--- Read a comma or tab (or other delimiter) separated file. -- This version of a CSV reader differs from others I've seen in that it -- -- + handles embedded newlines in fields (if they're delimited with double -- quotes) -- + is line-ending agnostic -- + reads the file line-by-line, so it can potientially handle large -- files. -- -- Of course, for such a simple format, CSV is horribly complicated, so it -- likely gets something wrong. -- (c) Copyright 2013-2014 Incremental IP Limited. -- (c) Copyright 2014 Kevin Martin -- Available under the MIT licence. See LICENSE for more information. local DEFAULT_BUFFER_BLOCK_SIZE = 1024 * 1024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ local function trim_space(s) return s:match("^%s*(.-)%s*$") end local function fix_quotes(s) -- the sub(..., -2) is to strip the trailing quote return string.sub(s:gsub('""', '"'), 1, -2) end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ local column_map = {} column_map.__index = column_map local function normalise_string(s) return (s:lower():gsub("[^%w%d]+", " "):gsub("^ *(.-) *$", "%1")) end --- Parse a list of columns. -- The main job here is normalising column names and dealing with columns -- for which we have more than one possible name in the header. function column_map:new(columns) local name_map = {} for n, v in pairs(columns) do local names local t if type(v) == "table" then t = { transform = v.transform, default = v.default } if v.name then names = { normalise_string(v.name) } elseif v.names then names = v.names for i, n in ipairs(names) do names[i] = normalise_string(n) end end else if type(v) == "function" then t = { transform = v } else t = {} if type(v) == "string" then names = { normalise_string(v) } end end end if not names then names = { (n:lower():gsub("[^%w%d]+", " ")) } end t.name = n for _, n in ipairs(names) do name_map[n:lower()] = t end end return setmetatable({ name_map = name_map }, column_map) end --- Map "virtual" columns to file columns. -- Once we've read the header, work out which columns we're interested in and -- what to do with them. Mostly this is about checking we've got the columns -- we need and writing a nice complaint if we haven't. function column_map:read_header(header) local index_map = {} -- Match the columns in the file to the columns in the name map local found = {} local found_any for i, word in ipairs(header) do word = normalise_string(word) local r = self.name_map[word] if r then index_map[i] = r found[r.name] = true found_any = true end end if not found_any then return end -- check we found all the columns we need local not_found = {} for name, r in pairs(self.name_map) do if not found[r.name] then local nf = not_found[r.name] if nf then nf[#nf+1] = name else not_found[r.name] = { name } end end end -- If any columns are missing, assemble an error message if next(not_found) then local problems = {} for k, v in pairs(not_found) do local missing if #v == 1 then missing = "'"..v[1].."'" else missing = v[1] for i = 2, #v - 1 do missing = missing..", '"..v[i].."'" end missing = missing.." or '"..v[#v].."'" end problems[#problems+1] = "Couldn't find a column named "..missing end error(table.concat(problems, "\n"), 0) end self.index_map = index_map return true end function column_map:transform(value, index) local field = self.index_map[index] if field then if field.transform then local ok ok, value = pcall(field.transform, value) if not ok then error(("Error reading field '%s': %s"):format(field.name, value), 0) end end return value or field.default, field.name end end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ local file_buffer = {} file_buffer.__index = file_buffer function file_buffer:new(file, buffer_block_size) return setmetatable({ file = file, buffer_block_size = buffer_block_size or DEFAULT_BUFFER_BLOCK_SIZE, buffer_start = 0, buffer = "", }, file_buffer) end --- Cut the front off the buffer if we've already read it function file_buffer:truncate(p) p = p - self.buffer_start if p > self.buffer_block_size then local remove = self.buffer_block_size * math.floor((p-1) / self.buffer_block_size) self.buffer = self.buffer:sub(remove + 1) self.buffer_start = self.buffer_start + remove end end --- Find something in the buffer, extending it if necessary function file_buffer:find(pattern, init) while true do local first, last, capture = self.buffer:find(pattern, init - self.buffer_start) -- if we found nothing, or the last character is at the end of the -- buffer (and the match could potentially be longer) then read some -- more. if not first or last == #self.buffer then local s = self.file:read(self.buffer_block_size) if not s then if not first then return else return first + self.buffer_start, last + self.buffer_start, capture end end self.buffer = self.buffer..s else return first + self.buffer_start, last + self.buffer_start, capture end end end --- Extend the buffer so we can see more function file_buffer:extend(offset) local extra = offset - #self.buffer - self.buffer_start if extra > 0 then local size = self.buffer_block_size * math.ceil(extra / self.buffer_block_size) local s = self.file:read(size) if not s then return end self.buffer = self.buffer..s end end --- Get a substring from the buffer, extending it if necessary function file_buffer:sub(a, b) self:extend(b) b = b == -1 and b or b - self.buffer_start return self.buffer:sub(a - self.buffer_start, b) end --- Close a file buffer function file_buffer:close() self.file:close() self.file = nil end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ local separator_candidates = { ",", "\t", "|" } local guess_separator_params = { record_limit = 8; } local function try_separator(buffer, sep, f) guess_separator_params.separator = sep local min, max = math.huge, 0 local lines, split_lines = 0, 0 local iterator = coroutine.wrap(function() f(buffer, guess_separator_params) end) for t in iterator do min = math.min(min, #t) max = math.max(max, #t) split_lines = split_lines + (t[2] and 1 or 0) lines = lines + 1 end if split_lines / lines > 0.75 then return max - min else return math.huge end end --- If the user hasn't specified a separator, try to work out what it is. function guess_separator(buffer, f) local best_separator, lowest_diff = "", math.huge for _, s in ipairs(separator_candidates) do local ok, diff = pcall(function() return try_separator(buffer, s, f) end) if ok and diff < lowest_diff then best_separator = s lowest_diff = diff end end return best_separator end local unicode_BOMS = { { length = 2, BOMS = { ["\254\255"] = true, -- UTF-16 big-endian ["\255\254"] = true, -- UTF-16 little-endian } }, { length = 3, BOMS = { ["\239\187\191"] = true, -- UTF-8 } } } local function find_unicode_BOM(sub) for _, x in ipairs(unicode_BOMS) do local code = sub(1, x.length) if x.BOMS[code] then return x.length end end return 0 end --- Iterate through the records in a file -- Since records might be more than one line (if there's a newline in quotes) -- and line-endings might not be native, we read the file in chunks of -- we read the file in chunks using a file_buffer, rather than line-by-line -- using io.lines. local function separated_values_iterator(buffer, parameters) local field_start = 1 local advance if buffer.truncate then advance = function(n) field_start = field_start + n buffer:truncate(field_start) end else advance = function(n) field_start = field_start + n end end local function field_sub(a, b) b = b == -1 and b or b + field_start - 1 return buffer:sub(a + field_start - 1, b) end local function field_find(pattern, init) init = init or 1 local f, l, c = buffer:find(pattern, init + field_start - 1) if not f then return end return f - field_start + 1, l - field_start + 1, c end -- Is there some kind of Unicode BOM here? advance(find_unicode_BOM(field_sub)) -- Start reading the file local sep = "(["..(parameters.separator or guess_separator(buffer, separated_values_iterator)).."\n\r])" local line_start = 1 local line = 1 local field_count, fields, starts, nonblanks = 0, {}, {} local header, header_read local field_start_line, field_start_column local record_count = 0 local function problem(message) error(("%s:%d:%d: %s"): format(parameters.filename, field_start_line, field_start_column, message), 0) end while true do local field_end, sep_end, this_sep local tidy field_start_line = line field_start_column = field_start - line_start + 1 -- If the field is quoted, go find the other quote if field_sub(1, 1) == '"' then advance(1) local current_pos = 0 repeat local a, b, c = field_find('"("?)', current_pos + 1) current_pos = b until c ~= '"' if not current_pos then problem("unmatched quote") end tidy = fix_quotes field_end, sep_end, this_sep = field_find(" *([^ ])", current_pos+1) if this_sep and not this_sep:match(sep) then problem("unmatched quote") end else field_end, sep_end, this_sep = field_find(sep, 1) tidy = trim_space end -- Look for the separator or a newline or the end of the file field_end = (field_end or 0) - 1 -- Read the field, then convert all the line endings to \n, and -- count any embedded line endings local value = field_sub(1, field_end) value = value:gsub("\r\n", "\n"):gsub("\r", "\n") for nl in value:gmatch("\n()") do line = line + 1 line_start = nl + field_start end value = tidy(value) if #value > 0 then nonblanks = true end field_count = field_count + 1 -- Insert the value into the table for this "line" local key if parameters.column_map and header_read then local ok ok, value, key = pcall(parameters.column_map.transform, parameters.column_map, value, field_count) if not ok then problem(value) end elseif header then key = header[field_count] else key = field_count end if key then fields[key] = value starts[key] = { line=field_start_line, column=field_start_column } end -- if we ended on a newline then yield the fields on this line. if not this_sep or this_sep == "\r" or this_sep == "\n" then if parameters.column_map and not header_read then header_read = parameters.column_map:read_header(fields) elseif parameters.header and not header_read then if nonblanks or field_count > 1 then -- ignore blank lines header = fields header_read = true end else if nonblanks or field_count > 1 then -- ignore blank lines coroutine.yield(fields, starts) record_count = record_count + 1 if parameters.record_limit and record_count >= parameters.record_limit then break end end end field_count, fields, starts, nonblanks = 0, {}, {} end -- If we *really* didn't find a separator then we're done. if not sep_end then break end -- If we ended on a newline then count it. if this_sep == "\r" or this_sep == "\n" then if this_sep == "\r" and field_sub(sep_end+1, sep_end+1) == "\n" then sep_end = sep_end + 1 end line = line + 1 line_start = field_start + sep_end end advance(sep_end) end end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ local buffer_mt = { lines = function(t) return coroutine.wrap(function() separated_values_iterator(t.buffer, t.parameters) end) end, close = function(t) if t.buffer.close then t.buffer:close() end end, name = function(t) return t.parameters.filename end, } buffer_mt.__index = buffer_mt --- Use an existing file or buffer as a stream to read csv from. -- (A buffer is just something that looks like a string in that we can do -- `buffer:sub()` and `buffer:find()`) -- @return a file object local function use( buffer, -- ?string|file|buffer: the buffer to read from. If it's: -- - a string, read from that; -- - a file, turn it into a file_buffer; -- - nil, read from stdin -- otherwise assume it's already a a buffer. parameters) -- ?table: parameters controlling reading the file. -- See README.md parameters = parameters or {} parameters.filename = parameters.filename or "" parameters.column_map = parameters.columns and column_map:new(parameters.columns) if not buffer then buffer = file_buffer:new(io.stdin) elseif io.type(buffer) == "file" then buffer = file_buffer:new(buffer) end local f = { buffer = buffer, parameters = parameters } return setmetatable(f, buffer_mt) end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- Open a file for reading as a delimited file -- @return a file object local function open( filename, -- string: name of the file to open parameters) -- ?table: parameters controlling reading the file. -- See README.md local file, message = io.open(filename, "r") if not file then return nil, message end parameters = parameters or {} parameters.filename = filename return use(file_buffer:new(file), parameters) end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ local function makename(s) local t = {} t[#t+1] = "<(String) " t[#t+1] = (s:gmatch("[^\n]+")() or ""):sub(1,15) if #t[#t] > 14 then t[#t+1] = "..." end t[#t+1] = " >" return table.concat(t) end --- Open a string for reading as a delimited file -- @return a file object local function openstring( filecontents, -- string: The contents of the delimited file parameters) -- ?table: parameters controlling reading the file. -- See README.md parameters = parameters or {} parameters.filename = parameters.filename or makename(filecontents) parameters.buffer_size = parameters.buffer_size or #filecontents return use(filecontents, parameters) end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ return { open = open, openstring = openstring, use = use } ------------------------------------------------------------------------------