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CSV Python Connector

Read, write, and update CSV with Python

Easily connect Python-based data access, visualization, ORM, ETL, AI/ML, and custom apps with CSV/TSV Files!

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Python Connector Libraries for CSV Data Connectivity. Integrate CSV with popular Python tools like Pandas, SQLAlchemy, Dash & petl. Easy-to-use Python Database API (DB-API) Modules connect CSV data with Python and any Python-based applications.

Features

SQL-92 access to CSV files and CSV streams and web services
Support for accessing remote flat files via SFTP
Connect to live CSV/TSV Files data, for real-time data access with the CSV/TSV Files JDBC Driver
Full support for data aggregation and complex JOINs in SQL queries
Secure connectivity through modern cryptography, including TLS 1.2, SHA-256, ECC, etc.
Generate table schema automatically based on existing CSV/TSV Files data or manually for greater control of the content you need
Seamless integration with leading BI, reporting, and ETL tools and with custom applications via the CSV Connector.

Specifications

Python Database API (DB-API) Modules for CSV/TSV.
Write SQL, get CSV/TSV Files data. Access CSV through standard Python Database Connectivity.
Integration with popular Python tools like Pandas, SQLAlchemy, Dash & petl.
Easy-to-use client library enables developers to easily integrate Python-based Applications with any flat-file delimited data.
Full Unicode support for data, parameter, & metadata.

CData Python connectors in action!

Watch the video overview for a first hand-look at the powerful data integration capabilities included in the CData Python Connectors.

Watch the Python Connector Video Overview

Python connectivity with CSV/TSV Files

Full-featured and consistent SQL access to any supported data source through Python


Connecting to CSV with Python

CData Python Connectors leverage the Database API (DB-API) interface to make it easy to work with CSV from a wide range of standard Python data tools. Connecting to and working with your data in Python follows a basic pattern, regardless of data source:

  • Configure the connection properties to CSV
  • Query CSV to retrieve or update data
  • Connect your CSV data with Python data tools.


Connecting to CSV in Python

To connect to your data from Python, import the extension and create a connection:

Once you import the extension, you can work with all of your enterprise data using the python modules and toolkits that you already know and love, quickly building apps that help you drive business.

import cdata.csv as mod
conn = mod.connect("[email protected]; Password=password;")

#Create cursor and iterate over results
cur = conn.cursor()
cur.execute("SELECT * FROM File")
	
rs = cur.fetchall()
	
for row in rs:
print(row)
		
engine = create_engine("csv///Password=password&User=user")

df = pandas.read_sql("SELECT * FROM File", engine)

df.plot()
plt.show()

Visualize CSV Data with pandas

The data-centric interfaces of the CSV Python Connector make it easy to integrate with popular tools like pandas and SQLAlchemy to visualize data in real-time.

More than read-only: full update/CRUD support

CSV Connector goes beyond read-only functionality to deliver full support for Create, Read Update, and Delete operations (CRUD). Your end-users can interact with the data presented by the CSV Connector as easily as interacting with a database table.

AI-assisted development with CData CLI

Build CSV integrations faster with AI that understands your schema

Schema-aware AI

CData CLI gives AI coding tools access to your CSV schema. No more guessing table names or column types—AI sees the same metadata in your Python Connectors.

Your AI Knows SQL

How to find table names, column names, and how to generate SQL syntax are things that AI knows well from millions of training data. No need for customization, no hallucinations. Your AI acts like a domain specialist to CSV.

More Accurate, More Token-Efficient

With CData CLI's queryable schema detection and highly efficient queries with filters, aggregation, joins with correct pushdown, your AI will achieve more accuracy with less token usage.

Supported AI Coding Tools
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