todo.import-csv
Read todos from a CSV file (RFC 4180) as todo.export-csv writes it, checking every row, with row-numbered errors.
1.0.0 (not the latest) · published 2026-10-03 by charlie · Anterra
Pinned by 46 tests, run in TypeScript, Python and Rust.
What it does
Reads todos from CSV text, as todo.export-csv writes it or as a spreadsheet saves it, and checks every row. It returns the todos in file order, each one valid by todo.item's `validateTodo`, or throws on the first problem with the row it is in.
## The file format
For example
importCsv(id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order )→ the header alone is an empty listimportCsv(id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order)→ the header without a final line breakimportCsv(id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,0 )→ ×1 one plain row: empty fields become null, false, order 0
The function
The same function in TypeScript, Python and Rust, pinned by the same tests. Pick your language; the choice follows you around the registry.
export function importCsv(csv: string): readonly Todo[]
| csv | string | the file's text; a UTF-8 byte order mark and LF line endings are accepted |
| returns | Todo[] | the todos in file order, each one valid by todo.item's validateTodo |
Your code names it in one line, in the file that uses it
import { importCsv } from "#fune/todo.import-csv@^1";
Imports name this capability’s declared dependencies, which fune builds next to it in your project; each one links to its page.
import { type Recurrence, type Todo, validateTodo } from "./todo_item.ts"; ← from todo.item ^1.0.0 · built alongside by fune
import { normaliseTags } from "./todo_normalise_tags.ts"; ← from todo.normalise-tags ^1.0.0 · built alongside by fune
const COLUMNS = [
"id", "title", "notes", "done", "priority", "due", "tags",
"recurrenceFrequency", "recurrenceInterval", "recurrenceAnchor", "createdAt", "completedAt", "order",
];
const HEADER_RULE = "the header must have the columns " + COLUMNS.join(", ");
const WHOLE = /^-?[0-9]{1,15}$/;
function fail(row: number, message: string): never {
throw new Error(`row ${row}: ${message}`);
}
/**
* One RFC 4180 record starting at `pos`: its fields, and where the next
* record starts (after its CRLF or LF). Inside quotes everything, CR and LF
* included, is kept as it is.
*/
function readRecord(text: string, start: number, row: number): [string[], number] {
const fields: string[] = [];
let pos = start;
for (;;) {
let value = "";
if (text[pos] === '"') {
pos++;
for (;;) {
const quote = text.indexOf('"', pos);
if (quote < 0) fail(row, "a quoted field is not closed");
value += text.slice(pos, quote);
if (text[quote + 1] === '"') {
value += '"';
pos = quote + 2;
} else {
pos = quote + 1;
break;
}
}
if (pos < text.length && text[pos] !== "," && text[pos] !== "\r" && text[pos] !== "\n") {
fail(row, "text after the closing quote of a field");
}
} else {
let end = pos;
while (end < text.length && text[end] !== "," && text[end] !== "\r" && text[end] !== "\n") {
if (text[end] === '"') fail(row, "a field with a double quote in it must be quoted");
end++;
}
value = text.slice(pos, end);
pos = end;
}
fields.push(value);
if (pos >= text.length) return [fields, pos];
if (text[pos] === ",") {
pos++;
} else if (text[pos] === "\n") {
return [fields, pos + 1];
} else if (text[pos + 1] === "\n") {
return [fields, pos + 2];
} else {
fail(row, "a CR outside quotes must be followed by LF");
}
}
}
/** Where each of COLUMNS sits in the file's header. */
function readHeader(names: string[]): number[] {
const at = new Map<string, number>();
names.forEach((name, i) => {
if (!COLUMNS.includes(name)) throw new Error(`${HEADER_RULE}: unknown column "${name}"`);
if (at.has(name)) throw new Error(`${HEADER_RULE}: column "${name}" appears twice`);
at.set(name, i);
});
return COLUMNS.map((name) => {
const i = at.get(name);
if (i === undefined) throw new Error(`${HEADER_RULE}: missing column "${name}"`);
return i;
});
}
function whole(row: number, column: string, text: string): number {
if (!WHOLE.test(text)) fail(row, `${column} must be a whole number, found "${text}"`);
const n = Number(text);
return n === 0 ? 0 : n; // "-0" is 0, not JavaScript's -0
}
function readTodo(fields: string[], at: number[], row: number): Todo {
if (fields.length !== COLUMNS.length) fail(row, `expected ${COLUMNS.length} fields, found ${fields.length}`);
const [id, title, notes, done, priority, due, tags, frequency, interval, anchor, createdAt, completedAt, order] =
at.map((i) => fields[i]);
if (done !== "true" && done !== "false") fail(row, `done must be true or false, found "${done}"`);
const filled = [frequency, interval, anchor].filter((text) => text !== "").length;
let recurrence: Recurrence | null = null;
if (filled === 3) {
recurrence = {
frequency: frequency as Recurrence["frequency"],
interval: whole(row, "recurrenceInterval", interval),
anchor,
};
} else if (filled !== 0) {
fail(row, "fill in all three recurrence columns or leave them all empty");
}
return {
id,
title,
notes: notes === "" ? null : notes,
done: done === "true",
priority: priority as Todo["priority"],
due: due === "" ? null : due,
tags: normaliseTags(tags.split(" ")),
recurrence,
createdAt,
completedAt: completedAt === "" ? null : completedAt,
order: whole(row, "order", order),
};
}
/**
* Todos from CSV text as todo.export-csv writes it, or as a spreadsheet saves
* it: the 13 columns in any order, CRLF or LF, an optional byte order mark.
* Every row is checked with validateTodo; the first problem is thrown with
* its row number, counting the header as row 1.
*/
export function importCsv(csv: string): readonly Todo[] {
const text = csv.startsWith("") ? csv.slice(1) : csv;
const todos: Todo[] = [];
const ids = new Set<string>();
let at: number[] | null = null;
let row = 0;
let pos = 0;
while (pos < text.length) {
if (text[pos] === "\n") {
pos++;
continue;
}
if (text[pos] === "\r" && text[pos + 1] === "\n") {
pos += 2;
continue;
}
row++;
const [fields, next] = readRecord(text, pos, row);
pos = next;
if (at === null) {
at = readHeader(fields);
continue;
}
const todo = readTodo(fields, at, row);
const result = validateTodo(todo);
const field = Object.keys(result.errors)[0];
if (field !== undefined) fail(row, `${field}: ${result.errors[field]}`);
if (ids.has(todo.id)) fail(row, `duplicate id "${todo.id}"`);
ids.add(todo.id);
todos.push(todo);
}
if (at === null) throw new Error("the CSV has no header row");
return todos;
}Install
fune build
With that line in your source, in a TypeScript project (language typescript in fune.project), fune build resolves it and its 2 dependencies, pins them in fune.lock, downloads only the TypeScript package of each, and builds the code above into your project’s .fune/build, one readable file per capability with a header linking back here. Or pin a range in fune.project and build in one step:
fune add todo.import-csv
The manifest, vectors and README with only the TypeScript implementation. Install it without the registry with fune add ./todo.import-csv-1.0.0-typescript.fune, or fetch it from a terminal with fune pull todo.import-csv@1.0.0:typescript.
The whole function, every language, is one file too: todo.import-csv-1.0.0.fune, 43,391 bytes, sha256 395dfb021064802d0bdf93d3ed3c090c104159ba61537513055acb08dc2a1eb9. It installs into a project of any language.
Customise it in your app
The seams this capability offers. Put a marker directly above a function of your own and fune build wires it into the built code; the package on the registry is not changed, the built file’s header lists it under CUSTOMISED, and fune hooks lists every hook in the project. How hooks work.
before — your function gets the arguments and returns them, changed or not, or throws to refuse the call.
// fune: before todo.import-csv
after — your function gets the result and the arguments, and returns the final result.
// fune: after todo.import-csv
replace — inside this capability’s code only, calls to a dependency go to your function, with the same signature. Other capabilities that use it are unaffected; write in * to replace it everywhere.
// fune: replace todo.item in todo.import-csv
// fune: replace todo.normalise-tags in todo.import-csv
step — your function runs at a numbered point inside the function’s body, receives the in-scope values it names as parameters, and may return replacements. List the points with fune show todo.import-csv --steps.
// fune: step todo.import-csv after <n|label>
Tests
A version published now needs at least 8 tests for every function, and one that expects the error for each function that throws; the registry refuses it otherwise. fune verify --all runs each case in TypeScript, Python and Rust, and a project runs them again with fune verify. This page lists the cases; it does not run them. The exact JSON is vectors.json.
| Case | Arguments | Expected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| the header alone is an empty list | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order | → | |
| the header without a final line break | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order | → | |
| one plain row: empty fields become null, false, order 0 | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,0 | → | ×1 |
| the last row without a final line break | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,0 | → | ×1 |
| LF line endings and a UTF-8 byte order mark | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,0 | → | ×1 |
| columns in another order are matched by name | order,completedAt,createdAt,recurrenceAnchor,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceFrequency,tags,due,priority,done,notes,title,id 7,2026-09-28T10:00:00Z,2026-09-20T08:00:00Z,2026-10-01,2… | → | ×1 |
| round trip: the file todo.export-csv writes for quotes, commas, line breaks, unicode, a repeat and a done todo | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,"Read ""Dune"", then lend it","Chapter 1 Chapter 2 s… | → | ×2 |
| empty lines between and after rows are skipped | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,0 … | → | ×2 |
| tags from another tool are normalised: # dropped, lower-cased, commas and repeats gone | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,,"#Home Work, home Home-Office"… | → | ×1 |
| quoted fields that did not need quoting, and an empty quoted field for notes (null) | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order "t1","Buy milk","","false","none","","","","","","2026-0… | → | ×1 |
Show the other 36 tests
| Case | Arguments | Expected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| a lone CR inside quotes is kept as it is | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,"a b",false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,… | → | ×1 |
| leading zeros in order and interval are read as the number | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,2026-10-01,,daily,003,2026-10-01… | → | ×1 |
| spaces around a field are data, not trimmed (notes keep them) | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk, note ,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00… | → | ×1 |
| the same title twice is fine; only ids must differ | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,0 t2… | → | ×2 |
| empty text has no header row | → | error: the CSV has no header row | |
| only empty lines and a byte order mark have no header row | | → | error: the CSV has no header row |
| a header without the order column | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt | → | error: the header must have the columns id, title, notes, done, priority, due, tags, recurrenceFrequency, recurrenceInterval, recurrenceAnchor, createdAt, completedAt, order: missing column "order" |
| a header with an extra column | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order,colour | → | error: the header must have the columns id, title, notes, done, priority, due, tags, recurrenceFrequency, recurrenceInterval, recurrenceAnchor, createdAt, completedAt, order: unknown column "colour" |
| header names are matched exactly: Title is not title | id,Title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order | → | error: the header must have the columns id, title, notes, done, priority, due, tags, recurrenceFrequency, recurrenceInterval, recurrenceAnchor, createdAt, completedAt, order: unknown column "Title" |
| a header naming a column twice | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order,title | → | error: the header must have the columns id, title, notes, done, priority, due, tags, recurrenceFrequency, recurrenceInterval, recurrenceAnchor, createdAt, completedAt, order: column "title" appears twice |
| a row one field short | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,0 t1… | → | error: row 3: expected 13 fields, found 12 |
| a row with a trailing comma has one field too many | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,0, | → | error: row 2: expected 13 fields, found 14 |
| a quoted field that is never closed | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,"Buy milk,,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,0 | → | error: row 2: a quoted field is not closed |
| text after a closing quote | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,"Buy" milk,,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,0 | → | error: row 2: text after the closing quote of a field |
| a double quote inside a field that is not quoted | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Read "Dune",,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,0 | → | error: row 2: a field with a double quote in it must be quoted |
| a lone CR outside quotes (old Mac line endings) | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,0 | → | error: row 1: a CR outside quotes must be followed by LF |
| done must be true or false, not yes | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,yes,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,0 | → | error: row 2: done must be true or false, found "yes" |
| done is case-sensitive: TRUE is refused | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,TRUE,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,0 | → | error: row 2: done must be true or false, found "TRUE" |
| an interval that is not a whole number | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,2026-10-01,,daily,1.5,2026-10-01… | → | error: row 2: recurrenceInterval must be a whole number, found "1.5" |
| an empty order | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,, | → | error: row 2: order must be a whole number, found "" |
| an order with a plus sign | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,+1 | → | error: row 2: order must be a whole number, found "+1" |
| an order in Arabic-Indic digits | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,٣ | → | error: row 2: order must be a whole number, found "٣" |
| an order with 16 digits is refused | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,12345… | → | error: row 2: order must be a whole number, found "1234567890123456" |
| recurrence columns partly filled | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,2026-10-01,,daily,,2026-10-01,20… | → | error: row 2: fill in all three recurrence columns or leave them all empty |
| a blank title | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1, ,,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,0 | → | error: row 2: title: Enter a title. |
| spaces around the title | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1, Buy milk,,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,0 | → | error: row 2: title: Remove the spaces around the title. |
| an unknown priority and a bad due date: priority comes first | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,urgent,2026-02-30,,,,,2026-09-28T09:3… | → | error: row 2: priority: Choose a priority: none, low, medium or high. |
| a done todo without a completion time | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,true,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,0 | → | error: row 2: completedAt: A done todo needs the time it was completed. |
| a negative order is a whole number, so validateTodo reports it | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,-1 | → | error: row 2: order: Order must be a whole number, 0 or more. |
| an interval of 0 | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,2026-10-01,,daily,0,2026-10-01,2… | → | error: row 2: recurrence: Repeat every 1 to 999 days, weeks, months or years. |
| eleven different tags | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,,a b c d e f g h i j k,,,,2026-0… | → | error: row 2: tags: Use no more than 10 tags. |
| an empty id | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order ,Buy milk,,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,0 | → | error: row 2: id: Every todo needs an id. |
| a timestamp with an offset | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00+01:00,,… | → | error: row 2: createdAt: Record when it was created as a UTC timestamp, e.g. 2026-09-28T09:30:00Z. |
| the same id twice | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,0 t1… | → | error: row 3: duplicate id "t1" |
| rows are records, not lines: empty lines and line breaks in quotes are not counted | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,"a b c",false,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:0… | → | error: row 3: done must be true or false, found "maybe" |
| the first bad row wins, even when a later row cannot be read | id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order t1,Buy milk,,no,none,,,,,,2026-09-28T09:30:00Z,,0 t2,"o… | → | error: row 2: done must be true or false, found "no" |
More from the author
CSV as in [RFC 4180, Common Format and MIME Type for Comma-Separated Values (CSV) Files](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4180). The same format is written by todo.export-csv and read by todo.import-csv.
- A header row, then one row per todo. todo.export-csv writes these 13 columns in this order: `id,title,notes,done,priority,due,tags,recurrenceFrequency,recurrenceInterval,recurrenceAnchor,createdAt,completedAt,order` - `done` is `true` or `false`. `tags` are joined with single spaces. The repeat takes three columns, all empty when the todo does not repeat. `order` and `recurrenceInterval` are decimal integers. A null field (`notes`, `due`, `completedAt`) is empty. - A field is quoted with double quotes exactly when it contains a comma, a double quote, CR or LF, and a double quote inside it is doubled. Nothing else is quoted, and spaces are kept as they are. - Every row, the last one included, ends with CRLF.
**Caveat for spreadsheets.** Nothing is escaped against formula injection: a title such as `=1+1` or `=HYPERLINK(...)` is written as it is, because prefixing it with `'` would change the title when the file is read back. If your app offers the file for opening in Excel, LibreOffice or Google Sheets, warn people, or write a separate spreadsheet export that escapes cells starting with `=`, `+`, `-` or `@`.
## What it accepts beyond that
Files come back from spreadsheets and other tools, so reading is a little wider than writing:
- CRLF or LF line endings (CR or LF inside a quoted field is kept as it is), an optional UTF-8 byte order mark at the start, and an optional line break after the last row. Empty lines are skipped. - The 13 columns in any order, each exactly once and nothing else. Names are matched exactly (`Title` is not `title`). - Any field may be quoted, needed or not. - Tags are split on spaces and normalised with todo.normalise-tags, so `#Home Work,` imports as `home work`. - `order` and `recurrenceInterval` accept leading zeros and a leading `-` (so a negative order is reported by `validateTodo`'s own message).
Empty `notes`, `due` and `completedAt` fields become null.
## Errors
Rows are records, counted from 1 for the header, so the first todo is row 2. A quoted field with line breaks is one row, and skipped empty lines are not counted. Rows are read in order and the first problem is thrown:
- `the CSV has no header row` (empty text, or only empty lines) - `the header must have the columns id, title, notes, done, priority, due, tags, recurrenceFrequency, recurrenceInterval, recurrenceAnchor, createdAt, completedAt, order: ` then `unknown column "colour"`, `column "title" appears twice` or `missing column "order"` - `row N: a quoted field is not closed` - `row N: text after the closing quote of a field` - `row N: a field with a double quote in it must be quoted` - `row N: a CR outside quotes must be followed by LF` (old Mac line endings) - `row N: expected 13 fields, found 12` - `row N: done must be true or false, found "yes"` (case-sensitive) - `row N: fill in all three recurrence columns or leave them all empty` - `row N: recurrenceInterval must be a whole number, found "1.5"` and the same for `order`: ASCII digits, an optional leading `-`, at most 15 digits (no `+`, spaces, decimals or exponents) - `row N: <field>: <message>`, the first of `validateTodo`'s messages in field order, e.g. `row 2: title: Remove the spaces around the title.` - `row N: duplicate id "t1"`
## Why it is shaped this way
All or nothing: a half-imported list is harder to fix than a file, so one bad row refuses the whole file and says where to look. The row number counts records rather than lines because that is what a spreadsheet shows, and a quoted note with line breaks is one spreadsheet row.
Unknown columns are refused rather than ignored, so a misspelt header (`compltedAt`) is caught instead of silently dropping data.
Files
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| README.md | 4,216 |
| impl/python.py | 5,135 |
| impl/rust.rs | 6,748 |
| impl/typescript.ts | 5,379 |
| vectors.json | 18,064 |