Allows to provide False fields to CsvWriter, or to override field headers using the fields= option.

bonobo/nodes/io/csv.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from bonobo.constants import NOT_MODIFIED
 from bonobo.nodes.io.base import FileHandler
 from bonobo.nodes.io.file import FileReader, FileWriter
 from bonobo.util import ensure_tuple
+from bonobo.util.collections import tuple_or_const
 
 
 class CsvHandler(FileHandler):
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ class CsvHandler(FileHandler):
 
     # Fields (renamed from headers)
     headers = RenamedOption("fields")
-    fields = Option(ensure_tuple, required=False)
+    fields = Option(tuple_or_const, required=False)
 
     def get_dialect_kwargs(self):
         return {
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ class CsvWriter(FileWriter, CsvHandler):
 
     def write(self, file, context, *values, fs):
         context.setdefault("lineno", 0)
-        fields = context.get_input_fields()
+        fields = context.get_input_fields() if self.fields is None else self.fields
 
         if not context.lineno:
             context.writer = self.writer_factory(file)

bonobo/util/collections.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import bisect
 import functools
+from collections import Sequence
 
 
 class sortedlist(list):
@@ -32,6 +33,16 @@ def _with_length_check(f):
     return _wrapped
 
 
+def tuple_or_const(tuple_or_mixed, *, consts=(None, False), **kwargs):
+    if tuple_or_mixed in consts:
+        return tuple_or_mixed
+    if isinstance(tuple_or_mixed, str):
+        pass
+    elif isinstance(tuple_or_mixed, Sequence):
+        tuple_or_mixed = tuple(tuple_or_mixed)
+    return ensure_tuple(tuple_or_mixed, **kwargs)
+
+
 @_with_length_check
 def ensure_tuple(tuple_or_mixed, *, cls=None):
     """