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CSV To JSON Converter
Do you ever find yourself needing to take a CSV, spreadsheet or database and turn it into a structured JSON data structure? Do you need to take in pieces of JSON and combine them into one giant JSON object? Do you need to find a way to parse multiple JSON files into one giant JSON object? If so, then this post is for you.
Python has a handy CSV module that can be used to quickly and easily read and write Comma Separated Values to and from files and databases. But sometimes you need to write CSV data to a database, or you want to write it to the same database but save it as JSON instead. The CSV module doesn't support that out of the box, but you can easily turn CSV data into JSON using a converter. The same is true the other way around.
Sometimes you need to quickly create something in Python that behaves like a spreadsheet. Maybe you have a list of names and you want to create a table that looks like a spreadsheet. Or maybe you have a list-like structure in a database and you want to dump it as a spreadsheet. This intro to CSV to JSON shows you how to quickly turn a CSV file into a JSON object.
If you've ever needed to quickly grab data from your database and put it into a format that can be easily consumed by a web app or another program, you've undoubtedly dealt with the hassle of CSV (comma-separated values). In a hurry one day, you import a CSV into your database and then realize that you will need to make some changes to the column order, rename some columns, add some new columns, and so on. If only there was a way to transform that CSV so that it can be easily manipulated in database software, accessed in programming languages, and more! Well, luckily there is!
This simple function takes a CSV file as input and returns a JSON version of the same file. It's designed to be used as a quick and easy way to dump your data into JSON for easy manipulation or to pass on to another program. The function handles both text and comma-separated-values, and even supports headers and footers if you wanted to add them manually. You can also pass in the delimiter to use, which defaults to a single semi-colon (;), but can be changed using the second argument.