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January 18, 2013 16:56
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csv2json Copied from somewhere on the internet. Usage to get the json into an expanded format and into your clipboard: `python csv2json.py myfile.csv | python -m json.tool | pbcopy`
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import sys, csv, json | |
if len(sys.argv) == 1: | |
print "1 argument for filename required" | |
sys.exit() | |
gdoc = csv.reader(open(sys.argv[1])) | |
# Get the 1st line, assuming it contains the column titles | |
fieldnames = gdoc.next() | |
# Get the total number of columns | |
fieldnames_len = len(fieldnames) | |
data = [] # Empty list | |
i = 0 | |
for row in gdoc: | |
# Add an empty dict to the list | |
data.append({}) | |
for j in range(0, len(row)): | |
data[i][fieldnames[j]] = row[j] | |
# What if the last few cells are empty ? There may not be commas | |
for j in range(len(row), fieldnames_len): | |
data[i][fieldnames[j]] = "" | |
i = i + 1 | |
print json.dumps(data) | |
sys.exit() |
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