From 6367500a1c4633b0eb7968fe48b19e3333a0391d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stijn Peeters <stijn.peeters@uva.nl>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 14:50:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Remove 'convert to Excel CSV' processor - use Excel CSV
 import wizard instead

---
 processors/conversion/csv_to_excel.py | 92 ---------------------------
 1 file changed, 92 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 processors/conversion/csv_to_excel.py

diff --git a/processors/conversion/csv_to_excel.py b/processors/conversion/csv_to_excel.py
deleted file mode 100644
index fe8139748..000000000
--- a/processors/conversion/csv_to_excel.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Convert a CSV file to Excel-compatible CSV
-"""
-import csv
-
-from backend.lib.processor import BasicProcessor
-
-__author__ = "Stijn Peeters"
-__credits__ = ["Stijn Peeters"]
-__maintainer__ = "Stijn Peeters"
-__email__ = "4cat@oilab.eu"
-
-csv.field_size_limit(1024 * 1024 * 1024)
-
-class ConvertCSVToMacExcel(BasicProcessor):
-	"""
-	Convert a CSV file to Excel-compatible CSV
-	"""
-	type = "convert-csv-excel"  # job type ID
-	category = "Conversion"  # category
-	title = "Convert to Excel-compatible CSV"  # title displayed in UI
-	description = "Change a CSV file so it works with Microsoft Excel."  # description displayed in UI
-	extension = "csv"  # extension of result file, used internally and in UI
-
-	@classmethod
-	def is_compatible_with(cls, module=None, user=None):
-		"""
-		Determine if processor is compatible with dataset
-
-		:param module: Module to determine compatibility with
-		"""
-		if module.type == cls.type:
-			return False
-
-		if module.get_extension() == "csv":
-			return True
-		elif module.get_extension() == "ndjson":
-			return hasattr(module.get_own_processor(), "map_item")
-
-	def process(self):
-		"""
-		This takes a CSV file as input and writes the same data as a JSON file
-		"""
-		posts = 0
-		self.dataset.update_status("Converting posts")
-
-		# painstaking empirical work has determined that this dialect is
-		# compatible with the MacOS version of Microsoft Excel
-		csv.register_dialect("excel-mac",
-			delimiter = ";",
-			doublequote = True,
-			escapechar = None,
-			lineterminator = "\r\n",
-			quotechar = '"',
-			quoting = csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL,
-			skipinitialspace = False,
-			strict = False
-		)
-
-		# recreate CSV file with the new dialect
-		with self.dataset.get_results_path().open("w") as output:
-			fieldnames = self.source_dataset.get_item_keys(self)
-
-			writer = csv.DictWriter(output, fieldnames=fieldnames, dialect="excel-mac")
-			writer.writeheader()
-
-			for post in self.source_dataset.iterate_items(self):
-				writer.writerow(post)
-				posts += 1
-
-
-		# done!
-		self.dataset.update_status("Finished.")
-		self.dataset.finish(num_rows=posts)
-
-	@classmethod
-	def get_csv_parameters(cls, csv_library):
-		"""
-		Returns CSV parameters if they are changed from 4CAT's defaults.
-		"""
-		csv_library.register_dialect("excel-mac",
-			delimiter = ";",
-			doublequote = True,
-			escapechar = None,
-			lineterminator = "\r\n",
-			quotechar = '"',
-			quoting = csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL,
-			skipinitialspace = False,
-			strict = False
-		)
-
-		return {"dialect": "excel-mac"}