= csv-mapper

== DESCRIPTION:

CsvMapper is a small library intended to simplify the common steps involved with importing CSV files to a usable form in Ruby. CsvMapper is compatible with recent 1.8 versions of Ruby as well as Ruby 1.9+

== EXAMPLES:

The following example will import a CSV file to an Array of Struct[http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Struct.html] instances.

==== Example CSV File Structure

First Name,Last Name,Age John,Doe,27 Jane,Doe,26 Bat,Man,52 ...etc...

==== Simple Usage Example results = CsvMapper.import('/path/to/file.csv') do start_at_row 1 [first_name, last_name, age] end

results.first.first_name # John results.first.last_name # Doe results.first.age # 27

==== Automagical Attribute Discovery Example results = CsvMapper.import('/path/to/file.csv') do read_attributes_from_file end

results.first.first_name # John results.first.last_name # Doe results.first.age # 27

==== Import to ActiveRecord Example Although CsvMapper has no dependency on ActiveRecord; it's easy to import a CSV file to ActiveRecord models and save them.

Define an ActiveRecord model

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base; end

results = CsvMapper.import('/path/to/file.csv') do map_to Person # Map to the Person ActiveRecord class (defined above) instead of the default Struct. after_row lambda{|row, person| person.save } # Call this lambda and save each record after it's parsed.

start_at_row 1
[first_name, last_name, age]

end

See CsvMapper for a more detailed description

== REQUIREMENTS:

FasterCSV[http://fastercsv.rubyforge.org/] on pre 1.9 versions of Ruby

== INSTALL:

• sudo gem install csv-mapper

== Note on Patches/Pull Requests

• Fork the project.
• Make your feature addition or bug fix.
• Add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a future version unintentionally.
• Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history. (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
• Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.

== Copyright

Copyright (c) 2009 Luke Pillow. See LICENSE for details.