ActiveRecord CSV¶ ↑

This gem aids in ActiveRecord export/import of CSV files. It depends on the active_record_to_csv gem for export and it depends on the orm_from_csv gem to help in importing.

Usage¶ ↑

Export¶ ↑

File.new('movies.csv', 'w') { |f| f.write Movie.to_csv }

See Download section below for an easy way to integrate this gem for downloading CSV files.

Import¶ ↑

# To import from a csv file:
Movie.from_csv!(csv_file)
# To create objects but not save them yet:
Movie.from_csv(csv_file) # without bang!

Download¶ ↑

If you want your Rails app to download CSV files, try something like this:

# app/controllers/movies_controllers.rb
class MoviesController < ApplicationController
  respond_to :csv, :html

  def index
    @movies = Movie.scoped # Movie.all behaves differently when to_csv is called on it.
    respond_with(@movies)
  end

end

# config/initializers/renderers.rb
ActionController::Renderers.add :csv do |object, options|
  self.content_type ||= Mime::CSV
  filename = "#{options[:filename] || object.first.class.name.pluralize}.csv"
  send_data(object.to_csv, :filename => filename, :type => Mime::CSV, :disposition => "attachment")
end

Now ‘/movies.csv’ will download a CSV file from the browser.

Compatibility¶ ↑

Tested with ActiveRecord 3.0.5.

gem-testers.org/gems/active_record_csv