imp: Support tsv and ssv prefixes (#2164)

hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Types.hs

@@ -622,9 +622,38 @@ data Journal = Journal {
 -- The data is partial, and list fields are in reverse order.
 type ParsedJournal = Journal
 
+-- | One of the standard *-separated value file types known by hledger,
+data SepFormat 
+  = Csv  -- comma-separated
+  | Tsv  -- tab-separated
+  | Ssv  -- semicolon-separated
+  deriving Eq
+
 -- | The id of a data format understood by hledger, eg @journal@ or @csv@.
 -- The --output-format option selects one of these for output.
-type StorageFormat = String
+data StorageFormat 
+  = Rules 
+  | Journal' 
+  | Ledger' 
+  | Timeclock 
+  | Timedot 
+  | Sep SepFormat 
+  deriving Eq
+
+instance Show SepFormat where
+  show Csv = "csv"
+  show Ssv = "ssv"
+  show Tsv = "tsv"
+
+instance Show StorageFormat where
+  show Rules = "rules"
+  show Journal' = "journal"
+  show Ledger' = "ledger"
+  show Timeclock = "timeclock"
+  show Timedot = "timedot"
+  show (Sep Csv) = "csv"
+  show (Sep Ssv) = "ssv"
+  show (Sep Tsv) = "tsv"
 
 -- | Extra information found in a payee directive.
 data PayeeDeclarationInfo = PayeeDeclarationInfo {

hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ data Reader m = Reader {
     ,rParser :: MonadIO m => ErroringJournalParser m ParsedJournal
     }
 
-instance Show (Reader m) where show r = rFormat r ++ " reader"
+instance Show (Reader m) where show r = show (rFormat r) ++ " reader"
 
 -- | Parse an InputOpts from a RawOpts and a provided date.
 -- This will fail with a usage error if the forecast period expression cannot be parsed.

hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/CsvReader.hs

@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ import Hledger.Read.RulesReader (readJournalFromCsv)
 
 --- ** reader
 
-reader :: MonadIO m => Reader m
+reader :: MonadIO m => SepFormat -> Reader m
-reader = Reader
+reader sep = Reader
-  {rFormat     = "csv"
+  {rFormat     = Sep sep
-  ,rExtensions = ["csv","tsv","ssv"]
+  ,rExtensions = [show sep]
-  ,rReadFn     = parse
+  ,rReadFn     = parse sep
   ,rParser     = error' "sorry, CSV files can't be included yet"  -- PARTIAL:
   }
 
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ reader = Reader
 -- This file path is normally the CSV(/SSV/TSV) data file, and a corresponding rules file is inferred.
 -- But it can also be the rules file, in which case the corresponding data file is inferred.
 -- This does not check balance assertions.
-parse :: InputOpts -> FilePath -> Text -> ExceptT String IO Journal
+parse :: SepFormat -> InputOpts -> FilePath -> Text -> ExceptT String IO Journal
-parse iopts f t = do
+parse sep iopts f t = do
   let mrulesfile = mrules_file_ iopts
-  readJournalFromCsv (Right <$> mrulesfile) f t
+  readJournalFromCsv (Right <$> mrulesfile) f t (Just sep)
   -- apply any command line account aliases. Can fail with a bad replacement pattern.
   >>= liftEither . journalApplyAliases (aliasesFromOpts iopts)
       -- journalFinalise assumes the journal's items are

hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs

@@ -139,21 +139,25 @@ readers' = [
  ,TimeclockReader.reader
  ,TimedotReader.reader
  ,RulesReader.reader
- ,CsvReader.reader
+ ,CsvReader.reader Csv
+ ,CsvReader.reader Tsv
+ ,CsvReader.reader Ssv
 --  ,LedgerReader.reader
  ]
 
 readerNames :: [String]
-readerNames = map rFormat (readers'::[Reader IO])
+readerNames = map (show . rFormat) (readers'::[Reader IO])
 
 -- | @findReader mformat mpath@
 --
 -- Find the reader named by @mformat@, if provided.
+-- ("ssv" and "tsv" are recognised as alternate names for the csv reader,
+-- which also handles those formats.)
 -- Or, if a file path is provided, find the first reader that handles
 -- its file extension, if any.
 findReader :: MonadIO m => Maybe StorageFormat -> Maybe FilePath -> Maybe (Reader m)
 findReader Nothing Nothing     = Nothing
-findReader (Just fmt) _        = headMay [r | r <- readers', rFormat r == fmt]
+findReader (Just fmt) _        = headMay [r | r <- readers', let rname = rFormat r, rname == fmt]
 findReader Nothing (Just path) =
   case prefix of
     Just fmt -> headMay [r | r <- readers', rFormat r == fmt]
@@ -168,16 +172,27 @@ type PrefixedFilePath = FilePath
 
 -- | If a filepath is prefixed by one of the reader names and a colon,
 -- split that off. Eg "csv:-" -> (Just "csv", "-").
-splitReaderPrefix :: PrefixedFilePath -> (Maybe String, FilePath)
+-- These reader prefixes can be used to force a specific reader,
+-- overriding the file extension. 
+splitReaderPrefix :: PrefixedFilePath -> (Maybe StorageFormat, FilePath)
 splitReaderPrefix f =
-  headDef (Nothing, f) $
+  let 
-  [(Just r, drop (length r + 1) f) | r <- readerNames, (r++":") `isPrefixOf` f]
+  candidates = [(Just r, drop (length r + 1) f) | r <- readerNames ++ ["ssv","tsv"], (r++":") `isPrefixOf` f]
+  (strPrefix, newF) = headDef (Nothing, f) candidates
+  in case strPrefix of
+  Just "csv" -> (Just (Sep Csv), newF)
+  Just "tsv" -> (Just (Sep Tsv), newF)
+  Just "ssv" -> (Just (Sep Ssv), newF)
+  Just "journal" -> (Just Journal', newF)
+  Just "timeclock" -> (Just Timeclock, newF)
+  Just "timedot" -> (Just Timedot, newF)
+  _ -> (Nothing, f)
 
 --- ** reader
 
 reader :: MonadIO m => Reader m
 reader = Reader
-  {rFormat     = "journal"
+  {rFormat     = Journal'
   ,rExtensions = ["journal", "j", "hledger", "ledger"]
   ,rReadFn     = parse
   ,rParser    = journalp  -- no need to add command line aliases like journalp'
@@ -282,7 +297,7 @@ includedirectivep = do
   paths <- getFilePaths parentoff parentpos glb
   let prefixedpaths = case mprefix of
         Nothing  -> paths
-        Just fmt -> map ((fmt++":")++) paths
+        Just fmt -> map ((show fmt++":")++) paths
   forM_ prefixedpaths $ parseChild parentpos
   void newline
 

hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/RulesReader.hs

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ _READER__________________________________________ = undefined  -- VSCode outline
 
 reader :: MonadIO m => Reader m
 reader = Reader
-  {rFormat     = "rules"
+  {rFormat     = Rules
   ,rExtensions = ["rules"]
   ,rReadFn     = parse
   ,rParser     = error' "sorry, rules files can't be included"  -- PARTIAL:
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ parse iopts f _ = do
       then return nulljournal      -- data file inferred from rules file name was not found
       else do
         t <- liftIO $ readFileOrStdinPortably dat
-        readJournalFromCsv (Just $ Left rules) dat t
+        readJournalFromCsv (Just $ Left rules) dat t Nothing
         -- apply any command line account aliases. Can fail with a bad replacement pattern.
         >>= liftEither . journalApplyAliases (aliasesFromOpts iopts)
             -- journalFinalise assumes the journal's items are
@@ -855,9 +855,9 @@ _CSV_READING__________________________________________ = undefined
 --
 -- 4. Return the transactions as a Journal.
 --
-readJournalFromCsv :: Maybe (Either CsvRules FilePath) -> FilePath -> Text -> ExceptT String IO Journal
+readJournalFromCsv :: Maybe (Either CsvRules FilePath) -> FilePath -> Text -> Maybe SepFormat -> ExceptT String IO Journal
-readJournalFromCsv Nothing "-" _ = throwError "please use --rules-file when reading CSV from stdin"
+readJournalFromCsv Nothing "-" _ _ = throwError "please use --rules-file when reading CSV from stdin"
-readJournalFromCsv merulesfile csvfile csvtext = do
+readJournalFromCsv merulesfile csvfile csvtext sep = do
     -- for now, correctness is the priority here, efficiency not so much
 
     rules <- case merulesfile of
@@ -879,14 +879,19 @@ readJournalFromCsv merulesfile csvfile csvtext = do
     -- convert back to text and parse as csv records
     let
       csvtext1 = T.unlines csvlines2
-      separator =
+      -- The separator in the rules file takes precedence over the extension or prefix
-        case getDirective "separator" rules >>= parseSeparator of
+      separator = case getDirective "separator" rules >>= parseSeparator of
-          Just c           -> c
+        Just c           -> c
-          _ | ext == "ssv" -> ';'
+        _ | ext == "ssv" -> ';'
-          _ | ext == "tsv" -> '\t'
+        _ | ext == "tsv" -> '\t'
-          _                -> ','
+        _                -> 
-          where
+          case sep of
-            ext = map toLower $ drop 1 $ takeExtension csvfile
+            Just Csv -> ','
+            Just Ssv -> ';'
+            Just Tsv -> '\t'
+            Nothing -> ','
+        where
+          ext = map toLower $ drop 1 $ takeExtension csvfile
       -- parsec seemed to fail if you pass it "-" here   -- TODO: try again with megaparsec
       parsecfilename = if csvfile == "-" then "(stdin)" else csvfile
     dbg6IO "using separator" separator

hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/TimeclockReader.hs

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ import Data.Text as T (strip)
 
 reader :: MonadIO m => Reader m
 reader = Reader
-  {rFormat     = "timeclock"
+  {rFormat     = Timeclock
   ,rExtensions = ["timeclock"]
   ,rReadFn     = parse
   ,rParser    = timeclockfilep

hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/TimedotReader.hs

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ import Data.List (group)
 
 reader :: MonadIO m => Reader m
 reader = Reader
-  {rFormat     = "timedot"
+  {rFormat     = Timedot
   ,rExtensions = ["timedot"]
   ,rReadFn     = parse
   ,rParser    = timedotp

hledger/Hledger/Cli/CliOptions.hs

@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ expandPathPreservingPrefix d prefixedf = do
   let (p,f) = splitReaderPrefix prefixedf
   f' <- expandPath d f
   return $ case p of
-    Just p'  -> p' ++ ":" ++ f'
+    Just p'  -> (show p') ++ ":" ++ f'
     Nothing -> f'
 
 -- | Get the expanded, absolute output file path specified by an

hledger/test/csv.test

@@ -1131,6 +1131,19 @@ $  ./csvtest.sh
 
 >=
 
+# ** 59. specify ssv prefix and no extension
+<
+12/11/2019;Foo;123;10.23
+RULES
+fields date, description, , amount
+date-format %d/%m/%Y
+$  ./ssvtest.sh
+2019-11-12 Foo
+    expenses:unknown           10.23
+    income:unknown            -10.23
+
+>=
+
 # ** .
 #<
 #$  ./csvtest.sh

hledger/test/ssvtest.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# sh version, ported from bash so freebsd users can run these tests.
+# This scripts expects stdin formatted like this:
+# <multi-line ssv file (at least one line required, even if blank)>
+# RULES
+# <multi-line rules>
+#
+# Here, unlike in csvtest.sh, the ssv extension is intentionally NOT set
+# This allows us to verify that the prefix detection is working
+
+cat > t.$$.input
+sed '1,/^RULES/d' t.$$.input > t.$$.rules
+sed '/^RULES/,$d' t.$$.input > t.$$
+
+trap 'rm -f t.$$.input t.$$ t.$$.rules t.$$.stderr' EXIT
+
+# Remove variable file name from error messages
+mkfifo t.$$.stderr
+sed -Ee "s/t\.$$/input/" t.$$.stderr >&2 &
+
+hledger -f ssv:t.$$ print "$@" 2> t.$$.stderr