Greg DiCristofaro 0bf112edcc began work
2020-09-17 14:00:52 -04:00

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"""Provides tools for parsing and writing to a csv file.
"""
from typing import List, Iterable, Tuple
import csv
import os
def records_to_csv(output_path: str, rows: Iterable[List[str]]):
"""Writes rows to a csv file at the specified path.
Args:
output_path (str): The path where the csv file will be written.
rows (List[List[str]]): The rows to be written. Each row of a
list of strings will be written according
to their index (i.e. column 3 will be index 2).
"""
parent_dir, file = os.path.split(output_path)
if not os.path.exists(parent_dir):
os.makedirs(parent_dir)
with open(output_path, 'w', encoding="utf-8-sig", newline='') as csvfile:
writer = csv.writer(csvfile)
for row in rows:
writer.writerow(row)
def csv_to_records(input_path: str, header_row: bool) -> Tuple[List[List[str]], List[str]]:
"""Reads rows from a csv file at the specified path.
Args:
input_path (str): The path where the csv file will be read.
header_row (bool): Whether or not there is a header row to be skipped.
"""
with open(input_path, encoding='utf-8-sig') as csv_file:
csv_reader = csv.reader(csv_file, delimiter=',')
header = None
results = []
try:
for row in csv_reader:
if header_row:
header = row
header_row = False
else:
results.append(row)
except Exception as e:
raise Exception("There was an error parsing csv {path}".format(path=input_path), e)
return results, header