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+++ b/lemuriformes/csv2sqlite.py	Sun Dec 10 13:58:55 2017 -0800
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+convert CSV files to a SQLite DB file
+"""
+
+# For SQLite types see
+# http://www.sqlite.org/datatype3.html
+
+import argparse
+import csv
+import os
+import sqlite3
+import sys
+from collections import OrderedDict
+from .cast import string
+from .sql import SQLConnection
+
+
+def read_csv(csv_file):
+    """read csv file with header and return list of dicts"""
+
+    reader = csv.DictReader(csv_file)
+    return [row for row in reader]
+
+
+def path_root(path):
+    """return basename file root sans extension"""
+
+    return os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(path))[0]
+
+
+class SQLiteConnection(SQLConnection):
+    """connection class to SQLite database"""
+
+    # mapping of python types to SQLite types
+    types = {int: "INTEGER",
+             float: "REAL",
+             str: "TEXT"}
+
+    def __init__(self, db_file):
+        if not os.path.exists(db_file):
+            with open(db_file, 'wb') as f:
+                # touch file
+                pass
+        self.db_file = db_file
+        self.conn = sqlite3.connect(self.db_file)
+
+    def __call__(self, sql, *args):
+        c = self.conn.cursor()
+        c.execute(sql, args)
+        retval = c.fetchall()
+        self.conn.commit()
+        return retval
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        self.conn.close()
+
+    def tables(self):
+        """
+        return tables in the SQLite database
+        Ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/82875/how-to-list-the-tables-in-an-sqlite-database-file-that-was-opened-with-attach
+        """
+        sql = "SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table';"
+        results = self(sql)
+        return [row[0] for row in results]
+
+    def create_table(self, table, **columns):
+        """add a table to the database"""
+
+        columns = ', '.join(["{key} {value}".format(key=key, value=value)
+                             for key, value in columns.items()])
+        self("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {table} ({columns});".format(table=table,
+                                                                      columns=columns))
+
+    def schema(self, table):
+        """get dictionary of typing for a table"""
+        # http://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_table_info
+
+        sql = "PRAGMA table_info('{}')".format(table)
+        results = self(sql)
+        # TODO: get data types from e.g.
+        # [(0, u'how', u'', 0, None, 0), (1, u'are', u'', 0, None, 0), (2, u'you', u'', 0, None, 0)]
+        # ... now
+        # [(0, u'how', u'TEXT', 0, None, 0), (1, u'you', u'TEXT', 0, None, 0), (2, u'are', u'TEXT', 0, None, 0)]
+        return OrderedDict([(result[1], result[2])
+                            for result in results])
+
+    def columns(self, table):
+        """return ordered list of column names"""
+
+        return self.schema(table).keys()
+
+    def select(self, table):
+        """just `select *` for now"""
+
+        sql = "SELECT * FROM {table};"
+        sql = sql.format(table=table)
+        data = self(sql)
+        columns = self.columns(table)
+        return [OrderedDict(zip(columns, row))
+                for row in data]
+
+    select_all = select
+
+
+class CSV2SQLite(object):
+    """
+    convert Comma Separated Value input to SQLite
+    """
+    # TODO: allow conversion to arbitrary SQL
+
+    def __init__(self, output):
+        self.conn = SQLiteConnection(output)
+
+    def __call__(self, *csv_files, **csv_dict):
+
+        # allow tables of default(ing) name
+        csv_dict.update({csv_file: None
+                         for csv_file in csv_files})
+
+        for csv_file, tablename in csv_dict.items():
+            self.csv2table(csv_file, tablename=tablename)
+
+    def csv2table(self, csv_file, tablename=None):
+        if isinstance(csv_file, string):
+            with open(csv_file) as f:
+                return self.csv2table(f, tablename=tablename)
+        if tablename is None:
+            # TODO: allow lookup from scheme
+            tablename = path_root(csv_file.name)
+        # read csv
+        data = read_csv(csv_file)
+        assert data
+
+        # infer schema from data
+        # TODO:  allow lookup from scheme
+        columns = {column: "TEXT" for column in data[0].keys()}
+
+        # create table
+        self.conn.create_table(tablename, **columns)
+
+        # inseert data
+        for row in data:
+            self.conn.insert_row(tablename, **row)
+
+
+def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
+    """CLI"""
+
+    # parse command line
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument('input', nargs='+',
+                        type=argparse.FileType('r'),
+                        help="input CSV files; table names taken from file names")
+    parser.add_argument('-o', '--output', dest='output',
+                        required=True,
+                        help="output SQLite file")
+    options = parser.parse_args(args)
+
+    # overwrite the file
+    # TODO:  deprecate and allow appending
+    with open(options.output, 'w') as f:
+        pass
+
+    # instantiate converter
+    conn = CSV2SQLite(options.output)
+
+    # convert input CSV to SQLite tables
+    conn(*options.input)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()