Convert csv exported from Google Sheets to RIS format. To use: python csv-to-ris-format.py infile.csv outfile.txt

csv-to-ris-format.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# To use: 
# python csv-to-ris-format.py csvfile.csv risoutput.txt
# 
# Assumes you have removed the header row from the csv file,
# columns are in the same order as the labels list,
# and there are no other columns in the csv.

import csv 
from sys import argv

inputfile = argv[1]
outputfile = argv[2]

items = []
labels = ["AU", "TI", "VL", "IS", "DA", "SP", "EP", "PB", "T2", "N1", "ER"]

with open(inputfile, 'r') as csvfile:
    reader = csv.reader(csvfile, delimiter=',', quotechar='"')
        
    for row in reader:
       	# in order from csv made from Google Sheet
        print("reading a row")
        # create a list of tuples where the first value is the two-letter label,
        # second value is a field in the row from the csv
        item = zip(labels, row)
        items.append(item)

with open(outputfile, 'w') as risfile:
    for citation in items:
        print("writing a row")
        # citation type is article
        risfile.write("TY  - JOUR \n")
        for field in citation:
            line = "{0}  - {1}\n".format(field[0], field[1])
            risfile.write(line)
        # add required end-of-record row
        risfile.write("ER  - \n")

it is very good but i usually have this error
UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x8d in position 7942: character maps to

could you help me with it

Hey Laura,

I am trying to use your script to convert a CSV file exported from ASReview. However, my CSV seems having much more columns than you do, like I have many AU for one entry, how do you handle that, thanks!