Converting a csv file to json using C#

Question

I was wondering if someone\'s written a utility to convert a CSV file to Json using C#. From a previous question on stackoverflow, I\'m aware of this nice utility - https://

Answer 1

First, load the csv file into datatable and serialize it to Json document. It uses OLEDB Provider that can parse the csv wisely,

Courtesy to Jim Scott, https://stackoverflow.com/a/1050278/6928056

Courtesy to K_B, https://stackoverflow.com/a/2979938/6928056

using System.Data;
using System.Data.OleDb;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;
using Newtonsoft.Json;

static string ConvertCsvToJson(string path, bool isFirstRowHeader)
{
    string header = isFirstRowHeader ? "Yes" : "No";

    string pathOnly = Path.GetDirectoryName(path);
    string fileName = Path.GetFileName(path);

    string sql = @"SELECT * FROM [" + fileName + "]";

    using(OleDbConnection connection = new OleDbConnection(
              @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" + pathOnly + 
              ";Extended Properties=\"Text;HDR=" + header + "\""))
    using(OleDbCommand command = new OleDbCommand(sql, connection))
    using(OleDbDataAdapter adapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(command))
    {
        var dataTable = new DataTable();
        dataTable.Locale = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture;
        adapter.Fill(dataTable);
        return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(dataTable, Formatting.Indented);
    }
}