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| author | Claude Paroz <claude@2xlibre.net> | 2019-11-14 17:08:51 +0100 |
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| committer | Hugo van Kemenade <hugovk@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-11-14 18:08:51 +0200 |
| commit | ce7d887adc753de33812fe5eb88a1f30be396a6e (patch) | |
| tree | 07d9e5a10accb9f30e7d23dedca176671f2386be /docs/formats.rst | |
| parent | 57a535f577379214f415a8deee5fa2ab2c5f2415 (diff) | |
| download | tablib-ce7d887adc753de33812fe5eb88a1f30be396a6e.tar.gz | |
Documented csv import/export options from standard lib (#431)
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diff --git a/docs/formats.rst b/docs/formats.rst index 489f57a..42b8cd5 100644 --- a/docs/formats.rst +++ b/docs/formats.rst @@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ When exporting with the ``csv`` format, the top row will contain headers, if they have been set. Otherwise, the top row will contain the first row of the dataset. +When importing a CSV data source or exporting a dataset as CSV, you can pass any +parameter supported by the :py:func:`csv.reader` and :py:func:`csv.writer` +functions. For example:: + + tablib.import_set(your_data_stream, format='csv', dialect='unix') + + dataset.export('csv', delimiter=' ', quotechar='|') + .. admonition:: Line endings Exporting uses \\r\\n line endings by default so, make sure to include |