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Re: Using "with open(filename, 'ab'):" and calling code only if the file is new?

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Op 30-10-13 02:02, Victor Hooi schreef:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a CSV file that I will repeatedly appending to.
> 
> I'm using the following to open the file:
> 
>     with open(self.full_path, 'r') as input, open(self.output_csv, 'ab') as output:
>         fieldnames = (...)
>         csv_writer = DictWriter(output, filednames)
>         # Call csv_writer.writeheader() if file is new.
>         csv_writer.writerows(my_dict)
> 
> I'm wondering what's the best way of calling writeheader() only if the file is new?

If you are using 3.3 you could use something like this:

with open(self.full_path, 'r') as input:
    try:
        output = open(self.output_csv, 'abx')
        new_file = True
    except FileExistsError:
	output = open(self.output_csv, 'ab')
        new_file = False
    fieldnames = (...)
    csv_writer = DictWriter(output, filednames)
    if new_file:
        csv_writer.writeheader()
    csv_writer.writerows(my_dict)

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Using "with open(filename, 'ab'):" and calling code only if the file is new? Victor Hooi <victorhooi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-29 18:02 -0700
  RE: Using "with open(filename, 'ab'):" and calling code only if the file is new? "Joseph L. Casale" <jcasale@activenetwerx.com> - 2013-10-30 01:42 +0000
  RE: Using "with open(filename, 'ab'):" and calling code only if the file is new? Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-10-30 02:13 +0000
  RE: Using "with open(filename, 'ab'):" and calling code only if the file is new? "Joseph L. Casale" <jcasale@activenetwerx.com> - 2013-10-30 02:55 +0000
    Re: Using "with open(filename, 'ab'):" and calling code only if the file is new? Victor Hooi <victorhooi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-29 20:22 -0700
  Fwd: Using "with open(filename, 'ab'):" and calling code only if the file is new? Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2013-10-29 22:28 -0500
  Re: Using "with open(filename, 'ab'):" and calling code only if the file is new? Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2013-10-30 08:53 +0100
  Re: Using "with open(filename, 'ab'):" and calling code only if the file is new? Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-10-30 13:23 +0000

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