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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+""" Tablib - DBF Support.
+"""
+import tempfile
+import struct
+import os
+
+from tablib.compat import StringIO
+from tablib.compat import dbfpy
+from tablib.compat import is_py3
+
+if is_py3:
+    from tablib.packages.dbfpy3 import dbf
+    from tablib.packages.dbfpy3 import dbfnew
+    from tablib.packages.dbfpy3 import record as dbfrecord
+    import io
+else:
+    from tablib.packages.dbfpy import dbf
+    from tablib.packages.dbfpy import dbfnew
+    from tablib.packages.dbfpy import record as dbfrecord
+
+
+title = 'dbf'
+extensions = ('csv',)
+
+DEFAULT_ENCODING = 'utf-8'
+
+def export_set(dataset):
+    """Returns DBF representation of a Dataset"""
+    new_dbf = dbfnew.dbf_new()
+    temp_file, temp_uri = tempfile.mkstemp()
+
+    # create the appropriate fields based on the contents of the first row
+    first_row = dataset[0]
+    for fieldname, field_value in zip(dataset.headers, first_row):
+        if type(field_value) in [int, float]:
+            new_dbf.add_field(fieldname, 'N', 10, 8)
+        else:
+            new_dbf.add_field(fieldname, 'C', 80)
+
+    new_dbf.write(temp_uri)
+
+    dbf_file = dbf.Dbf(temp_uri, readOnly=0)
+    for row in dataset:
+        record = dbfrecord.DbfRecord(dbf_file)
+        for fieldname, field_value in zip(dataset.headers, row):
+            record[fieldname] = field_value
+        record.store()
+
+    dbf_file.close()
+    dbf_stream = open(temp_uri, 'rb')
+    if is_py3:
+        stream = io.BytesIO(dbf_stream.read())
+    else:
+        stream = StringIO(dbf_stream.read())
+    dbf_stream.close()
+    os.remove(temp_uri)
+    return stream.getvalue()
+
+def import_set(dset, in_stream, headers=True):
+    """Returns a dataset from a DBF stream."""
+
+    dset.wipe()
+    if is_py3:
+        _dbf = dbf.Dbf(io.BytesIO(in_stream))
+    else:
+        _dbf = dbf.Dbf(StringIO(in_stream))
+    dset.headers = _dbf.fieldNames
+    for record in range(_dbf.recordCount):
+        row = [_dbf[record][f] for f in _dbf.fieldNames]
+        dset.append(row)
+
+def detect(stream):
+    """Returns True if the given stream is valid DBF"""
+    #_dbf = dbf.Table(StringIO(stream))
+    try:
+        if is_py3:
+            if type(stream) is not bytes:
+                stream = bytes(stream, 'utf-8')
+            _dbf = dbf.Dbf(io.BytesIO(stream), readOnly=True)
+        else:
+            _dbf = dbf.Dbf(StringIO(stream), readOnly=True)
+        return True
+    except (ValueError, struct.error):
+        # When we try to open up a file that's not a DBF, dbfpy raises a
+        # ValueError.
+        # When unpacking a string argument with less than 8 chars, struct.error is
+        # raised.
+        return False
+
+
+