Update to version 2

README.md

@@ -12,21 +12,18 @@ Go package to implement a "dict reader" style CSV parser (on top of the default
 
 ```
 import (
-        "github.com/whosonfirst/go-csvdict"
 	"os"
+
+        "github.com/whosonfirst/go-csvdict/v2"
 )
 
-reader, reader_err := csvdict.NewReaderFromPath("example.csv")
+r, _ := csvdict.NewReaderFromPath("example.csv")
 
 // or maybe you might do
-// reader, err := csvdict.NewReader(os.Stdin)
-
-if err != nil {
-	panic(err)
-}
+// r, _ := csvdict.NewReader(os.Stdin)
 
 for {
-	row, err := reader.Read()
+	row, err := r.Read()
 
 	if err == io.EOF {
 		break
@@ -37,43 +34,55 @@ for {
 	}
 
 	value, ok := row["some-key"]
-
 	// and so on...
 }
 ```
 
-### Writing files
+It is also possible to iterate through all the records using the `Iterate` method:
 
 ```
 import (
-	"github.com/whosonfirst/go-csvdict"
 	"os"
-)
 
-fieldnames := []string{"foo", "bar"}
+        "github.com/whosonfirst/go-csvdict/v2"
+)
 
-writer, err := csvdict.NewWriter(os.Stdout, fieldnames)
+r, _ := csvdict.NewReaderFromPath("example.csv")
 
 // or maybe you might do
-// writer, err := csvdict.NewWriterFromPath("new.csv", fieldnames)
+// r, _ := csvdict.NewReader(os.Stdin)
+
+for row, err := r.Iterate() {
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
-if err != nil {
-	panic(err)
+	value, ok := row["some-key"]
+	// and so on...
 }
+```
+
+### Writing files
+
+```
+import (
+	"os"
 
-writer.WriteHeader()
+	"github.com/whosonfirst/go-csvdict/v2"
+)
 
-row := make(map[string]string)
-row["foo"] = "hello"
-row["bar"] = "world"
+wr, _ := csvdict.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
 
-// See this? "baz" is not included in the list of fieldnames
-// above so it will be silently ignored and excluded from your
-// CSV file. Perhaps it should trigger an error. It doesn't, today...
+// or maybe you might do
+// wrr, _ := csvdict.NewWriterFromPath("new.csv")
 
-row["baz"] = "wub wub wub"
+row := make(map[string]{
+	"foo": "hello",
+	"bar": "world",
+}
 
-writer.WriteRow(row)
+wr.WriteRow(row)
 ```
 
 ## See also

doc.go

@@ -1,67 +1,2 @@
 // package csvdict implements a "dictionary reader" style CSV parser (on top of the default `encoding/csv` package) to return rows a key-value dictionaries rather than lists.
-// Example
-//
-// Reading files
-//
-//	import (
-//	        "github.com/whosonfirst/go-csvdict"
-//		"os"
-//	)
-//
-//	reader, reader_err := csvdict.NewReaderFromPath("example.csv")
-//
-//	// or maybe you might do
-//	// reader, err := csvdict.NewReader(os.Stdin)
-//
-//	if err != nil {
-//		panic(err)
-//	}
-//
-//	for {
-//		row, err := reader.Read()
-//
-//		if err == io.EOF {
-//			break
-//		}
-//
-//		if err != nil {
-//			return err
-//		}
-//
-//		value, ok := row["some-key"]
-//
-//		// and so on...
-//	}
-//
-// Writing files
-//
-//	import (
-//		"github.com/whosonfirst/go-csvdict"
-//		"os"
-//	)
-//
-//	fieldnames := []string{"foo", "bar"}
-//
-//	writer, err := csvdict.NewWriter(os.Stdout, fieldnames)
-//
-//	// or maybe you might do
-//	// writer, err := csvdict.NewWriterFromPath("new.csv", fieldnames)
-//
-//	if err != nil {
-//		panic(err)
-//	}
-//
-//	writer.WriteHeader()
-//
-//	row := make(map[string]string)
-//	row["foo"] = "hello"
-//	row["bar"] = "world"
-//
-//	// See this? "baz" is not included in the list of fieldnames
-//	// above so it will be silently ignored and excluded from your
-//	// CSV file. Perhaps it should trigger an error. It doesn't, today...
-//
-//	row["baz"] = "wub wub wub"
-//
-//	writer.WriteRow(row)
 package csvdict

go.mod

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-module github.com/sfomuseum/go-csvdict
+module github.com/sfomuseum/go-csvdict/v2
 
-go 1.13
+go 1.23

reader.go

@@ -4,47 +4,59 @@ import (
 	"encoding/csv"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"iter"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 // type Reader implements a `encoding/csv` style reader for CSV documents with named columns.
 type Reader struct {
-	Reader     *csv.Reader
-	Fieldnames []string
+	csv_reader *csv.Reader
+	fieldnames []string
 }
 
-// NewReader will return a Reader instance that will load data from 'r'
-func NewReader(r io.Reader) (*Reader, error) {
+// NewReader will return a Reader instance that will load data from 'path'
+func NewReaderFromPath(path string) (*Reader, error) {
 
-	reader := csv.NewReader(r)
+	abs_path, err := filepath.Abs(path)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to derive absolute path for %s, %w", path, err)
+	}
 
-	row, read_err := reader.Read()
+	r, err := os.Open(abs_path)
 
-	if read_err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to read first line of document, %w", read_err)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to open %s, %w", path, err)
 	}
 
-	dr := Reader{Reader: reader, Fieldnames: row}
-	return &dr, nil
+	return NewReader(r)
 }
 
-// NewReader will return a Reader instance that will load data from 'path'
-func NewReaderFromPath(path string) (*Reader, error) {
+// NewReader will return a Reader instance that will load data from 'r'
+func NewReader(io_r io.Reader) (*Reader, error) {
+
+	csv_r := csv.NewReader(io_r)
 
-	fh, err := os.Open(path)
+	fieldnames, err := csv_r.Read()
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to open %s, %w", path, err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	r := &Reader{
+		csv_reader: csv_r,
+		fieldnames: fieldnames,
 	}
 
-	return NewReader(fh)
+	return r, nil
 }
 
 // Read reads one record (a slice of fields) from r and returns a map[string]string
 // mapping columns to their corresponding names, as defined in the first line of r.
-func (dr Reader) Read() (map[string]string, error) {
+func (r Reader) Read() (map[string]string, error) {
 
-	row, err := dr.Reader.Read()
+	row, err := r.csv_reader.Read()
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -53,9 +65,28 @@ func (dr Reader) Read() (map[string]string, error) {
 	dict := make(map[string]string)
 
 	for i, value := range row {
-		key := dr.Fieldnames[i]
+		key := r.fieldnames[i]
 		dict[key] = value
 	}
 
 	return dict, nil
 }
+
+// Iterate throush all from r and yielding a map[string]string mapping columns to their corresponding
+// names, as defined in the first line of r.
+func (r Reader) Iterate() iter.Seq2[map[string]string, error] {
+
+	return func(yield func(map[string]string, error) bool) {
+
+		for {
+
+			dict, err := r.Read()
+
+			if err == io.EOF {
+				break
+			}
+
+			yield(dict, nil)
+		}
+	}
+}

reader_test.go

@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ func TestReader(t *testing.T) {
 
 	path := "fixtures/test.csv"
 
-	fh, err := os.Open(path)
+	r, err := os.Open(path)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to open %s, %v", path, err)
 	}
 
-	defer fh.Close()
+	defer r.Close()
 
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(fh)
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(r)
 	count_lines := 0
 
 	for scanner.Scan() {
@@ -32,21 +32,24 @@ func TestReader(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Scanner reported an error, %v", err)
 	}
 
-	_, err = fh.Seek(0, 0)
+	_, err = r.Seek(0, 0)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to seek file to 0, %v", err)
 	}
 
-	csv_r, err := NewReader(fh)
+	csv_r, err := NewReader(r)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to create reader, %v", err)
 	}
 
+	// Test the Read method
+
 	count_rows := 0
 
 	for {
+
 		row, err := csv_r.Read()
 
 		if err == io.EOF {
@@ -69,4 +72,40 @@ func TestReader(t *testing.T) {
 	if count_rows != count_lines-1 {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected %d rows, but got %d", count_lines-1, count_rows)
 	}
+
+	// Test the Iterator method
+
+	_, err = r.Seek(0, 0)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to seek file to 0, %v", err)
+	}
+
+	csv_r, err = NewReader(r)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create reader, %v", err)
+	}
+
+	count_rows = 0
+
+	for row, err := range csv_r.Iterate() {
+
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed to iterate row, %v", err)
+		}
+
+		_, ok := row["label"]
+
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("Row is missing 'label' column")
+		}
+
+		count_rows += 1
+	}
+
+	if count_rows != count_lines-1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %d rows, but got %d", count_lines-1, count_rows)
+	}
+
 }