I'm developing a django application that will need regular updates of its database from a number of CSV files. These will need to be uploaded via the web interface. Are there any libraries/modules that I should look at to make this easier?
Victor
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Looks like this will do what I need stackoverflow.com/questions/3974620/…askvictor– askvictor2012-07-18 04:11:24 +00:00Commented Jul 18, 2012 at 4:11
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You can make use of Django import_export.
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Making what easier? Your question is rather vague, but from what I understand you would need something to scedule the job at regular intervals. This could be done in lots of ways, but usually by a python script and a cronjob or a celery task.
answered Jul 17, 2012 at 9:37
Hedde van der Heide
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askvictor
I'm referring to the uploading and parsing of the file. The uploading of the file will be done manually; I'm not interested in scheduling that.
Hedde van der Heide
You could just use python's csv module and django's serializers, I was referring to sceduling because parsing large files on model save seems wrong
askvictor
Can django deserialize from a CSV? Why is parsing large files on model save wrong? (btw by regularly I meant a few times a year)
Hedde van der Heide
If you intend to parse a large upload with the save method of a django model(form), you will need to deal with a user that's just watching for a response to return (which might take a while) also you would have to handle errors when parsing fails. It seems likely to create a task for things like this and email a report, but tbh that's just my personal opinion :-)
