ckan / ckan/losser

Support "append unmatched fields" and blacklist options

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enhancement
Dominant language
Python
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Forks
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Description

Append any unmatched top-level fields from the dictionary as columns to the end of the CSV file.

This is harder than it sounds because different dictionaries in the list may have different keys and different unmatched keys, but all the dictionaries in the output table need to have the same keys in the same order.

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Research direction

No file or test is named. Start by locating the repository’s JSON-to-CSV transform and export entry point, then trace how keys are collected and ordered across dictionaries. Done means unmatched top-level fields become consistently ordered trailing columns, with the blacklist option’s behavior defined and covered by tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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