Load remote csv into CHCSVParser

Question

I am using Dave DeLong\'s CHCSVParser to parse a csv. I can parse the csv locally, but I cannot get it load a remote csv file. I have been staring at my MacBook way too long

Answer 1

I think you need an NSString, not an NSURL object to pass to the parser so the extra part you are doing with changing the NSString to an NSURL is the issue. Looking at the CHCSVParser documentation, it looks like he wants NSString in the init.

So maybe you could do something like:

NSError *err = [[[NSError alloc] init] autorelease];
NSString *lunchFileURL = [[NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://www.somewhere.com/LunchSpecials.csv"] stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSString *lunchFile = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:lunchFileURL] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:&err];
CHCSVParser *p = [[CHCSVParser alloc] initWithContentsOfCSVString:lunchFile usedEncoding:&encoding error:nil];