csv_to_rstTable.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Script to convert CSV to ReStructuredText Tables
https://twitter.com/mariatta/status/1303736310947962880

This is a rough sketch and nowhere near feature complete.
"""

import argparse
import csv
import sys


def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('infile', nargs='?', type=argparse.FileType('r'), default=sys.stdin)
    parser.add_argument('outfile', nargs='?', type=argparse.FileType('w'), default=sys.stdout)

    args = parser.parse_args()

    csv_reader = csv.DictReader(args.infile)

    output_lines = []
    output_lines.append("+------------+------------+-----------+\r\n")
    output_lines.append(f"| {' | '.join(csv_reader.fieldnames)} |\r\n")
    output_lines.append("+============+============+===========+\r\n")
    for row in csv_reader:
        output = "| "
        for field in csv_reader.fieldnames: 
            output += f"{row[field]} |"
        output += "\r\n"
        output_lines.append(output)
        output_lines.append("+------------+------------+-----------+\r\n")

    args.outfile.writelines(output_lines)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

LICENSE.txt

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