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csv2sqlite
#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# A simple Python script to convert csv files to sqlite (with type guessing)
#
# @author: Rufus Pollock
# Placed in the Public Domain
# Bug fixes by Simon Heimlicher <sh@nine.ch> marked by `shz:'
from __future__ import print_function
import sys
import argparse
import csv
import sqlite3
import bz2
import gzip
from six import string_types, text_type
if sys.version_info[0] > 2:
read_mode = 'rt'
else:
read_mode = 'rU'
def convert(filepath_or_fileobj, dbpath, table, headerspath_or_fileobj=None, compression=None):
if isinstance(filepath_or_fileobj, string_types):
if compression is None:
fo = open(filepath_or_fileobj, mode=read_mode)
elif compression == 'bz2':
try:
fo = bz2.open(filepath_or_fileobj, mode=read_mode)
except AttributeError:
fo = bz2.BZ2File(filepath_or_fileobj, mode='r')
elif compression == 'gzip':
fo = gzip.open(filepath_or_fileobj, mode=read_mode)
else:
fo = filepath_or_fileobj
try:
dialect = csv.Sniffer().sniff(fo.readline())
except TypeError:
dialect = csv.Sniffer().sniff(str(fo.readline()))
fo.seek(0)
# get the headers
headers = []
header_given = headerspath_or_fileobj is not None
if header_given:
if isinstance(headerspath_or_fileobj, string_types):
ho = open(headerspath_or_fileobj, mode=read_mode)
else:
ho = headerspath_or_fileobj
header_reader = csv.reader(ho, dialect)
headers = [header.strip() for header in next(header_reader)]
ho.close()
else:
reader = csv.reader(fo, dialect)
headers = [header.strip() for header in next(reader)]
fo.seek(0)
# guess types
type_reader = csv.reader(fo, dialect)
if not header_given:
next(type_reader)
types = _guess_types(type_reader, len(headers))
# now load data
fo.seek(0)
_columns = ','.join(
['"%s" %s' % (header, _type) for (header,_type) in zip(headers, types)]
)
reader = csv.reader(fo, dialect)
if not header_given: # Skip the header
next(reader)
conn = sqlite3.connect(dbpath)
# shz: fix error with non-ASCII input
conn.text_factory = str
c = conn.cursor()
try:
create_query = 'CREATE TABLE %s (%s)' % (table, _columns)
c.execute(create_query)
except:
pass
_insert_tmpl = 'INSERT INTO %s VALUES (%s)' % (table,
','.join(['?']*len(headers)))
line = 0
for row in reader:
line += 1
if len(row) == 0:
continue
# we need to take out commas from int and floats for sqlite to
# recognize them properly ...
try:
row = [
None if x == ''
else float(x.replace(',', '')) if y == 'real'
else int(x) if y == 'integer'
else x for (x,y) in zip(row, types) ]
c.execute(_insert_tmpl, row)
except ValueError as e:
print("Unable to convert value '%s' to type '%s' on line %d" % (x, y, line), file=sys.stderr)
except Exception as e:
print("Error on line %d: %s" % (line, e), file=sys.stderr)
conn.commit()
c.close()
def _guess_types(reader, number_of_columns, max_sample_size=100):
'''Guess column types (as for SQLite) of CSV.
:param fileobj: read-only file object for a CSV file.
'''
# we default to text for each field
types = ['text'] * number_of_columns
# order matters
# (order in form of type you want used in case of tie to be last)
options = [
('text', text_type),
('real', float),
('integer', int)
# 'date',
]
# for each column a set of bins for each type counting successful casts
perresult = {
'integer': 0,
'real': 0,
'text': 0
}
results = [ dict(perresult) for x in range(number_of_columns) ]
sample_counts = [ 0 for x in range(number_of_columns) ]
for row_index,row in enumerate(reader):
for column,cell in enumerate(row):
cell = cell.strip()
if len(cell) == 0:
continue
# replace ',' with '' to improve cast accuracy for ints and floats
if(cell.count(',') > 0):
cell = cell.replace(',', '')
if(cell.count('E') == 0):
cell = cell + "E0"
for data_type,cast in options:
try:
cast(cell)
results[column][data_type] += 1
sample_counts[column] += 1
except ValueError:
pass
have_max_samples = True
for column,cell in enumerate(row):
if sample_counts[column] < max_sample_size:
have_max_samples = False
if have_max_samples:
break
for column,colresult in enumerate(results):
for _type, _ in options:
if colresult[_type] > 0 and colresult[_type] >= colresult[types[column]]:
types[column] = _type
return types
if __name__ == '__main__':
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='''
Convert a CSV file to a table in a SQLite database.
The database is created if it does not yet exist.
''')
parser.add_argument('csv_file', type=str, help='Input CSV file path')
parser.add_argument('sqlite_db_file', type=str, help='Output SQLite file')
parser.add_argument('table_name', type=str, nargs='?', help='Name of table to write to in SQLite file', default='data')
parser.add_argument('--headers', type=str, nargs='?', help='Headers are read from this file, if provided.', default=None)
group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
group.add_argument('--bz2', help='Input csv file is compressed using bzip2.', action='store_true')
group.add_argument('--gzip', help='Input csv file is compressed using gzip.', action='store_true')
args = parser.parse_args()
compression = None
if args.bz2:
compression = 'bz2'
elif args.gzip:
compression = 'gzip'
convert(args.csv_file, args.sqlite_db_file, args.table_name, args.headers, compression)
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