csv_nose/
sniffer.rs

1//! Main Sniffer builder and sniff methods.
2//!
3//! This module provides the qsv-sniffer compatible API.
4
5use std::fs::File;
6use std::io::{Read, Seek};
7use std::path::Path;
8
9use crate::encoding::{detect_and_transcode, detect_encoding, skip_bom};
10use crate::error::{Result, SnifferError};
11use crate::field_type::Type;
12use crate::metadata::{Dialect, Header, Metadata, Quote};
13use crate::sample::{DatePreference, SampleSize};
14use crate::tum::potential_dialects::{
15    PotentialDialect, detect_line_terminator, generate_dialects_with_terminator,
16};
17use crate::tum::score::{DialectScore, find_best_dialect, score_all_dialects_with_best_table};
18use crate::tum::table::{Table, parse_table};
19use crate::tum::type_detection::infer_column_types;
20
21/// CSV dialect sniffer using the Table Uniformity Method.
22///
23/// # Example
24///
25/// ```no_run
26/// use csv_nose::{Sniffer, SampleSize};
27///
28/// let mut sniffer = Sniffer::new();
29/// sniffer.sample_size(SampleSize::Records(100));
30///
31/// let metadata = sniffer.sniff_path("data.csv").unwrap();
32/// println!("Delimiter: {}", metadata.dialect.delimiter as char);
33/// println!("Has header: {}", metadata.dialect.header.has_header_row);
34/// ```
35#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
36pub struct Sniffer {
37    /// Sample size for sniffing.
38    sample_size: SampleSize,
39    /// Date format preference for ambiguous dates.
40    date_preference: DatePreference,
41    /// Optional forced delimiter.
42    forced_delimiter: Option<u8>,
43    /// Optional forced quote character.
44    forced_quote: Option<Quote>,
45}
46
47impl Default for Sniffer {
48    fn default() -> Self {
49        Self::new()
50    }
51}
52
53impl Sniffer {
54    /// Create a new Sniffer with default settings.
55    pub const fn new() -> Self {
56        Self {
57            sample_size: SampleSize::Records(100),
58            date_preference: DatePreference::MdyFormat,
59            forced_delimiter: None,
60            forced_quote: None,
61        }
62    }
63
64    /// Set the sample size for sniffing.
65    pub fn sample_size(&mut self, sample_size: SampleSize) -> &mut Self {
66        self.sample_size = sample_size;
67        self
68    }
69
70    /// Set the date preference for ambiguous date parsing.
71    pub fn date_preference(&mut self, date_preference: DatePreference) -> &mut Self {
72        self.date_preference = date_preference;
73        self
74    }
75
76    /// Force a specific delimiter (skip delimiter detection).
77    pub fn delimiter(&mut self, delimiter: u8) -> &mut Self {
78        self.forced_delimiter = Some(delimiter);
79        self
80    }
81
82    /// Force a specific quote character.
83    pub fn quote(&mut self, quote: Quote) -> &mut Self {
84        self.forced_quote = Some(quote);
85        self
86    }
87
88    /// Sniff a CSV file at the given path.
89    pub fn sniff_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(&mut self, path: P) -> Result<Metadata> {
90        let file = File::open(path.as_ref())?;
91        let mut reader = std::io::BufReader::new(file);
92        self.sniff_reader(&mut reader)
93    }
94
95    /// Sniff CSV data from a reader.
96    pub fn sniff_reader<R: Read + Seek>(&mut self, reader: R) -> Result<Metadata> {
97        let data = self.read_sample(reader)?;
98
99        if data.is_empty() {
100            return Err(SnifferError::EmptyData);
101        }
102
103        self.sniff_bytes(&data)
104    }
105
106    /// Sniff CSV data from bytes.
107    pub fn sniff_bytes(&self, data: &[u8]) -> Result<Metadata> {
108        if data.is_empty() {
109            return Err(SnifferError::EmptyData);
110        }
111
112        // Detect encoding and transcode to UTF-8 if necessary
113        let (transcoded_data, was_transcoded) = detect_and_transcode(data);
114        let data = &transcoded_data[..];
115
116        // Detect encoding info (for metadata)
117        let encoding_info = detect_encoding(data);
118        let is_utf8 = !was_transcoded || encoding_info.is_utf8;
119
120        // Skip BOM
121        let data = skip_bom(data);
122
123        // Skip comment/preamble lines (lines starting with #)
124        let (comment_preamble_rows, data) = skip_preamble(data);
125
126        // Detect line terminator first to reduce search space
127        let line_terminator = detect_line_terminator(data);
128
129        // Generate potential dialects
130        let dialects = if let Some(delim) = self.forced_delimiter {
131            // If delimiter is forced, only test that delimiter with different quotes
132            let quotes = if let Some(q) = self.forced_quote {
133                vec![q]
134            } else {
135                vec![Quote::Some(b'"'), Quote::Some(b'\''), Quote::None]
136            };
137
138            quotes
139                .into_iter()
140                .map(|q| PotentialDialect::new(delim, q, line_terminator))
141                .collect()
142        } else {
143            generate_dialects_with_terminator(line_terminator)
144        };
145
146        // Determine max rows for scoring
147        let max_rows = match self.sample_size {
148            SampleSize::Records(n) => n,
149            SampleSize::Bytes(_) | SampleSize::All => 0, // Already limited by read_sample
150        };
151
152        // Score all dialects and get the best table (avoids re-parsing)
153        let (scores, best_table) = score_all_dialects_with_best_table(data, &dialects, max_rows);
154
155        // Find the best dialect
156        let best = find_best_dialect(&scores)
157            .ok_or_else(|| SnifferError::NoDialectDetected("No valid dialect found".to_string()))?;
158
159        // Detect structural preamble using the already-parsed table
160        let table_for_preamble =
161            best_table.unwrap_or_else(|| parse_table(data, &best.dialect, max_rows));
162        let structural_preamble = detect_structural_preamble(&table_for_preamble);
163
164        // Total preamble = comment rows + structural rows
165        let total_preamble_rows = comment_preamble_rows + structural_preamble;
166
167        // Build metadata from the best dialect, reusing the already-parsed table
168        // Pass structural_preamble for table row indexing (since comment rows are already skipped from data)
169        // Pass total_preamble_rows for Header metadata (to report true preamble count in original file)
170        self.build_metadata(
171            data,
172            best,
173            is_utf8,
174            structural_preamble,
175            total_preamble_rows,
176            table_for_preamble,
177        )
178    }
179
180    /// Read a sample of data from the reader based on `sample_size` settings.
181    fn read_sample<R: Read + Seek>(&self, mut reader: R) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
182        match self.sample_size {
183            SampleSize::Bytes(n) => {
184                let mut buffer = vec![0u8; n];
185                let bytes_read = reader.read(&mut buffer)?;
186                buffer.truncate(bytes_read);
187                Ok(buffer)
188            }
189            SampleSize::All => {
190                let mut buffer = Vec::new();
191                reader.read_to_end(&mut buffer)?;
192                Ok(buffer)
193            }
194            SampleSize::Records(n) => {
195                // For records, we read enough to capture n records
196                // Estimate ~1KB per record as a starting point, with a minimum
197                let estimated_size = (n * 1024).max(8192);
198                let mut buffer = vec![0u8; estimated_size];
199                let bytes_read = reader.read(&mut buffer)?;
200                buffer.truncate(bytes_read);
201
202                // If we need more data, keep reading
203                if bytes_read == estimated_size {
204                    // Count newlines to see if we have enough records
205                    let newlines = bytecount::count(&buffer, b'\n');
206                    if newlines < n {
207                        // Read more data
208                        let additional = (n - newlines) * 2048;
209                        let mut more = vec![0u8; additional];
210                        let more_read = reader.read(&mut more)?;
211                        more.truncate(more_read);
212                        buffer.extend(more);
213                    }
214                }
215
216                Ok(buffer)
217            }
218        }
219    }
220
221    /// Build Metadata from the best scoring dialect.
222    ///
223    /// # Arguments
224    /// * `structural_preamble` - Number of structural preamble rows in the table (for row indexing)
225    /// * `total_preamble_rows` - Total preamble rows including comments (for Header metadata)
226    /// * `table` - Pre-parsed table to avoid redundant parsing
227    fn build_metadata(
228        &self,
229        data: &[u8],
230        score: &DialectScore,
231        is_utf8: bool,
232        structural_preamble: usize,
233        total_preamble_rows: usize,
234        table: Table,
235    ) -> Result<Metadata> {
236        if table.is_empty() {
237            return Err(SnifferError::EmptyData);
238        }
239
240        // Create a view of the table without structural preamble
241        // (comment preamble rows are already stripped from data)
242        let effective_table = if structural_preamble > 0 && table.rows.len() > structural_preamble {
243            let mut et = crate::tum::table::Table::new();
244            et.rows = table.rows[structural_preamble..].to_vec();
245            et.field_counts = table.field_counts[structural_preamble..].to_vec();
246            et.update_modal_field_count();
247            et
248        } else {
249            table.clone()
250        };
251
252        // Detect header on the effective table (pass total_preamble_rows for Header metadata)
253        let header = detect_header(&effective_table, &score.dialect, total_preamble_rows);
254
255        // Get field names from the effective table (first row after structural preamble)
256        let fields = if header.has_header_row && !effective_table.rows.is_empty() {
257            effective_table.rows[0].clone()
258        } else {
259            // Generate field names
260            (0..score.num_fields)
261                .map(|i| format!("field_{}", i + 1))
262                .collect()
263        };
264
265        // Skip header row for type inference if present
266        let data_table = if header.has_header_row && effective_table.rows.len() > 1 {
267            let mut dt = crate::tum::table::Table::new();
268            dt.rows = effective_table.rows[1..].to_vec();
269            dt.field_counts = effective_table.field_counts[1..].to_vec();
270            dt.update_modal_field_count();
271            dt
272        } else {
273            effective_table
274        };
275
276        // Infer types for each column
277        let types = infer_column_types(&data_table);
278
279        // Build dialect
280        let dialect = Dialect {
281            delimiter: score.dialect.delimiter,
282            header,
283            quote: score.dialect.quote,
284            flexible: !score.is_uniform,
285            is_utf8,
286        };
287
288        // Calculate average record length
289        let avg_record_len = calculate_avg_record_len(data, table.num_rows());
290
291        Ok(Metadata {
292            dialect,
293            avg_record_len,
294            num_fields: score.num_fields,
295            fields,
296            types,
297        })
298    }
299}
300
301/// Detect if the first row (after preamble) is likely a header row.
302fn detect_header(
303    table: &crate::tum::table::Table,
304    _dialect: &PotentialDialect,
305    preamble_rows: usize,
306) -> Header {
307    if table.rows.is_empty() {
308        return Header::new(false, preamble_rows);
309    }
310
311    if table.rows.len() < 2 {
312        // Can't determine header with only one row
313        return Header::new(false, preamble_rows);
314    }
315
316    let first_row = &table.rows[0];
317    let second_row = &table.rows[1];
318
319    // Heuristics for header detection:
320    // 1. First row has different types than subsequent rows
321    // 2. First row values look like labels (text when data is numeric)
322    // 3. First row has no duplicates (header columns should be unique)
323
324    let mut header_score = 0.0;
325    let mut checks = 0;
326
327    // Check 1: First row is all text, second row has typed data
328    let first_types: Vec<Type> = first_row
329        .iter()
330        .map(|s| crate::tum::type_detection::detect_cell_type(s))
331        .collect();
332    let second_types: Vec<Type> = second_row
333        .iter()
334        .map(|s| crate::tum::type_detection::detect_cell_type(s))
335        .collect();
336
337    let first_text_count = first_types.iter().filter(|&&t| t == Type::Text).count();
338    let second_text_count = second_types.iter().filter(|&&t| t == Type::Text).count();
339
340    if first_text_count > second_text_count {
341        header_score += 1.0;
342    }
343    checks += 1;
344
345    // Check 2: First row has more text than numeric
346    let first_numeric_count = first_types.iter().filter(|&&t| t.is_numeric()).count();
347    if first_text_count > first_numeric_count {
348        header_score += 0.5;
349    }
350    checks += 1;
351
352    // Check 3: No duplicates in first row
353    let unique_count = {
354        let mut seen = std::collections::HashSet::new();
355        first_row.iter().filter(|s| seen.insert(s.as_str())).count()
356    };
357    if unique_count == first_row.len() {
358        header_score += 0.5;
359    }
360    checks += 1;
361
362    // Check 4: First row values are shorter (headers tend to be concise)
363    let avg_first_len: f64 = first_row
364        .iter()
365        .map(std::string::String::len)
366        .sum::<usize>() as f64
367        / first_row.len().max(1) as f64;
368    let avg_second_len: f64 = second_row
369        .iter()
370        .map(std::string::String::len)
371        .sum::<usize>() as f64
372        / second_row.len().max(1) as f64;
373
374    if avg_first_len <= avg_second_len {
375        header_score += 0.3;
376    }
377    checks += 1;
378
379    // Threshold for header detection
380    let has_header = (header_score / checks as f64) > 0.4;
381
382    Header::new(has_header, preamble_rows)
383}
384
385/// Calculate average record length.
386const fn calculate_avg_record_len(data: &[u8], num_rows: usize) -> usize {
387    if num_rows == 0 {
388        return 0;
389    }
390    data.len() / num_rows
391}
392
393/// Skip preamble/comment lines at the start of data.
394///
395/// Detects lines starting with '#' at the beginning of the file and returns
396/// the number of preamble rows and a slice starting after the preamble.
397fn skip_preamble(data: &[u8]) -> (usize, &[u8]) {
398    let mut preamble_rows = 0;
399    let mut offset = 0;
400
401    while offset < data.len() {
402        // Skip leading whitespace on the line
403        let mut line_start = offset;
404        while line_start < data.len() && (data[line_start] == b' ' || data[line_start] == b'\t') {
405            line_start += 1;
406        }
407
408        // Check if line starts with #
409        if line_start < data.len() && data[line_start] == b'#' {
410            // Find end of line
411            let mut line_end = line_start;
412            while line_end < data.len() && data[line_end] != b'\n' && data[line_end] != b'\r' {
413                line_end += 1;
414            }
415
416            // Skip line terminator
417            if line_end < data.len() && data[line_end] == b'\r' {
418                line_end += 1;
419            }
420            if line_end < data.len() && data[line_end] == b'\n' {
421                line_end += 1;
422            }
423
424            preamble_rows += 1;
425            offset = line_end;
426        } else {
427            // Not a comment line, stop
428            break;
429        }
430    }
431
432    (preamble_rows, &data[offset..])
433}
434
435/// Detect structural preamble rows using field count consistency analysis.
436///
437/// Identifies rows at the start that don't match the predominant field count
438/// pattern (metadata rows, empty rows, title rows with different structure).
439fn detect_structural_preamble(table: &crate::tum::table::Table) -> usize {
440    let n = table.field_counts.len();
441    if n < 3 {
442        return 0;
443    }
444
445    let modal_count = table.modal_field_count();
446
447    // Pre-compute suffix counts: for each position i, how many rows from i to end match modal_count
448    // This converts O(n²) scanning to O(n) preprocessing + O(1) lookups
449    let mut matching_suffix = vec![0usize; n];
450    let mut count = 0;
451    for i in (0..n).rev() {
452        if table.field_counts[i] == modal_count {
453            count += 1;
454        }
455        matching_suffix[i] = count;
456    }
457
458    // Find first row where remaining data is 80%+ consistent with modal field count
459    for (i, &field_count) in table.field_counts.iter().enumerate() {
460        if field_count == modal_count {
461            let remaining_len = n - i;
462            let matching = matching_suffix[i];
463            let consistency = matching as f64 / remaining_len as f64;
464
465            if consistency >= 0.8 {
466                return i;
467            }
468        }
469    }
470
471    0
472}
473
474#[cfg(test)]
475mod tests {
476    use super::*;
477
478    #[test]
479    fn test_sniffer_builder() {
480        let mut sniffer = Sniffer::new();
481        sniffer
482            .sample_size(SampleSize::Records(50))
483            .date_preference(DatePreference::DmyFormat)
484            .delimiter(b',');
485
486        assert_eq!(sniffer.sample_size, SampleSize::Records(50));
487        assert_eq!(sniffer.date_preference, DatePreference::DmyFormat);
488        assert_eq!(sniffer.forced_delimiter, Some(b','));
489    }
490
491    #[test]
492    fn test_sniff_bytes() {
493        let data = b"name,age,city\nAlice,30,NYC\nBob,25,LA\n";
494        let sniffer = Sniffer::new();
495
496        let metadata = sniffer.sniff_bytes(data).unwrap();
497
498        assert_eq!(metadata.dialect.delimiter, b',');
499        assert!(metadata.dialect.header.has_header_row);
500        assert_eq!(metadata.num_fields, 3);
501        assert_eq!(metadata.fields, vec!["name", "age", "city"]);
502    }
503
504    #[test]
505    fn test_sniff_tsv() {
506        let data = b"name\tage\tcity\nAlice\t30\tNYC\nBob\t25\tLA\n";
507        let sniffer = Sniffer::new();
508
509        let metadata = sniffer.sniff_bytes(data).unwrap();
510
511        assert_eq!(metadata.dialect.delimiter, b'\t');
512        assert!(metadata.dialect.header.has_header_row);
513    }
514
515    #[test]
516    fn test_sniff_semicolon() {
517        let data = b"name;age;city\nAlice;30;NYC\nBob;25;LA\n";
518        let sniffer = Sniffer::new();
519
520        let metadata = sniffer.sniff_bytes(data).unwrap();
521
522        assert_eq!(metadata.dialect.delimiter, b';');
523    }
524
525    #[test]
526    fn test_sniff_no_header() {
527        let data = b"1,2,3\n4,5,6\n7,8,9\n";
528        let sniffer = Sniffer::new();
529
530        let metadata = sniffer.sniff_bytes(data).unwrap();
531
532        assert_eq!(metadata.dialect.delimiter, b',');
533        // All numeric data - should not detect header
534        assert!(!metadata.dialect.header.has_header_row);
535    }
536
537    #[test]
538    fn test_sniff_with_quotes() {
539        let data = b"\"name\",\"value\"\n\"hello, world\",123\n\"test\",456\n";
540        let sniffer = Sniffer::new();
541
542        let metadata = sniffer.sniff_bytes(data).unwrap();
543
544        assert_eq!(metadata.dialect.delimiter, b',');
545        assert_eq!(metadata.dialect.quote, Quote::Some(b'"'));
546    }
547
548    #[test]
549    fn test_sniff_empty() {
550        let data = b"";
551        let sniffer = Sniffer::new();
552
553        let result = sniffer.sniff_bytes(data);
554        assert!(result.is_err());
555    }
556
557    #[test]
558    fn test_skip_preamble() {
559        // Test with comment lines
560        let data = b"# This is a comment\n# Another comment\nname,age\nAlice,30\n";
561        let (preamble_rows, remaining) = skip_preamble(data);
562        assert_eq!(preamble_rows, 2);
563        assert_eq!(remaining, b"name,age\nAlice,30\n");
564
565        // Test without comment lines
566        let data = b"name,age\nAlice,30\n";
567        let (preamble_rows, remaining) = skip_preamble(data);
568        assert_eq!(preamble_rows, 0);
569        assert_eq!(remaining, b"name,age\nAlice,30\n");
570
571        // Test with whitespace before #
572        let data = b"  # Indented comment\nname,age\n";
573        let (preamble_rows, remaining) = skip_preamble(data);
574        assert_eq!(preamble_rows, 1);
575        assert_eq!(remaining, b"name,age\n");
576    }
577
578    #[test]
579    fn test_sniff_with_preamble() {
580        let data = b"# LimeSurvey export\n# Generated 2024-01-01\nname,age,city\nAlice,30,NYC\nBob,25,LA\n";
581        let sniffer = Sniffer::new();
582
583        let metadata = sniffer.sniff_bytes(data).unwrap();
584
585        assert_eq!(metadata.dialect.delimiter, b',');
586        assert!(metadata.dialect.header.has_header_row);
587        assert_eq!(metadata.num_fields, 3);
588    }
589
590    #[test]
591    fn test_comment_preamble_propagated() {
592        let data = b"# Comment 1\n# Comment 2\nname,age\nAlice,30\nBob,25\n";
593        let metadata = Sniffer::new().sniff_bytes(data).unwrap();
594        assert_eq!(metadata.dialect.header.num_preamble_rows, 2);
595        assert!(metadata.dialect.header.has_header_row);
596        assert_eq!(metadata.fields, vec!["name", "age"]);
597    }
598
599    #[test]
600    fn test_structural_preamble_detection() {
601        // TITLE row has 1 field, SUBTITLE has 2 fields, data has 5 fields
602        let data = b"TITLE\nSUB,TITLE\nA,B,C,D,E\n1,2,3,4,5\n2,3,4,5,6\n3,4,5,6,7\n";
603        let metadata = Sniffer::new().sniff_bytes(data).unwrap();
604        assert_eq!(metadata.dialect.header.num_preamble_rows, 2);
605        assert!(metadata.dialect.header.has_header_row);
606        assert_eq!(metadata.fields, vec!["A", "B", "C", "D", "E"]);
607    }
608
609    #[test]
610    fn test_mixed_preamble_detection() {
611        // Both comment preamble and structural preamble
612        // METADATA has 1 field, data has 3 fields
613        let data =
614            b"# File header\nMETADATA\nname,age,city\nAlice,30,NYC\nBob,25,LA\nCharlie,35,CHI\n";
615        let metadata = Sniffer::new().sniff_bytes(data).unwrap();
616        // 1 comment + 1 structural = 2 total
617        assert_eq!(metadata.dialect.header.num_preamble_rows, 2);
618        assert!(metadata.dialect.header.has_header_row);
619        assert_eq!(metadata.fields, vec!["name", "age", "city"]);
620    }
621
622    #[test]
623    fn test_no_preamble() {
624        let data = b"a,b,c\n1,2,3\n4,5,6\n";
625        let metadata = Sniffer::new().sniff_bytes(data).unwrap();
626        assert_eq!(metadata.dialect.header.num_preamble_rows, 0);
627    }
628
629    #[test]
630    fn test_detect_structural_preamble_function() {
631        use crate::tum::table::Table;
632
633        // Table with 2 preamble rows (different field counts)
634        let mut table = Table::new();
635        table.rows = vec![
636            vec!["TITLE".to_string()],
637            vec!["".to_string(), "".to_string()],
638            vec!["A".to_string(), "B".to_string(), "C".to_string()],
639            vec!["1".to_string(), "2".to_string(), "3".to_string()],
640            vec!["4".to_string(), "5".to_string(), "6".to_string()],
641        ];
642        table.field_counts = vec![1, 2, 3, 3, 3];
643        table.update_modal_field_count();
644        assert_eq!(detect_structural_preamble(&table), 2);
645
646        // Table with no preamble (uniform field counts)
647        let mut table = Table::new();
648        table.rows = vec![
649            vec!["A".to_string(), "B".to_string(), "C".to_string()],
650            vec!["1".to_string(), "2".to_string(), "3".to_string()],
651        ];
652        table.field_counts = vec![3, 3];
653        table.update_modal_field_count();
654        assert_eq!(detect_structural_preamble(&table), 0);
655
656        // Table too small to determine preamble
657        let mut table = Table::new();
658        table.rows = vec![vec!["A".to_string()]];
659        table.field_counts = vec![1];
660        table.update_modal_field_count();
661        assert_eq!(detect_structural_preamble(&table), 0);
662    }
663}