Writer¶

class csv_reader.Writer.CSVDictWriter(name: str, fields: list, mode: str = 'a')¶

Bases: contextlib.AbstractContextManager

a csv writer class for writing dictionaries to csv files. extends contextlib.AbstractContextManager

Parameters:	name (str) – the name of the file to open fields (list) – a list of field names to use mode (str) – the mode to open the file in

getFile()¶

returns the file object attached to this instance.

Returns:	the file object
Return type:	typing.TextIO

write(data: dict)¶

writes a dict to the file as a row.

Parameters:	data (dict) – the row to write
Raises:	Exception – if the file is closed or the writer does not exist

writeRows(rows: list)¶

writes a list of dicts to the file.

Parameters:	rows (list) – the list of dicts to write
Raises:	Exception – if the file is closed or the writer does not exist

class csv_reader.Writer.CSVWriter(name: str, mode: str = 'a')¶

Bases: contextlib.AbstractContextManager

the Writer class used to write to csv files. extends contextlib.AbstractContextManager

Parameters:	name (str) – the name of the file mode (str) – the mode to open the file in. default is ‘a’

getFile()¶

returns the file object attached to this instance.

Returns:	the file object
Return type:	typing.TextIO

write(data: list)¶

writes a single row to a csv file. the data should be a list of values to write.

Parameters:	data (list) – the list containing values to write
Raises:	Exception – if the file is closed or the writer does not exist

writeRows(rows: list)¶

writes multiple rows to a csv file.

Parameters:	rows (list) – the rows to write to the file
Raises:	Exception – if the file is closed or the writer does not exist