def parse_Merimee_csv(csv_file):
"""Return the Mérimée database (as a dictionary) from the given CSV file."""
file_handler = codecs.open(csv_file, 'r', 'latin-1')
dataset = {}
csvReader = UnicodeCSV.unicode_csv_dictreader(file_handler,
delimiter=';')
try:
for row in csvReader:
merimee_id = row['REF']
dataset[merimee_id] = handle_Merimee_csv_row(row)
except csv.Error, e:
sys.exit('file %s, line %d: %s' % (csv_file,
csvReader.line_num, e))
def retrieve_metadata_from_csv(self, csv_file, delimiter=','):
"""Retrieve metadata from the given CSV file."""
file_handler = codecs.open(csv_file, 'r', 'utf-8')
csvReader = UnicodeCSV.unicode_csv_dictreader(file_handler,
delimiter=delimiter)
try:
for row in csvReader:
metadata_record = self.handle_record(row)
self.records.append(metadata_record)
self.fields.update(metadata_record.get_field_names())
except csv.Error, e:
sys.exit('file %s, line %d: %s' % (csv_file,
csvReader.line_num, e))
def read_csv(csv_file, delimiter):
"""Read the CSV file and return each line."""
file_handler = codecs.open(csv_file, 'r', 'utf-8')
return UnicodeCSV.unicode_csv_dictreader(file_handler,
delimiter=delimiter)