mhshohel · August 1, 2020 20:26 · Mar 10, 2017
diff --git a/csvtomap.go b/csvtomap.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// CSVToMap takes a reader and returns an array of dictionaries, using the header row as the keys
+func CSVToMap(reader io.Reader) []map[string]string {
+	r := csv.NewReader(reader)
+	rows := []map[string]string{}
+	var header []string
+	for {
+		record, err := r.Read()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if header == nil {
+			header = record
+		} else {
+			dict := map[string]string{}
+			for i := range header {
+				dict[header[i]] = record[i]
+			}
+			rows = append(rows, dict)
+		}
+	}
+	return rows
+}