Csv From Django

Some time you need to export a file into a specific format for some use like upload to the old system. In this case I need to have a CSV file which another software fill.

The code ¶

I wrote a ClassView for this case, this class. ¹

class CsvCarsDownload(View):
    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        response = HttpResponse(content_type="text/csv")
        response["Content-Disposition"] = 'attachment; filename="cars.csv"'
        my_dict = [{
          "brand": "Ford",
          "model": "Mustang",
          "year": 1964
        }]
        writer = csv.DictWriter(
            response, dialect="excel", fieldnames=my_dict[0].keys()
        )
        writer.writeheader()
        for element in my_dict:
          writer.writerow(element)
        return response

You can change the type of the the CSV changing the dialect with one of the type of the CSV dialect (excel, excel_tab, unix_dialect) and changing the my_dict with any type of list of dict.

With this code you can use any Class Mixin from others module for add other functions like permission supports or loggeer configurations.

Written by a human