Csv

Csv (csv)

Parse CSV from field text.

Transform json

Minimal example

actions:
  - csv: {}

JSON

{
  "actions": [
    {
      "csv": {}
    }
  ]
}

Contents

• Minimal example

• Fields

• Schema

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
description	string		describe this step.
condition	lua-expression (string)		Only run this action if the specified condition is met. Examples: 2 * count()
delim	string		Override the default delimiter, which is a comma.
suppress-warnings ✓	boolean (bool)		Suppress warnings generated by this action. Default: false
input-field	field (string)		Field containing CSV data, default is ‘_raw’. Examples: data_field
remove ✓	boolean (bool)		Remove the field containing the value. Default: false
relaxed-schema ✓	boolean (bool)		Allow picking & naming just the first few fields. Default: false
header ✓	boolean (bool)		Whether to treat first line as a CSV header. Default: false
gen-headers ✓	boolean (bool)		Whether to generate automatic CSV headers. Default: false
autoconvert ✓	boolean (bool)		Force auto-conversion into numbers wherever possible. Default: true
skip-lines ✓	number (integer)		Skip a fixed number of leading lines before parsing. Examples: 42, 1.2e-10
header-regex ✓	regex (string)		Treat the first line matching this pattern as the header row. Examples: \d+[A-Z]*
persist-header ✓	boolean (bool)		Persist the most recent header across subsequent files or documents. Default: false
fields	map (string)		Specify fields and their types (str, num, bool, num).
field-file	path (string)		A file containing the fields as name:type. Examples: /path/to/file, c:\users\joe\data\file.txt
header-fields	Header Fields		Detailed control of how headers are defined.

Schema

• Header Fields Fields
• Fields Table

Header Fields Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
header-field	field (string)		Field containing header (CSV column names). Examples: data_field
header-field-types ✓	boolean (bool)		Field containing header has types specified (with name:type format). Default: false
header-field-on-change ✓	boolean (bool)		With ‘header-field, only write out headers if columns change.<br>Default: false`
null-value	string		A subSstitute string value to be used in the event that a field is null.

Fields Table

Field	Type
event.field	str

Key format: field.