I’m currently working on a Django app wrapper for a bunch of data, and found this recently published importer to use: https://github.com/edcrewe/django-csvimport.
Doing a CSV import with Django isn’t rocket science … Python and CSVs are good friends, so doing it yourself isn’t that hard. However, this module allows two great things —
1. Essentially ‘magic’ import, especially if you take two seconds to make sure your CSV headers match your model (or you can provide a mapping)
2. It adds an importer admin module, so your less Django-savvy friends can import data themselves.
One thing I’d like to see is a logical ‘undo’ coming out of the app in case things go haywire (maybe that’s already in there?) but generally a big fan.
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