defmodule NimbleCSV do @moduledoc ~S""" NimbleCSV is a small and fast parsing and dumping library. It works by building highly-inlined CSV parsers, designed to work with strings, enumerables and streams: NimbleCSV.define(MyParser, separator: "\t", escape: "\"") Once defined, we can parse data accordingly: iex> MyParser.parse_string "name\tage\njohn\t27" [["john","27"]] See the `define/2` function for the list of functions that would be defined in `MyParser`. ## Parsing NimbleCSV is by definition restricted in scope to do only parsing (and dumping). For example, the example above discarded the headers when parsing the string, as NimbleCSV expects developers to handle those explicitly later. For example: "name\tage\njohn\t27" |> MyParser.parse_string |> Enum.map(fn [name, age] -> %{name: name, age: String.to_integer(age)} end) This is particularly useful with the parse_stream functionality that receives and returns a stream. For example, we can use it to parse files line by line lazily: "path/to/csv/file" |> File.stream!(read_ahead: 100_000) |> MyParser.parse_stream |> Stream.map(fn [name, age] -> %{name: name, age: String.to_integer(age)} end) By default this library ships with `NimbleCSV.RFC4180`, which is the most common implementation of CSV parsing/dumping available using comma as separators and double-quote as escape. If you want to use it in your codebase, simply alias it to CSV and enjoy: iex> alias NimbleCSV.RFC4180, as: CSV iex> CSV.parse_string "name,age\njohn,27" [["john","27"]] ## Dumping NimbleCSV can dump any enumerable to either iodata or to streams: iex> IO.iodata_to_binary MyParser.dump_to_iodata([~w(name age), ~w(mary 28)]) "name\tage\nmary\t28\n" iex> MyParser.dump_to_stream([~w(name age), ~w(mary 28)]) #Stream<...> """ defmodule ParseError do defexception [:message] end @doc ~S""" Defines a new parser/dumper. It accepts the following options: * `:separator`- the CSV separator, defaults to `","` * `:escape`- the CSV escape, defaults to `"\""` * `:moduledoc` - the documentation for the generated module ## Parser/Dumper API It exports the following parser functions: * `parse_enumerable/2` - eager parsing from a list or another enumerable and returns a list of rows * `parse_string/2` - eagar parsing from a string and returns a list of rows * `parse_stream/2` - lazy parsing from a stream and returns a stream of rows The second argument for the functions above is a list of options currently supporting: * `:headers` - if headers exist and, if so, they are discarded It also exports the following dump functions: * `dump_to_iodata/1` - eagerly dump an enumerable into iodata (a list of binaries and bytes and other lists). * `dump_to_stream/1` - lazily dumps from an enumerable to a stream. It returns a stream that emits each row as iodata. """ def define(module, options) do defmodule module do @moduledoc Keyword.get(options, :moduledoc) @separator Keyword.get(options, :separator, ",") @escape Keyword.get(options, :escape, "\"") ## Parser @doc """ Lazily parses CSV from a stream and returns a stream of rows. """ def parse_stream(stream, opts \\ []) do {state, separator, escape} = init_parser(opts) Stream.transform(stream, fn -> state end, &parse(&1, &2, separator, escape), &finalize_parser/1) end @doc """ Eagerly parses CSV from an enumerable and returns a list of rows. """ def parse_enumerable(enumerable, opts \\ []) do {state, separator, escape} = init_parser(opts) {lines, state} = Enum.flat_map_reduce(enumerable, state, &parse(&1, &2, separator, escape)) finalize_parser(state) lines end @doc """ Eagerly parses CSV from a string and returns a list of rows. """ def parse_string(string, opts \\ []) do newline = :binary.compile_pattern(["\r\n", "\n"]) {0, byte_size(string)} |> Stream.unfold(fn {_, 0} -> nil {offset, length} -> case :binary.match(string, newline, scope: {offset, length}) do {newline_offset, newline_length} -> difference = newline_length + newline_offset - offset {:binary.part(string, offset, difference), {newline_offset + newline_length, length - difference}} :nomatch -> {:binary.part(string, offset, length), {offset + length, 0}} end end) |> parse_enumerable(opts) end defp init_parser(opts) do state = if Keyword.get(opts, :headers, true), do: :header, else: :line {state, :binary.compile_pattern(@separator), :binary.compile_pattern(@escape)} end defp finalize_parser({:escape, _, _, _}) do raise ParseError, "expected escape character #{@escape} but reached the end of file" end defp finalize_parser(_) do :ok end defp to_enum(result) do case result do {:line, row} -> {[row], :line} {:header, _} -> {[], :line} {:escape, _, _, _} = escape -> {[], escape} end end defp parse(line, {:escape, entry, row, state}, separator, escape) do to_enum escape(line, entry, row, state, separator, escape) end defp parse(line, state, separator, escape) do to_enum separator(line, [], state, separator, escape) end defp separator(line, row, state, separator, escape) do case :binary.match(line, escape) do {0, _} -> <<@escape, rest::binary>> = line escape(rest, "", row, state, separator, escape) {pos, _} -> pos = pos - 1 case line do <> -> escape(rest, "", row ++ :binary.split(prefix, separator, [:global]), state, separator, escape) _ -> raise ParseError, "unexpected escape character #{@escape} in #{inspect line}" end :nomatch -> offset = byte_size(line) crlf = offset - 2 lf = offset - 1 pruned = case line do <> -> prefix <> -> prefix prefix -> prefix end {state, row ++ :binary.split(pruned, separator, [:global])} end end defp escape(line, entry, row, state, separator, escape) do case :binary.match(line, escape) do {offset, _} -> case line do <> -> escape(rest, entry <> prefix <> <<@escape>>, row, state, separator, escape) <> -> separator(rest, row ++ [entry <> prefix], state, separator, escape) <> -> {state, row ++ [entry <> prefix]} <> -> {state, row ++ [entry <> prefix]} <> -> {state, row ++ [entry <> prefix]} _ -> raise ParseError, "unexpected escape character #{@escape} in #{inspect line}" end :nomatch -> {:escape, entry <> line, row, state} end end @compile {:inline, init_parser: 1, to_enum: 1, parse: 4} ## Dumper @doc """ Eagerly dump an enumerable into iodata (a list of binaries and bytes and other lists). """ def dump_to_iodata(enumerable) do check = init_dumper() Enum.map(enumerable, &dump(&1, check)) end @doc """ Lazily dumps from an enumerable to a stream. It returns a stream that emits each row as iodata. """ def dump_to_stream(enumerable) do check = init_dumper() Stream.map(enumerable, &dump(&1, check)) end @separator_minimum (case @separator do <> -> x _ -> @separator end) @escape_minimum (case @escape do <> -> x _ -> @escape end) @replacement @escape <> @escape defp init_dumper() do :binary.compile_pattern([@escape, "\r", "\n"]) end defp dump([], _check) do [?\n] end defp dump([entry], check) do [maybe_escape(entry, check), ?\n] end defp dump([entry | entries], check) do [maybe_escape(entry, check), @separator_minimum | dump(entries, check)] end defp maybe_escape(entry, check) do entry = to_string(entry) case :binary.match(entry, check) do {_, _} -> [@escape_minimum, :binary.replace(entry, @escape, @replacement, [:global]), @escape_minimum] :nomatch -> entry end end @compile {:inline, init_dumper: 0, maybe_escape: 2} end end end NimbleCSV.define(NimbleCSV.RFC4180, separator: ",", escape: "\"", moduledoc: """ A CSV parser that uses comma as separator and double-quotes as escape according to RFC4148. """)