Writes the contents of a feature class to csv

writeFeatureClassToCSV.py

#
# @date 16/04/2015
# @author Cindy Williams
#
# Writes the contents of a feature class to csv.
# Writing to csv is usually used when quickly 
# needing to give file contents to a non-GIS 
# person, or in creating a GIS inventory.
#
# For use as a standalone script.
#

import arcpy
import csv
arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:\Some\Arb\Folder"

csv_file = r"output.csv"
# Always create feature layer for faster access
ftr = arcpy.management.MakeFeatureLayer("work.gdb\ftr")
# Exclude all shape fields from output
fields = [field.name for field in arcpy.ListFields(ftr) if not field.name.startswith("Shape")]
  
with open(csv_file, 'wb') as csvfile:
	csvwriter = csv.writer(csvfile)
	csvwriter.writerow(fields)
	with arcpy.da.SearchCursor(ftr, fields) as cursor:
		for row in cursor:
	        	csvwriter.writerow(row)