csv_step_importer

A library to validate, speed up and organize bulk insertion of complex CSV data into multiple tables.

It depends on

• zdennis/activerecord-import
• GitHub - tilo/smarter_csv

Sample Application (Thanks to @vochicong)

vochicong/csv_step_importer_sample

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

# Quicker CSV processing
gem 'csv_step_importer'
gem 'smarter_csv', github: 'tilo/smarter_csv'

NOTE: you might need to add gem 'smarter_csv', github: 'tilo/smarter_csv' if you encounter problems building rows

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install csv_step_importer

Usage

Hello world setup (super simple sample, single table, no user-defined row, no user-defined dao)

First let's create a basic rails application to play around with

rails new bookshop --database=mysql --api --skip-spring --skip-test
cd bookshop
echo "gem 'csv_step_importer'
gem 'smarter_csv', github: 'tilo/smarter_csv'" >> Gemfile
bundle install
rails g model author name:string:uniq email:string
rails g model book author:references name:string:uniq
rails db:create db:migrate

Then edit the model like this:

app/models/author.rb

class Author < ApplicationRecord
  class ImportableModel < CSVStepImporter::Model::ImportableModel
    # The model to be updated
    def model_class
      Module.nesting[1]
    end

    # return CSVStepImporter::Model::Reflector in order to enable reflections (e.g. get ids of all rows)
    # disabled by default
    def reflector_class
      CSVStepImporter::Model::Reflector
    end

    def columns
      [:name, :email, :created_at, :updated_at]
    end

    def composite_key_columns
      [:name]
    end

    def on_duplicate_key_update
      [:email, :updated_at]
    end
  end
end

Import a single data row

rails c

irb(main)> data = [{ name: 'Milan Kundera', email: 'milan.kundera@example.com' }]
irb(main)> importer = CSVStepImporter::Loader.new(rows: data, processor_classes: [Author::ImportableModel])
irb(main)> importer.valid?
=> true
irb(main)> importer.save!
   (1.1ms)  SET NAMES utf8,  @@SESSION.sql_mode = CONCAT(CONCAT(@@sql_mode, ',STRICT_ALL_TABLES'), ',NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO'),  @@SESSION.sql_auto_is_null = 0, @@SESSION.wait_timeout = 2147483
   (0.4ms)  BEGIN
  [Author::ImportableModel, Author(id: integer, name: string, email: string, created_at: datetime, updated_at: datetime)]
   (13.3ms)  SHOW VARIABLES like 'max_allowed_packet';
  Author Create Many Without Validations Or Callbacks (9.2ms)  INSERT INTO `authors` (`name`,`email`,`created_at`,`updated_at`) VALUES ('Milan Kundera','milan.kundera@example.com','2018-09-11 11:33:07','2018-09-11 11:33:07') ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `authors`.`email`=VALUES(`email`),`authors`.`updated_at`=VALUES(`updated_at`)
   (154.6ms)  COMMIT
  => true

irb(main)> puts JSON.parse(Author.all.to_json).to_yaml # Isn't there an easy way to get clean yaml...

   ---
   - id: 7
     name: Milan Kundera
     email: milan.kundera@example.com
     created_at: '2018-09-11T11:42:15.000Z'
     updated_at: '2018-09-11T11:42:15.000Z'

irb(main)> data = [{ name: 'Milan Kundera', email: 'milan.kundera2@example.com' }, { name: 'Immanuel Kant', email: 'immanuel.kant@example.com' }]
irb(main)> CSVStepImporter::Loader.new(rows: data, processor_classes: [Author::ImportableModel]).save!
=> true
irb(main)> puts JSON.parse(Author.all.to_json).to_yaml # Isn't there an easy way to get clean yaml...

# NOTE: updated_at changed, but the id did not
---
- id: 7
  name: Milan Kundera
  email: milan.kundera2@example.com
  created_at: '2018-09-11T11:42:15.000Z'
  updated_at: '2018-09-11T12:19:17.000Z'
- id: 9
  name: Immanuel Kant
  email: immanuel.kant@example.com
  created_at: '2018-09-11T12:19:17.000Z'
  updated_at: '2018-09-11T12:19:17.000Z'

Import a CSV data file

rails c

irb(main)> File.open("authors.csv", "w") do |file|
  file.write(<<~CSV)
    Name,Email
    Milan Kundera,milan.kundera@example.com
    Immanuel Kant,immanuel.kant@example.com
  CSV
end

irb(main)> CSVStepImporter::Loader.new(path: 'authors.csv', processor_classes: [Author::ImportableModel], csv_options: {file_encoding: "UTF-8"}).save
=> true

irb(main)> puts JSON.parse(Author.all.to_json).to_yaml

# NOTE: The email and updated_at is updated as specified in on_duplicate_key_update
---
- id: 7
  name: Milan Kundera
  email: milan.kundera@example.com
  created_at: '2018-09-11T11:42:15.000Z'
  updated_at: '2018-09-11T12:24:13.000Z'
- id: 9
  name: Immanuel Kant
  email: immanuel.kant@example.com
  created_at: '2018-09-11T12:19:17.000Z'
  updated_at: '2018-09-11T12:24:13.000Z'

Simple model

By default, for each row read from the CSV file, a DAO belonging to a model will be created. These models will be validated and saved in the order specified by the processor_classes option.

The simplest model is one, which simply calls save on all DAOs, which calls internally create_or_update. create_or_update is customizable.

Example:

This example will call find_or_create_by for each row after all validations have passed.

class SimpleDAO < CSVStepImporter::Model::DAO
  def create_or_update
    Currency.find_or_create_by(name: row.name, code: row.code)
  end
end

class SimpleModel < CSVStepImporter::Model::Model
  def dao_class
    SimpleDAO
  end
end

CSVStepImporter::Loader.new(path: 'currencies.csv', processor_classes: [SimpleModel]).save

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/fruwe/csv_step_importer. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the CSVStepImporter project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.