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csv

Reads one or more CSV files as structured records following the format described in RFC 4180.

# Common config fields, showing default values
input:
  label: ""
  csv:
    paths: []
    parse_header_row: true
    delimiter: ','

This input offers more control over CSV parsing than the file input.

When parsing with a header row each line of the file will be consumed as a structured object, where the key names are determined from the header now. For example, the following CSV file:

foo,bar,baz
first foo,first bar,first baz
second foo,second bar,second baz

Would produce the following messages:

{"foo":"first foo","bar":"first bar","baz":"first baz"}
{"foo":"second foo","bar":"second bar","baz":"second baz"}

If, however, the field parse_header_row is set to false then arrays are produced instead, like follows:

["first foo","first bar","first baz"]
["second foo","second bar","second baz"]

Fields​

paths​

A list of file paths to read from. Each file will be read sequentially until the list is exhausted, at which point the input will close. Glob patterns are supported, including super globs (double star).

Type: array
Default: [] 

# Examples


paths:
  - /tmp/foo.csv
  - /tmp/bar/*.csv
  - /tmp/data/**/*.csv

parse_header_row​

Whether to reference the first row as a header row. If set to true the output structure for messages will be an object where field keys are determined by the header row.

Type: bool
Default: true

delimiter​

The delimiter to use for splitting values in each record, must be a single character.

Type: string
Default: ","

batch_count​

Optionally process records in batches. This can help to speed up the consumption of exceptionally large CSV files. When the end of the file is reached the remaining records are processed as a (potentially smaller) batch.

Type: int
Default: 1

This input is particularly useful when consuming CSV from files too large to parse entirely within memory. However, in cases where CSV is consumed from other input types it's also possible to parse them using the Bloblang parse_csv method.