header info

• get_header()

• csv_reader()

• convert()

• date()

• datetime()

• time()

• make_object()

• :dict:`typehandlers`

lib.csv.convert(string, digest_type)

Main type conversion function for csv import

Parameters

• string (str) – String to be digested

• digest_type (str) – Name of digetsion function

Return type

str

Returns

Converted string

lib.csv.csv_reader(csvfile, dialect)

Generator of str values from csv file in filepath, ignores header

Parameters

• csvfile (TextIO) – Csv file to read

• dialect (Dialect) – Csv dialect

Return type

Iterable[str]

lib.csv.date(obj)

Makes a date from comparable types

lib.csv.datetime(obj)

Makes a datetime from comparable types

lib.csv.get_header(csvfile, dialect)

Returns list of first line items of file filepath

Return type

List[str]

lib.csv.make_object(obj)

Parses the object with ast.literal_eval

lib.csv.sniff(filepath, sniff_size)

Sniffs CSV dialect and header info

Parameters

• filepath (Path) – Path of file to sniff

• sniff_size (int) – Maximum no. bytes to use for sniffing

Return type

Dialect

Returns

csv.Dialect object with additional attribute has_header

lib.csv.time(obj)

Makes a time from comparable types