Rails: csv

Working with csv files

Using the built-in Ruby library

• https://www.sitepoint.com/guide-ruby-csv-library-part/

Gems that help with CSV Parsing

• https://www.ruby-toolbox.com/categories/CSV_Parsers
  • Index of various CSV parsers
• roo: https://github.com/roo-rb/roo
  • “Roo provides an interface to spreadsheets of several sorts. “
  • Tutorial that references roo: http://railscasts.com/episodes/396-importing-csv-and-excel
• smarter_csv: https://github.com/tilo/smarter_csv
  • “Ruby Gem for smarter importing of CSV Files as Array(s) of Hashes, with optional features for processing large files in parallel, embedded comments, unusual field- and record-separators, flexible mapping of CSV-headers to Hash-keys”

Other Tutorials

• https://gorails.com/episodes/intro-to-importing-from-csv