add '|' as a delimiter in csv files (#4059)

This PR fixes the error “Failure to process CSV: Expected 2 fields in
line 2, saw 4” when '|' is used as a delimiter in the csv file

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+## 0.18.11-dev0
+
+### Enhancements
+
+### Features
+
+### Fixes
+- **Recognize '|' as a delimiter** csv parser will now recognize '|' as a delimiter in addition to ',' and ';'.
+
 ## 0.18.10
 
 ### Enhancements

example-docs/csv-with-line-delimiter.csv

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+col1|col2|col3
+a|b|c
+d|e|f
+g|h|i

test_unstructured/partition/test_constants.py

@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ EXPECTED_TABLE_XLSX = (
     "</table>"
 )
 
+EXPECTED_TABLE_WITH_LINE_DELIMITER = (
+    "<table>"
+    "<tr><td>col1</td><td>col2</td><td>col3</td></tr>"
+    "<tr><td>a</td><td>b</td><td>c</td></tr>"
+    "<tr><td>d</td><td>e</td><td>f</td></tr>"
+    "<tr><td>g</td><td>h</td><td>i</td></tr>"
+    "</table>"
+)
+
+
 EXPECTED_TITLE = "Stanley Cups"
 
 EXPECTED_TEXT = (
@@ -54,6 +64,8 @@ EXPECTED_TEXT_SEMICOLON_DELIMITER = (
     "Year Month Revenue Costs 2022 1 123 -123 2023 2 143,1 -814,38 2024 3 215,32 -11,08"
 )
 
+EXPECTED_TEXT_WITH_LINE_DELIMITER = "col1 col2 col3 a b c d e f g h i"
+
 EXPECTED_XLS_TABLE = (
     "<table><tr>"
     "<td>MC</td>"

test_unstructured/partition/test_csv.py

@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ from test_unstructured.partition.test_constants import (
     EXPECTED_TABLE,
     EXPECTED_TABLE_SEMICOLON_DELIMITER,
     EXPECTED_TABLE_WITH_EMOJI,
+    EXPECTED_TABLE_WITH_LINE_DELIMITER,
     EXPECTED_TEXT,
     EXPECTED_TEXT_SEMICOLON_DELIMITER,
     EXPECTED_TEXT_WITH_EMOJI,
+    EXPECTED_TEXT_WITH_LINE_DELIMITER,
     EXPECTED_TEXT_XLSX,
 )
 from test_unstructured.unit_utils import (
@@ -42,6 +44,11 @@ EXPECTED_FILETYPE = "text/csv"
             EXPECTED_TEXT_SEMICOLON_DELIMITER,
             EXPECTED_TABLE_SEMICOLON_DELIMITER,
         ),
+        (
+            "csv-with-line-delimiter.csv",
+            EXPECTED_TEXT_WITH_LINE_DELIMITER,
+            EXPECTED_TABLE_WITH_LINE_DELIMITER,
+        ),
     ],
 )
 def test_partition_csv_from_filename(filename: str, expected_text: str, expected_table: str):

unstructured/__version__.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.18.10"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "0.18.11-dev0"  # pragma: no cover

unstructured/partition/csv.py

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class _CsvPartitioningContext:
             )
 
         try:
-            return sniffer.sniff(data, delimiters=",;").delimiter
+            return sniffer.sniff(data, delimiters=",;|").delimiter
         except csv.Error:
             # -- sniffing will fail on single-column csv as no default can be assumed --
             return None