Add from_csv staticmethod to the Table class

[sbordeyne]

CSV, TSV and other such formats are natively supported by python through the standard library's csv module.

The idea would be to enable creating a rich table from a string representing a CSV (or other dialect) file. The method implementation would be akin to :

    import csv, io

    @staticmethod
    def from_csv(
        csv_data: TextType,
        *,
        csv_dialect: str = "unix",
        title: Optional[TextType] = None,
        caption: Optional[TextType] = None,
        width: Optional[int] = None,
        min_width: Optional[int] = None,
        box: Optional[box.Box] = box.HEAVY_HEAD,
        safe_box: Optional[bool] = None,
        padding: PaddingDimensions = (0, 1),
        collapse_padding: bool = False,
        pad_edge: bool = True,
        expand: bool = False,
        show_header: bool = True,
        show_footer: bool = False,
        show_edge: bool = True,
        show_lines: bool = False,
        leading: int = 0,
        style: StyleType = "none",
        row_styles: Optional[Iterable[StyleType]] = None,
        header_style: Optional[StyleType] = "table.header",
        footer_style: Optional[StyleType] = "table.footer",
        border_style: Optional[StyleType] = None,
        title_style: Optional[StyleType] = None,
        caption_style: Optional[StyleType] = None,
        title_justify: "JustifyMethod" = "center",
        caption_justify: "JustifyMethod" = "center",
        highlight: bool = False,
    ) -> "Table":
        csvfile = io.StringIO(csv_data)
        reader = csv.reader(csvfile, csv_dialect)
        header = next(reader)
        table = Table(
            *header,
            title=title,
            caption=caption,
            width=width,
            min_width=min_width,
            box=box,
            safe_box=safe_box,
            padding=padding,
            collapse_padding=collapse_padding,
            pad_edge=pad_edge,
            expand=expand,
            show_header=show_header,
            show_footer=show_footer,
            show_edge=show_edge,
            show_lines=show_lines,
            leading=leading,
            style=style,
            row_styles=row_styles,
            header_style=header_style,
            footer_style=footer_style,
            border_style=border_style,
            title_style=title_style,
            caption_style=caption_style,
            title_justify=title_justify,
            caption_justify=caption_justify,
            highlight=highlight,
        )
        for line in reader:
            table.add_row(*line)
        return table

This would allow for easy formatting of CSV data in the terminal, like responses from requests, pandas dataframes and so on.

[danymat]

Hello, any news from this idea ? I would be interested indeed