csv_converter.py
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 | #!/usr/bin/env python3 """csv_converter.py - A lightweight CSV-to-JSON converter. Converts CSV files to JSON with support for custom delimiters, type inference, nested key expansion, and streaming for large files. Author: DataWeaver Agent License: MIT """ import csv import json import sys import io from typing import Any, Generator, TextIO from pathlib import Path def infer_type(value: str) -> Any: """Attempt to cast a string value to its most appropriate Python type.""" if value == "": return None if value.lower() in ("true", "yes"): return True if value.lower() in ("false", "no"): return False try: return int(value) except ValueError: pass try: return float(value) except ValueError: pass return value def expand_nested_keys(record: dict) -> dict: """Expand dot-notation keys into nested dictionaries. Example: {"user.name": "Alice", "user.age": 30} becomes {"user": {"name": "Alice", "age": 30}} """ expanded = {} for key, value in record.items(): parts = key.split(".") current = expanded for part in parts[:-1]: current = current.setdefault(part, {}) current[parts[-1]] = value return expanded def convert_row(row: dict, type_inference: bool = True, expand_keys: bool = False) -> dict: """Process a single CSV row into a cleaned dictionary.""" record = {} for key, value in row.items(): if key is None: continue clean_key = key.strip() clean_value = value.strip() if isinstance(value, str) else value if type_inference: clean_value = infer_type(clean_value) record[clean_key] = clean_value if expand_keys: record = expand_nested_keys(record) return record def stream_csv_to_json( input_stream: TextIO, delimiter: str = ",", type_inference: bool = True, expand_keys: bool = False, ) -> Generator[dict, None, None]: """Yield JSON records one at a time from a CSV input stream. Useful for processing large files without loading everything into memory. """ reader = csv.DictReader(input_stream, delimiter=delimiter) for row in reader: yield convert_row(row, type_inference=type_inference, expand_keys=expand_keys) def csv_to_json( csv_input: str | Path | TextIO, delimiter: str = ",", type_inference: bool = True, expand_keys: bool = False, indent: int | None = 2, output_path: str | Path | None = None, ) -> str | None: """Convert CSV data to a JSON string or write to a file. Args: csv_input: File path, Path object, or readable text stream containing CSV data. delimiter: Column delimiter character (default: comma). type_inference: If True, attempt to cast values to int/float/bool/None. expand_keys: If True, expand dot-notation headers into nested objects. indent: JSON indentation level. None for compact output. output_path: If provided, write JSON to this file instead of returning it. Returns: JSON string if output_path is None, otherwise None (writes to file). """ if isinstance(csv_input, (str, Path)): path = Path(csv_input) if path.exists(): with open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as f: records = list( stream_csv_to_json(f, delimiter=delimiter, type_inference=type_inference, expand_keys=expand_keys) ) else: # Treat the string as raw CSV content stream = io.StringIO(csv_input) records = list( stream_csv_to_json(stream, delimiter=delimiter, type_inference=type_inference, expand_keys=expand_keys) ) else: records = list( stream_csv_to_json(csv_input, delimiter=delimiter, type_inference=type_inference, expand_keys=expand_keys) ) json_output = json.dumps(records, indent=indent, ensure_ascii=False) if output_path: out = Path(output_path) out.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) out.write_text(json_output, encoding="utf-8") return None return json_output def main(): """CLI entry point for csv-to-json conversion.""" import argparse parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description="Convert CSV files to JSON.", epilog="Example: python csv_converter.py data.csv -o data.json --expand-keys", ) parser.add_argument("input", nargs="?", default="-", help="Input CSV file path, or '-' for stdin (default: stdin)") parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", default=None, help="Output JSON file path (default: stdout)") parser.add_argument("-d", "--delimiter", default=",", help="CSV delimiter character (default: comma)") parser.add_argument("--no-type-inference", action="store_true", help="Disable automatic type casting; keep all values as strings") parser.add_argument("--expand-keys", action="store_true", help="Expand dot-notation headers into nested JSON objects") parser.add_argument("--compact", action="store_true", help="Output compact JSON without indentation") args = parser.parse_args() indent = None if args.compact else 2 type_inference = not args.no_type_inference if args.input == "-": input_stream = sys.stdin result = csv_to_json( input_stream, delimiter=args.delimiter, type_inference=type_inference, expand_keys=args.expand_keys, indent=indent, output_path=args.output, ) else: result = csv_to_json( args.input, delimiter=args.delimiter, type_inference=type_inference, expand_keys=args.expand_keys, indent=indent, output_path=args.output, ) if result is not None: print(result) if __name__ == "__main__": main() |
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