File Converter

A Python tool that reads and converts data from a csv file and writes it's data into an xml or json file.

Getting Started

Installing Dependencies

Ensure that you can install python packages using pip.

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Running The Script

Program Arguments

The following arguments can be specified when running the program on the terminal. The arguments that have required as True are compulsory.

Args	Notation	Desc	Required
inputFile	(Positional Argument)	The csv file to be read	True
delimiter	-d --delimiter	The delimiter used in the CSV	False
output File	-o --output_file	The file to be written into	True
sort	-s --sort	Sort key to sort data	False

Program Command

The hotels.csv file is located inside the data folder.

To Convert the csv file into a json file, enter the following on your terminal. Substitute test.json for the name of your json output file.

$ python converter.py data/hotels.csv --output_file test.json -s stars

The above command will read the hotels.csv file, convert it to json, sort it's output by stars and write the sorted data into a file called test.json.

Running the tests

$ nosetests

OR

python test.py

Using the Make command to run program

I have created shorts cuts in the Makefile that will do all of the above with make commands

Make commands	What they do
$ make set-up	Installs all packages in the requirements.txt file
$ make xml	Converts hotels.csv to an xml file, data/test.xml
$ make json	Converts hotels.csv to a json file, data/test.json
$ make tests	Runs unit tests
$ make help	List the various make commands and what they do

Built With

• Python 3.6

Author

• Mirabel Ekwenugo - Github LinkedIn Email