Py CSV JSON Converter CLI App

CSV and JSON Converter CLI app build with Python Fire library

CLI app included in distribution folder (dist/py-csv-json-cli.exe)

Basic Usage

1. Help

py py-csv-json-cli --
py py-csv-json-cli --help
* Note: close help with key 'q'

2. Covert CSV to JSON

py py-csv-json-cli csvtojson car-models.csv

* Note: example of csv file is car-models.csv 

3. Covert JSON to CSV

py py-csv-json-cli jsontocsv csvtojson-1652043963.json

* Note: example of json file is csvtojson-1652043963.json

Setup for Local Development

1. Creating a virtual environment

py -m venv venv

2. Activate the environment

.\venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install all of the packages using requirements.txt

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run cli application

py py-csv-json-cli.py

5. Build cli output (more refer to : https://pyinstaller.org/en/stable/usage.html)

pyinstaller py-csv-json-cli.spec

6. Export a list of all installed packages (Optional)

pip freeze > requirements.txt

7. Leaving the environment

deactivate

Reference Links

• https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/installing-using-pip-and-virtual-environments/
• https://docs.python.org/3/library/index.html
• https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html
• https://docs.python.org/3/library/json.html
• https://docs.python.org/3/library/csv.html
• https://github.com/google/python-fire
• https://pyinstaller.org/en/stable/usage.html
• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/convert-csv-to-json-using-python/
• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/convert-json-to-csv-in-python/