Import CSV to database using sqlalchemy

Question

I am using this example to upload a csv file into a sqlite database:

this is my code:

from numpy import genfromtxt
from time import time
from datetim         


        

Answer 1

Are you familiar with Pandas Dataframe?

Really simple to use (and debug)

pandas.read_csv(file_name)

In [5]: pandas.read_csv('/tmp/csvt.csv')
Out[5]: 
           Name Shack     DB  Payments         Status
0  Loyiso Dwala  I156  13542        37  LightsOnly ON
1  Attwell Fayo  I157  13077        32       LightsON
2  David Mbhele   G25  13155        33       LightsON

For inserting the DataFrames data into a table, you can simply use pandas.DataFrame.to_sql

So your main code will end up looking something like this:

engine = create_engine('sqlite:///cdb.db')
Base.metadata.create_all(engine)

file_name = 'client_db.csv'
df = pandas.read_csv(file_name)
df.to_sql(con=engine, index_label='id', name=cdb1.__tablename__, if_exists='replace')

You should read further in the documentation link I added, and set the function Parameters as suits your purpose (specially look at - if_exists, index, index_label, dtype)