go-customcsv

This is a library for customizing the CSV format.

You can customize the following.

• (Reader/Writer) Format characters
  • Delimiter (default: ,)
  • Quote (default: ")
  • Record separator (default: \r\n)
• (Writer) Always quote (default: false)
• (Reader) Verify the number of fields per record (default: Check by the number of fields in the first record)

In Reader, the head BOM will be automatically skipped.

Usage

Reader

f, err := os.Open("input.csv")
if err != nil {
	return err
}

r := customcsv.NewReader(f)

for {
	record, err := r.Read()
	if err == io.EOF {
		break
	}
	if err != nil {
    	return err
	}

    fmt.Println(record)
}

In Reader, the following items can be customized.

type Reader struct {
	// Delimiter is the field delimiter.
	// It is set to default comma (',') by NewReader.
	Delimiter rune

	// Quote is the field quote character.
	// It is set to default double quote ('"') by NewReader.
	Quote rune

	// SpecialRecordSeparator is the special record separator.
	// If not specified, a newline ('\n' '\r' '\r\n') will be used as the record separator.
	SpecialRecordSeparator string

	// FieldsPerRecord is the number of expected fields per record.
	// FieldsPerRecord > 0 : Checks for the specified value.
	// FieldsPerRecord = 0 : Check by the number of fields in the first record.
	// FieldsPerRecord < 0 : No check.
	FieldsPerRecord int
}

Set this after NewReader().

r := customcsv.NewReader(f)

// Customize format
r.Delimiter = ';'
r.SpecialRecordSeparator = "|"

Writer

f, err := os.Create("output.csv")
if err != nil {
	return err
}

w := customcsv.NewWriter(f)

for _, record := range records {
	if err := w.Write(record); err != nil {
		return err
	}
}

if err := w.Flush(); err != nil {
	return err
}

In Writer, the following items can be customized.

type Writer struct {
	// Delimiter is the field delimiter.
	// It is set to default comma (',') by NewWriter.
	Delimiter rune

	// Quote is the field quote character.
	// It is set to default double quote ('"') by NewWriter.
	Quote rune

	// If True, always quote the fields.
	AllQuotes bool

	// RecordSeparator is the record separator.
	// It is set to default CRLF ('\r\n') by NewWriter.
	RecordSeparator string
}

Set this after NewWriter().

w := customcsv.NewWriter(f)

// Customize format
w.AllQuotes = true
w.RecordSeparator = "\n"

License

MIT

Author

onozaty