open csv from url python code example

Example 1: python download and read csv from url

import csv
import requests

CSV_URL = 'http://samplecsvs.s3.amazonaws.com/Sacramentorealestatetransactions.csv'

with requests.Session() as s:
    download = s.get(CSV_URL)

    decoded_content = download.content.decode('utf-8')

    cr = csv.reader(decoded_content.splitlines(), delimiter=',')
    my_list = list(cr)
    for row in my_list:
        print(row)

Example 2: open csv from url python

import requests
from contextlib import closing
import csv

url = "http://samplecsvs.s3.amazonaws.com/SalesJan2009.csv"

with closing(requests.get(url, stream=True)) as r:
    f = (line.decode('utf-8') for line in r.iter_lines())
    reader = csv.reader(f, delimiter=',', quotechar='"')
    for row in reader:
        print(row)

Example 3: open csv from url python

import pandas as pd

url = "http://samplecsvs.s3.amazonaws.com/SalesJan2009.csv"
df = pd.read_csv(url)

print(df.head())

Example 4: csv reader url

import csv
import urllib2

url = 'http://winterolympicsmedals.com/medals.csv'
response = urllib2.urlopen(url)
cr = csv.reader(response)

for row in cr:
    print row