# this converts a zst file to csv # # it's important to note that the resulting file will likely be quite large # and you probably won't be able to open it in excel or another csv reader # # arguments are inputfile, outputfile, fields # call this like # python to_csv.py wallstreetbets_submissions.zst wallstreetbets_submissions.csv author,selftext,title import zstandard import os import json import sys import csv from datetime import datetime import logging.handlers log = logging.getLogger("bot") log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG) log.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler()) def read_lines_zst(file_name): with open(file_name, 'rb') as file_handle: buffer = '' reader = zstandard.ZstdDecompressor(max_window_size=2**31).stream_reader(file_handle) while True: chunk = reader.read(2**27).decode() if not chunk: break lines = (buffer + chunk).split("\n") for line in lines[:-1]: yield line, file_handle.tell() buffer = lines[-1] reader.close() if __name__ == "__main__": input_file_path = sys.argv[1] output_file_path = sys.argv[2] fields = sys.argv[3].split(",") file_size = os.stat(input_file_path).st_size file_lines = 0 file_bytes_processed = 0 line = None created = None bad_lines = 0 output_file = open(output_file_path, "w", encoding='utf-8', newline="") writer = csv.writer(output_file) writer.writerow(fields) try: for line, file_bytes_processed in read_lines_zst(input_file_path): try: obj = json.loads(line) if "social dilemma" in obj['body'].lower(): output_obj = [] for field in fields: output_obj.append(str(obj[field]).encode("utf-8", errors='replace').decode()) writer.writerow(output_obj) created = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(int(obj['created_utc'])) except json.JSONDecodeError as err: bad_lines += 1 file_lines += 1 if file_lines % 100000 == 0: log.info(f"{created.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')} : {file_lines:,} : {bad_lines:,} : {(file_bytes_processed / file_size) * 100:.0f}%") except KeyError as err: log.info(f"Object has no key: {err}") log.info(line) except Exception as err: log.info(err) log.info(line) output_file.close() log.info(f"Complete : {file_lines:,} : {bad_lines:,}")