remove deno settings

+ multiple batch requests of size configurable via max_batch

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 .env
+*.txt

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "deno.enable": true,
-  "deno.lint": true,
-  "editor.defaultFormatter": "denoland.vscode-deno"
-}

README.md

@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ Automatically creates typed PocketBase collection and populates it with data.
 
 Columns conflicting with PocketBase's autogenerated system fields (`id`,
 `created`, `updated`; case-insensitive check, target column name's case is not
-affected) are prefixed with `_`.
+affected) are prefixed with `_`. Collection conflict will cause the import to
+fail without any changes to the database.
+
+No rules, options or constraints are set for the new collection (see the import
+log for a full structure). You can modify them after the import from
+PocketBase's dashboard.
 
 ## Types
 
@@ -20,9 +25,11 @@ PocketBase types are:
 - `Email`
 - `DateTime`
 - `JSON`
+- `Url`
 
 # Configuration
-Install the latest [Deno runtime](https://deno.land/) to run the scripts.
+
+Install the latest [Deno runtime](https://deno.com/) to run the scripts.
 
 In the root directory create `.env` file with the following environment
 variables:
@@ -33,20 +40,33 @@ variables:
 
 Place your import files inside of `input` directory.
 
+Make sure the target PocketBase instance is running and pointed to by
+`POCKETBASE_URL`.
+
+For versions `>=0.23.2`, enable and configure [batch API](https://pocketbase.io/docs/api-records/#batch-createupdateupsertdelete-records) access - go to *Settings > Application* in PocketBase dashboard (see below). Adjust the parameters to your performance requirements or use the defaults for small/middle-sized datasets.
+
+![Batch API settings](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3205bf36-1e86-471b-a1b9-c28c6b118065)
+
 # Options
 
 You can change the default import options to your needs:
 
-| Name      | Files    | Required | Description                                                                                | Example use         |
-| --------- | -------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------- |
-| input     | CSV/JSON | Yes      | The name of the input file (with extension)                                                | --input=example.csv |
-| id        | CSV/JSON | No       | Indicates that `_id` column should be typed as plain text, the type is detected by default | --id                |
-| lf        | CSV      | No       | LF (`\n`) EOL character will be used instead of default CLRF (`\r\n`)                      | --lf                |
-| delimiter | CSV      | No       | Column value separator, defaults to `,`                                                    | --delimiter=";"       |
-| quote     | CSV      | No       | Value quote character, defaults to `'`                                                     | --quote='~"           |
+| Name      | Files    | Required | Description                                                                                                  | Example use         |
+| --------- | -------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------- |
+| input     | CSV/JSON | Yes      | The name of the input file (with extension)                                                                  | --input=example.csv |
+| id        | CSV/JSON | No       | Indicates that `_id` column should be typed as plain text, the type is detected by default                   | --id                |
+| max_batch | CSV/JSON | No       | Max batch request size in rows, should not exceed PocketBase's `Max allowed batch requests`. Defaults to 50. | --max_batch=100     |
+| lf        | CSV      | No       | LF (`\n`) EOL character will be used instead of default CRLF (`\r\n`)                                        | --lf                |
+| delimiter | CSV      | No       | Column value separator, defaults to `,`                                                                      | --delimiter=";"     |
+| quote     | CSV      | No       | Value quote character, defaults to `'`                                                                       | --quote="~"         |
 
 # CSV
 
+The import is **not** multiline-safe, so if you have a file with strings
+spanning across multiple lines the best option for you is to convert the input
+file to JSON with tools like
+[DB Browser for SQLite](https://sqlitebrowser.org/).
+
 ## Examples
 
 Basic import (root directory):
@@ -55,6 +75,12 @@ Basic import (root directory):
 deno run csv.ts --input=example.csv
 ```
 
+Import without permission prompts and with max batch request size of 1 row:
+
+```
+deno run --allow-read --allow-env --allow-net csv.ts --input=example.csv --max_batch=1
+```
+
 Import without permission prompts and with `_id` column as text:
 
 ```
@@ -66,3 +92,27 @@ Import with custom parser options (you need to adjust `example.csv`):
 ```
 deno run csv.ts --input=example.csv --delimiter=";" --quote="~" --lf
 ```
+
+# JSON
+
+The required data format is an array of row objects.
+
+## Examples
+
+Basic import (root directory):
+
+```
+deno run json.ts --input=example.json
+```
+
+Import without permission prompts and with max batch request size of 1 row:
+
+```
+deno run --allow-read --allow-env --allow-net json.ts --input=example.json --max_batch=1
+```
+
+Import without permission prompts and with `_id` column as text:
+
+```
+deno run --allow-read --allow-env --allow-net json.ts --input=example.json --id
+```

csv.ts

@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
-// @deno-types="https://unpkg.com/pocketbase@0.12.0/dist/pocketbase.es.d.mts"
-import PocketBase, {
-  Collection,
-  SchemaField,
-} from "https://unpkg.com/pocketbase@0.12.0/dist/pocketbase.es.mjs";
+import PocketBase from 'pocketbase';
 import "https://deno.land/std@0.178.0/dotenv/load.ts";
 import { parse } from "https://deno.land/std@0.175.0/flags/mod.ts";
-import { parseCsv } from "./utils/csv.ts";
-import { createSchema, parseData } from "./utils/pocketbase.ts";
+import { parseData, readCsv } from "./utils/csv.ts";
+import { createSchema } from "./utils/pocketbase.ts";
+import { Collection } from "./types/pocketbase.ts";
 
 /**
  * Structures and populates a new collection from a CSV file.
- * @returns
  */
 async function importCsv() {
   // config data
@@ -20,7 +16,7 @@ async function importCsv() {
 
   // parse CLI args
   const options = parse(Deno.args, {
-    string: ["input", "delimiter", "quote"],
+    string: ["input", "delimiter", "quote", "max_batch"],
     boolean: ["id", "lf"],
     default: {
       /**
@@ -43,35 +39,35 @@ async function importCsv() {
        * Whether LF end-of-line should be used (defaults to CRLF).
        */
       lf: false,
+      /**
+       * Default max batch request size (configurable in PB dashboard).
+       */
+      max_batch: "50"
     },
   });
 
   if (options.input === null) {
     console.error("%cOptionError: CSV file name not supplied", "color: red");
-    return;
+    Deno.exit(-1);
   }
 
-  // parser options
-  const csvOptions = {
-    columnSeparator: options.delimiter,
-    lineSeparator: options.lf ? "\n" : "\r\n",
-    quote: options.quote,
-  };
+  let BATCH_SIZE = 50;
+  try {
+    BATCH_SIZE = parseInt(options.max_batch)
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error("%cOptionError: invalid 'max_batch' value, should be an integer", "color: red");
+    Deno.exit(-1);
+  }
 
-  // parses CSV
-  const data = await parseCsv(options.input, csvOptions);
-
-  // empty file
+  // read the file
+  const data = await readCsv(options.input, options);
+  
   if (data === null) {
-    console.error(
-      `%c[Import] No data to import from ${options.input}`,
-      "color: red",
-    );
-    return;
+    Deno.exit(-1);
+    return
   }
-
   // sanitize the file name for collection name
-  const collectName = options.input.replace(".csv", "");
+  const collectionName = options.input.replace(".csv", "");
 
   // connect to pocketbase
   const pb = new PocketBase(pbUrl);
@@ -80,59 +76,79 @@ async function importCsv() {
   const _authResponse = await pb.admins.authWithPassword(adminName, adminPass);
 
   // collection schema object
-  const schema: SchemaField[] = createSchema(data, options.id);
+  const fields = createSchema(data, options.id, "csv");
 
   const creationDate = new Date().toISOString();
 
   // the new collection
-  const collection = new Collection({
-    name: collectName,
+  const collection: Collection = {
+    name: collectionName,
     type: "base",
     system: false,
-    schema,
+    fields,
+    indexes: [],
     listRule: null,
     viewRule: null,
     createRule: null,
     updateRule: null,
     deleteRule: null,
-    options: {},
-    created: creationDate,
-    updated: creationDate,
-  });
+  };
 
   // show the submitted collection
-  console.log(collection);
+  console.log("Collection", collection);
 
   // create the new collection
   // import will fail if a collection with the same name exists
-  await pb.collections.import([collection]);
+  await pb.collections.import([collection], false);
 
   console.log(
-    `%c[Import] Collection '${collectName}' created!`,
+    `%c[Import] Collection '${collectionName}' created!`,
     "color: green",
   );
 
   // rows to be sent via PocketBase API
-  const rows = parseData(data, schema);
+  const rows = parseData(data, fields);
 
-  // number of successfully inserted rows
-  let insertCount = 0;
+  console.log(`[Import] Importing ${rows.length} rows...`);
 
-  for (insertCount; insertCount < rows.length; insertCount++) {
+  const chunks = Math.floor(rows.length / BATCH_SIZE);
+  const batches = chunks * BATCH_SIZE < rows.length ? chunks + 1 : chunks;
+  let createdCount = 0;
+  let chunk = 0;
+  while (chunk < batches) {
+    // create new request
+    console.log(`[Import] Batch request #${chunk+1}`);
+    const batch = pb.createBatch();
+    let chunkSize = chunk === batches - 1 ? rows.length % BATCH_SIZE : BATCH_SIZE;
+    if (chunkSize === 0)
+      chunkSize = BATCH_SIZE;
+    for (let rowCount = 0; rowCount < chunkSize; rowCount++)
+      batch.collection(collectionName).create(rows[chunk * BATCH_SIZE + rowCount])
+    // send the chunk
     try {
-      await pb.collection(collectName).create(rows[insertCount], {
-        "$autoCancel": false,
-      });
-    } catch (e) {
-      // breaks on first error
-      console.error(e);
-      break;
+      const result = await batch.send();
+      // TODO: this should become a debug-level log
+      //console.log("Array<BatchRequestResult>", result);
+      let chunkCreatedCount = 0;
+      for (const reqRes of result) {
+        if (reqRes.status === 200)
+          chunkCreatedCount++;
+      }
+      const color = chunkCreatedCount === chunkSize ? "green" : "orange";
+      console.log(
+        `%c[Import] Batch request #${chunk+1} - imported rows: ${chunkCreatedCount}/${chunkSize}`,
+        `color: ${color}`,
+      );
+      createdCount += chunkCreatedCount;
+    } catch(err) {
+      console.error(err);
     }
+    chunk++;
   }
 
-  const color = insertCount === rows.length ? "green" : "orange";
+  const color = createdCount === data.length ? "green" : "orange";
   console.log(
-    `%c[Import] Imported rows: ${insertCount}/${rows.length}`,
+    `%c[Import] Imported rows: ${createdCount}/${data.length}`,
     `color: ${color}`,
   );
 }

deno.jsonc

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "tasks": {
     "dev": "deno run --watch main.ts"
+  },
+  "imports": {
+    "pocketbase": "npm:pocketbase@^0.22.0"
   }
 }

deno.lock

@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 {
-  "version": "2",
+  "version": "4",
+  "specifiers": {
+    "npm:pocketbase@0.22": "0.22.0"
+  },
+  "npm": {
+    "pocketbase@0.22.0": {
+      "integrity": "sha512-jhP0Dcf2Z/4q+SNxqpgV+SJWLZeU0rOJA4TKMxwU7X2olFSBr0jhLu+G6Pc+RIQ40IYrC3WMGwbASPrK6rxQOw=="
+    }
+  },
   "remote": {
     "https://deno.land/std@0.164.0/_util/asserts.ts": "d0844e9b62510f89ce1f9878b046f6a57bf88f208a10304aab50efcb48365272",
     "https://deno.land/std@0.164.0/bytes/bytes_list.ts": "aba5e2369e77d426b10af1de0dcc4531acecec27f9b9056f4f7bfbf8ac147ab4",
@@ -8,7 +16,6 @@
     "https://deno.land/std@0.164.0/fmt/colors.ts": "9e36a716611dcd2e4865adea9c4bec916b5c60caad4cdcdc630d4974e6bb8bd4",
     "https://deno.land/std@0.164.0/fs/exists.ts": "6a447912e49eb79cc640adacfbf4b0baf8e17ede6d5bed057062ce33c4fa0d68",
     "https://deno.land/std@0.164.0/io/buffer.ts": "245f1762a949082ddc0a6e9b15589d0be2d29c150266decd04320b8a8318f9f6",
-    "https://deno.land/std@0.164.0/io/types.d.ts": "107e1e64834c5ba917c783f446b407d33432c5d612c4b3430df64fc2b4ecf091",
     "https://deno.land/std@0.164.0/log/handlers.ts": "61ab932822ba268ad42b25de6f0014892fe469df7627b14245ad32db6fd8b54d",
     "https://deno.land/std@0.164.0/log/levels.ts": "82c965b90f763b5313e7595d4ba78d5095a13646d18430ebaf547526131604d1",
     "https://deno.land/std@0.164.0/log/logger.ts": "b545159727b023825ee6814d9178fb2a7472f8d95d704c253b771b95c658cf8c",
@@ -21,10 +28,12 @@
     "https://deno.land/std@0.178.0/dotenv/load.ts": "0636983549b98f29ab75c9a22a42d9723f0a389ece5498fe971e7bb2556a12e2",
     "https://deno.land/std@0.178.0/dotenv/mod.ts": "8dcbc8a40b896a0bf094582aaeadbfc76d3528872faf2efc0302beb1d2f6afd0",
     "https://deno.land/x/csv@v0.8.0/deps.ts": "597e3d0c81eca1c519ce20f0a7ed573d31cfbb5625c5013763550d717ba69dfa",
-    "https://deno.land/x/csv@v0.8.0/mod.ts": "2a13285c8716257aa5d6b5021d45c74dcb275eaaa46776106ddf78b071cabd88",
     "https://deno.land/x/csv@v0.8.0/reader.ts": "ad6543223f8d1c17c78b18dbaa464c3d81f7a0970b08aa5fbde9eb48e2a680d1",
-    "https://deno.land/x/csv@v0.8.0/utils.ts": "7f2467acb031244c150774b9d6caa5e8c40f9857031a947c6ad20765c5d7bd20",
-    "https://deno.land/x/csv@v0.8.0/writer.ts": "18a46b755cc215695862d3a896b3a7b24b33cb7ee626cbebeb7138193cb7edcf",
-    "https://unpkg.com/pocketbase@0.12.0/dist/pocketbase.es.mjs": "bcc669b0d3844523cd8121a75c2ead5e14f1dc9426bcf8904621fc26a75b44c0"
+    "https://deno.land/x/csv@v0.8.0/utils.ts": "7f2467acb031244c150774b9d6caa5e8c40f9857031a947c6ad20765c5d7bd20"
+  },
+  "workspace": {
+    "dependencies": [
+      "npm:pocketbase@0.22"
+    ]
   }
 }

input/example.csv

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-id,name,is_good,score,email,json,date
-1,john,1,0.8412384213497,john.doe@example.com,[],2023-03-05T00:35:21.104Z
-2,fire,0,-80347329472,firebase@google.com,{"xd": "nice meme"},
+id,name,is_good,score,email,json,date,url
+1,john,1,0.8412384213497,john.doe@example.com,[],2023-03-05T00:35:21.104Z,https://example.com
+2,fire,0,-80347329472,firebase@google.com,{"xd": "nice meme"},,sftp://fire@8.8.8.8/base.txt

input/example.json

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[
+  {
+    "id": 1,
+    "name": "john",
+    "is_good": true,
+    "score": 0.8412384213497,
+    "email": "john.doe@example.com",
+    "json": [],
+    "date": "2023-03-05T00:35:21.104Z",
+    "url": "https://example.com"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": 2,
+    "name": "fire",
+    "is_good": false,
+    "score": -80347329472,
+    "email": "firebase@google.com",
+    "json": {
+      "xd": "nice meme"
+    },
+    "date": null,
+    "url": "sftp://fire@8.8.8.8/base.txt"
+  }
+]

json.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+import PocketBase from 'pocketbase';
+import "https://deno.land/std@0.178.0/dotenv/load.ts";
+import { parse } from "https://deno.land/std@0.175.0/flags/mod.ts";
+import { readJson, resolveConflicts } from "./utils/json.ts";
+import { createSchema } from "./utils/pocketbase.ts";
+import { Collection } from './types/pocketbase.ts'
+
+/**
+ * Structures and populates a new collection from a JSON file.
+ */
+async function importJson() {
+  // config data
+  const pbUrl = Deno.env.get("POCKETBASE_URL") ?? "http://localhost:8090";
+  const adminName = Deno.env.get("ADMIN_EMAIL") ?? "";
+  const adminPass = Deno.env.get("ADMIN_PASSWORD") ?? "";
+
+  // parse CLI args
+  const options = parse(Deno.args, {
+    string: ["input", "max_batch"],
+    boolean: ["id"],
+    default: {
+      /**
+       * Name of the JSON file to import (with extension).
+       */
+      input: null,
+      /**
+       * Flag to always set `_id` column type to Plain text (detected by default).
+       */
+      id: false,
+      /**
+       * Default max batch request size (configurable in PB dashboard).
+       */
+      max_batch: "50"
+    },
+  });
+
+  if (options.input === null) {
+    console.error("%cOptionError: JSON file name not supplied", "color: red");
+    Deno.exit(-1);
+  }
+
+  let BATCH_SIZE = 50;
+  try {
+    BATCH_SIZE = parseInt(options.max_batch)
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error("%cOptionError: invalid 'max_batch' value, should be an integer", "color: red");
+    Deno.exit(-1);
+  }
+
+  // read the file
+  const data = await readJson(options.input);
+
+  // sanitize the file name for collection name
+  const collectionName = options.input.replace(".json", "");
+
+  // connect to pocketbase
+  const pb = new PocketBase(pbUrl);
+
+  // authenticate as super admin
+  const _authResponse = await pb.admins.authWithPassword(adminName, adminPass);
+
+  // collection schema object
+  const fields = createSchema(data, options.id, "json");
+
+  // the new collection
+  const collection: Collection = {
+    name: collectionName,
+    type: "base",
+    system: false,
+    fields,
+    indexes: [],
+    listRule: null,
+    viewRule: null,
+    createRule: null,
+    updateRule: null,
+    deleteRule: null,
+  };
+
+  // show the submitted collection
+  console.log("Collection", collection);
+
+  // create the new collection
+  // import will fail if a collection with the same name exists
+  await pb.collections.import([collection], false);
+
+  console.log(
+    `%c[Import] Collection '${collectionName}' created!`,
+    "color: green",
+  );
+
+  // prefix conflicting column names
+  const rows = resolveConflicts(data);
+
+  console.log(`[Import] Importing ${rows.length} rows...`);
+
+  const chunks = Math.floor(rows.length / BATCH_SIZE);
+  const batches = chunks * BATCH_SIZE < rows.length ? chunks + 1 : chunks;
+  let createdCount = 0;
+  let chunk = 0;
+  while (chunk < batches) {
+    // create new request
+    console.log(`[Import] Batch request #${chunk+1}`);
+    const batch = pb.createBatch();
+    let chunkSize = chunk === batches - 1 ? rows.length % BATCH_SIZE : BATCH_SIZE;
+    if (chunkSize === 0)
+      chunkSize = BATCH_SIZE;
+    for (let rowCount = 0; rowCount < chunkSize; rowCount++)
+      batch.collection(collectionName).create(rows[chunk * BATCH_SIZE + rowCount])
+    // send the chunk
+    try {
+      const result = await batch.send();
+      // TODO: this should become a debug-level log
+      //console.log("Array<BatchRequestResult>", result);
+      let chunkCreatedCount = 0;
+      for (const reqRes of result) {
+        if (reqRes.status === 200)
+          chunkCreatedCount++;
+      }
+      const color = chunkCreatedCount === chunkSize ? "green" : "orange";
+      console.log(
+        `%c[Import] Batch request #${chunk+1} - imported rows: ${chunkCreatedCount}/${chunkSize}`,
+        `color: ${color}`,
+      );
+      createdCount += chunkCreatedCount;
+    } catch(err) {
+      console.error(err);
+    }
+    chunk++;
+  }
+
+  const color = createdCount === data.length ? "green" : "orange";
+  console.log(
+    `%c[Import] Imported rows: ${createdCount}/${data.length}`,
+    `color: ${color}`,
+  );
+}
+
+importJson();

types/csv.ts

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import { CommonCSVReaderOptions } from "https://deno.land/x/csv@v0.8.0/reader.ts
 export type ParserOptions = Partial<CommonCSVReaderOptions>;
 
 /**
- * Raw row object with string properties returned by `csv.readCSVObjects`.
+ * Raw CSV row returned by `csv.readCSVObjects`.
  */
-export type RawRow = {
+export type RawCsvRow = {
   [key: string]: string;
 };
 
@@ -19,3 +19,9 @@ export type ParsedRow = {
   // deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
   [key: string]: any;
 };
+
+export type CsvOptions = {
+  delimiter: string;
+  lf: boolean;
+  quote: string;
+};

types/json.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/**
+ * Raw JSON object returned by `JSON.parse`.
+ */
+export type RawJsonRow = {
+  // deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
+  [key: string]: any;
+};

types/pocketbase.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export const POCKETBASE_TYPE = {
   EMAIL: "email",
   JSON: "json",
   DATETIME: "date",
+  URL: "url",
 } as const;
 
 type ObjectValues<T> = T[keyof T];
@@ -32,3 +33,70 @@ export const POCKETBASE_SYSFIELD = [
   "created",
   "updated",
 ];
+
+export interface SchemaField {
+  hidden: boolean;
+  id?: string;
+  name: string;
+  presentable: boolean;
+  required: boolean;
+  system: boolean;
+  type: PocketbaseType;
+};
+
+export interface BoolField extends SchemaField {
+  type: "bool";
+};
+
+export interface NumberField extends SchemaField {
+  max?: number;
+  min?: number;
+  onlyInt: boolean;
+  type: "number";
+};
+
+export interface TextField extends SchemaField {
+  autogeneratePattern: string;
+  max?: number;
+  min?: number;
+  pattern: string;
+  primaryKey: boolean;
+  type: "text";
+};
+
+export interface EmailField extends SchemaField {
+  exceptDomains?: string[];
+  onlyDomains?: string[];
+  type: "email";
+};
+
+export interface DateField extends SchemaField {
+  max: string;
+  min: string;
+  type: "date";
+}
+
+export interface JsonField extends SchemaField {
+  maxSize: number;
+  type: "json";
+}
+
+export interface UrlField extends SchemaField {
+  exceptDomains?: string[];
+  onlyDomains?: string[];
+  type: "url";
+}
+
+export interface Collection {
+  id?: string;
+  name: string;
+  type: string;
+  system: boolean;
+  fields: SchemaField[];
+  indexes: string[];
+  listRule: string | null;
+  viewRule: string | null;
+  createRule: string | null;
+  updateRule: string | null;
+  deleteRule: string | null;
+};

utils/csv.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,50 @@
-import { readCSVObjects } from "https://deno.land/x/csv@v0.8.0/reader.ts";
-import { ParserOptions, RawRow } from "../types/csv.ts";
+import {
+  CommonCSVReaderOptions,
+  readCSVObjects,
+} from "https://deno.land/x/csv@v0.8.0/reader.ts";
+import {
+  CsvOptions,
+  ParsedRow,
+  ParserOptions,
+  RawCsvRow,
+} from "../types/csv.ts";
+import {
+  POCKETBASE_SYSFIELD,
+  POCKETBASE_TYPE,
+  PocketbaseRowSchema,
+  PocketbaseType,
+  SchemaField
+} from "../types/pocketbase.ts";
+import { createSchemaField, generateRowSchema } from "./pocketbase.ts";
+import { isBool, isDate, isEmail, isJson, isNumber, isUrl } from "./regex.ts";
+
+/**
+ * Reads raw data from a CSV file.
+ * @param filename
+ * @param options
+ * @returns
+ */
+export async function readCsv(filename: string, options: CsvOptions) {
+  // parser options
+  const csvOptions = {
+    columnSeparator: options.delimiter,
+    lineSeparator: options.lf ? "\n" : "\r\n",
+    quote: options.quote,
+  } satisfies Partial<CommonCSVReaderOptions>;
+
+  // parses CSV
+  const data = await parseCsv(filename, csvOptions);
+
+  if (data === null) {
+    console.error(
+      `%c[Import] No data to import from ${filename}`,
+      "color: red",
+    );
+    Deno.exit(-2);
+  }
+
+  return data;
+}
 
 /**
  * Parse a file to string-based object array.
@@ -7,31 +52,31 @@ import { ParserOptions, RawRow } from "../types/csv.ts";
  * @param csvOptions - Options for the parser
  * @returns
  */
-export async function parseCsv(
+async function parseCsv(
   filename: string | null,
   csvOptions: ParserOptions,
-): Promise<RawRow[] | null> {
-  const results: RawRow[] = [];
+) {
+  const data: RawCsvRow[] = [];
 
   try {
     const f = await Deno.open(`./input/${filename}`);
 
     for await (const obj of readCSVObjects(f, csvOptions)) {
-      results.push(obj);
+      data.push(obj);
     }
 
     f.close();
   } catch (e) {
     console.error(`%c${e}`, "color: red");
-    return null;
+    Deno.exit(-3);
   }
 
   // No columns
-  if (results.length === 0) {
+  if (data.length === 0) {
     return null;
   }
 
-  return results;
+  return data;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -39,6 +84,137 @@ export async function parseCsv(
  * @param value Raw string value
  * @returns
  */
-export function parseBool(value: string): boolean {
+export function parseBool(value: string) {
   return ["true", "1"].includes(value);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Matches column data against regular expressions to deduct the PocketBase type and returns a column definition.
+ * @param data - Raw parser output
+ * @param prop - Column name
+ * @returns `SchemaField`
+ */
+export function addSchemaField(data: RawCsvRow[], prop: string) {
+  // The new column is prefixed with underscore if it conflicts with a system field
+  const targetProp = POCKETBASE_SYSFIELD.includes(prop.toLowerCase())
+    ? `_${prop}`
+    : prop;
+
+  // Precedence is important, more restricted types are matched on first
+  if (isBool(data, prop)) {
+    return createSchemaField(targetProp, "bool");
+  }
+
+  if (isNumber(data, prop)) {
+    return createSchemaField(targetProp, "number");
+  }
+
+  if (isEmail(data, prop)) {
+    return createSchemaField(targetProp, "email");
+  }
+
+  if (isJson(data, prop)) {
+    return createSchemaField(targetProp, "json");
+  }
+
+  if (isDate(data, prop)) {
+    return createSchemaField(targetProp, "date");
+  }
+
+  if (isUrl(data, prop)) {
+    return createSchemaField(targetProp, "url");
+  }
+
+  // Plain text is the default type
+  return createSchemaField(targetProp, "text");
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parses typed rows using Pocketbase collection schema.
+ * @param data - Raw CSV parser output
+ * @param schema - PocketBase collection schema
+ * @returns
+ */
+export function parseData(
+  data: RawCsvRow[],
+  schema: SchemaField[],
+) {
+  const rows: ParsedRow[] = [];
+
+  // create a row schema for the collection
+  const rowSchema = generateRowSchema(schema);
+
+  data.forEach((rawRow) => {
+    rows.push(parseRow(rawRow, rowSchema));
+  });
+
+  return rows;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a typed row object from raw data using row schema.
+ * @param rawRow - Raw row data
+ * @param schema - Row type template
+ * @returns
+ */
+function parseRow(rawRow: RawCsvRow, schema: PocketbaseRowSchema) {
+  let parsedRow: ParsedRow = {};
+  const keys = Object.keys(rawRow);
+
+  keys.forEach((prop) => {
+    // Handle conflicts with system names - add underscore
+    const orgProp = prop;
+
+    if (POCKETBASE_SYSFIELD.includes(prop.toLowerCase())) {
+      prop = `_${prop}`;
+    }
+
+    const type = schema[prop];
+    const value = parseValue(rawRow[orgProp], type);
+    parsedRow = { ...parsedRow, [prop]: value };
+  });
+
+  return parsedRow;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parses a string to a correspending PocketBase type.
+ * @param value
+ * @param type
+ * @returns
+ */
+// deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
+function parseValue(value: string, type: PocketbaseType): any {
+  switch (type) {
+    case POCKETBASE_TYPE.BOOL:
+      if (value == "") {
+        return null;
+      }
+      return parseBool(value);
+    case POCKETBASE_TYPE.NUMBER:
+      if (value == "") {
+        return null;
+      }
+      return parseFloat(value);
+    case POCKETBASE_TYPE.JSON:
+      if (value == "") {
+        return null;
+      }
+      // this is safe as the values were try-parsed earlier for schema definition
+      return JSON.parse(value);
+    case POCKETBASE_TYPE.PLAIN_TEXT:
+      return value !== "" ? value : null;
+    case POCKETBASE_TYPE.EMAIL:
+      return value !== "" ? value : null;
+    case POCKETBASE_TYPE.DATETIME:
+      return value !== "" ? value : null;
+    case POCKETBASE_TYPE.URL:
+      return value !== "" ? value : null;
+    default:
+      console.error(
+        `%cPbTypeError: value parser for type '${type}' is not yet implemented.`,
+        "color: red",
+      );
+      Deno.exit(-4);
+  }
+}

utils/json.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+import { RawJsonRow } from "../types/json.ts";
+import { POCKETBASE_SYSFIELD } from "../types/pocketbase.ts";
+import { createSchemaField } from "./pocketbase.ts";
+import { isDate, isEmail, isUrl } from "./regex.ts";
+
+/**
+ * Reads an array of rows from a JSON file.
+ * @param filename The extension-inclusive name of input file.
+ * @returns
+ */
+export async function readJson(filename: string) {
+  const json = await parseJson(filename);
+
+  if (json === null) {
+    console.error(`%cFileError: Could not read ${filename}`, "color: red");
+    Deno.exit(-3);
+  }
+
+  if (!Array.isArray(json)) {
+    console.error(`%cFileError: ${filename} is not an array`, "color: red");
+    Deno.exit(-4);
+  }
+
+  if (json.length === 0) {
+    console.error(`%cFileError: No data in ${filename}`, "color: red");
+    Deno.exit(-5);
+  }
+
+  const arrayKeys = json.keys();
+
+  const rows: RawJsonRow[] = [];
+
+  for (const key of arrayKeys) {
+    rows.push(json[key] as RawJsonRow);
+  }
+
+  return rows;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parses a JSON file.
+ * @param filename Name of the .json file (with extension)
+ * @returns
+ */
+async function parseJson(filename: string) {
+  try {
+    return JSON.parse(await Deno.readTextFile(`./input/${filename}`));
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error(`%c${e}`, "color: red");
+    Deno.exit(-2);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Matches column data against regular expressions to deduct the PocketBase type and returns a column definition.
+ * @param data Raw input data.
+ * @param prop Column name.
+ * @returns `SchemaField`
+ */
+export function addSchemaField(data: RawJsonRow[], prop: string) {
+  // The new column is prefixed with underscore if it conflicts with a system field
+  const targetProp = POCKETBASE_SYSFIELD.includes(prop.toLowerCase())
+    ? `_${prop}`
+    : prop;
+
+  let value = data[0][prop];
+
+  // if necessary find a value
+  if (value === null) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
+      if (data[i][prop] != null) {
+        value = data[i][prop];
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // all values are null
+  if (value == null) {
+    return createSchemaField(targetProp, "text");
+  }
+
+  switch (typeof value) {
+    case "boolean":
+      return createSchemaField(targetProp, "bool");
+    case "number":
+    case "bigint":
+      return createSchemaField(targetProp, "number");
+    case "string":
+      if(isUrl(data, targetProp)) {
+        return createSchemaField(targetProp, "url");
+      }
+      if (isEmail(data, targetProp)) {
+        return createSchemaField(targetProp, "email");
+      }
+      if (isDate(data, targetProp)) {
+        return createSchemaField(targetProp, "date");
+      }
+      return createSchemaField(targetProp, "text");
+    case "object":
+      return createSchemaField(targetProp, "json");
+    default:
+      return createSchemaField(targetProp, "text");
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Renames properties conflicting with system column names.
+ * @param data Data rows.
+ * @returns
+ */
+export function resolveConflicts(data: RawJsonRow[]) {
+  const rows: RawJsonRow[] = [];
+
+  for (const r of data) {
+    const row = r;
+    const keys = Object.keys(r);
+    for (const key of keys) {
+      if (POCKETBASE_SYSFIELD.includes(key.toLowerCase())) {
+        const value = r[key];
+        delete row[key];
+        const newKey = `_${key}`;
+        row[newKey] = value;
+      }
+    }
+    rows.push(row);
+  }
+
+  return rows;
+}

utils/pocketbase.ts

@@ -1,56 +1,25 @@
-// @deno-types="https://unpkg.com/pocketbase@0.12.0/dist/pocketbase.es.d.mts"
-import { SchemaField } from "https://unpkg.com/pocketbase@0.12.0/dist/pocketbase.es.mjs";
-import { ParsedRow, RawRow } from "../types/csv.ts";
+import { RawCsvRow } from "../types/csv.ts";
+import { RawJsonRow } from "../types/json.ts";
 import {
-  POCKETBASE_SYSFIELD,
   POCKETBASE_TYPE,
   PocketbaseRowSchema,
   PocketbaseType,
+  SchemaField,
+  BoolField,
+  NumberField,
+  TextField,
+  EmailField,
+  JsonField,
+  DateField,
+  UrlField
 } from "../types/pocketbase.ts";
-import { parseBool } from "./csv.ts";
-import { isBool, isDate, isEmail, isJson, isNumber } from "./regex.ts";
-
-/**
- * Matches column data against regular expressions to deduct the PocketBase type and returns a column definition.
- * @param data - Raw parser output
- * @param prop - Column name
- * @returns `SchemaField`
- */
-export function addSchemaField(data: RawRow[], prop: string): SchemaField {
-  // The new column is prefixed with underscore if it conflicts with a system field
-  const targetProp = POCKETBASE_SYSFIELD.includes(prop.toLowerCase())
-    ? `_${prop}`
-    : prop;
-
-  // Precedence is important, more restricted types are matched on first
-  if (isBool(data, prop)) {
-    return createSchemaField(targetProp, "bool");
-  }
-
-  if (isNumber(data, prop)) {
-    return createSchemaField(targetProp, "number");
-  }
-
-  if (isEmail(data, prop)) {
-    return createSchemaField(targetProp, "email");
-  }
-
-  if (isJson(data, prop)) {
-    return createSchemaField(targetProp, "json");
-  }
-
-  if (isDate(data, prop)) {
-    return createSchemaField(targetProp, "date");
-  }
-
-  // Plain text is the default type
-  return createSchemaField(targetProp, "text");
-}
+import { addSchemaField as addCsvSchemaField } from "./csv.ts";
+import { addSchemaField as addJsonSchemaField } from "./json.ts";
 
 /**
  * Finds column's type in the schema.
- * @param column - Column name
- * @param schema - PocketBase collection schema
+ * @param column Column name.
+ * @param schema PocketBase collection schema.
  * @returns
  */
 export function getSchemaType(
@@ -66,120 +35,119 @@ export function getSchemaType(
       "color: red",
     );
     Deno.exit(-1);
+    return "text";
   }
 
-  switch (schemaField.type) {
-    case POCKETBASE_TYPE.BOOL:
-      return POCKETBASE_TYPE.BOOL;
-
-    case POCKETBASE_TYPE.NUMBER:
-      return POCKETBASE_TYPE.NUMBER;
-
-    case POCKETBASE_TYPE.PLAIN_TEXT:
-      return POCKETBASE_TYPE.PLAIN_TEXT;
-
-    case POCKETBASE_TYPE.EMAIL:
-      return POCKETBASE_TYPE.EMAIL;
-
-    case POCKETBASE_TYPE.JSON:
-      return POCKETBASE_TYPE.JSON;
-
-    case POCKETBASE_TYPE.DATETIME:
-      return POCKETBASE_TYPE.DATETIME;
-
-    default:
-      console.error(
-        `%cPbTypeError: Unsupported type '${schemaField.type}'`,
-        "color: red",
-      );
-      Deno.exit(-2);
+  if (schemaField.type == null) {
+    console.error(
+      `%cSchemaError: Column type missing for '${column}'`,
+      "color: red",
+    );
+    Deno.exit(-1);
+    return "text";
   }
+
+  return schemaField.type;
 }
 
 /**
  * Builds a `SchemaField` object based on data type.
- * @param name - Column name
- * @param type - PocketBase type
+ * @param name Column name.
+ * @param type PocketBase type.
  * @returns
  */
-function createSchemaField(name: string, type: PocketbaseType): SchemaField {
+export function createSchemaField(
+  name: string,
+  type: PocketbaseType,
+): SchemaField {
   switch (type) {
     case POCKETBASE_TYPE.BOOL:
-      return new SchemaField({
+      return {
+        hidden: false,
         name,
-        type,
-        system: false,
+        presentable: false,
         required: false,
-        unique: false,
-        options: {},
-      });
+        system: false,
+        type,
+      } as BoolField;
     case POCKETBASE_TYPE.NUMBER:
-      return new SchemaField({
+      return {
+        hidden: false,
+        max: undefined,
+        min: undefined,
         name,
-        type,
-        system: false,
+        onlyInt: false,
+        presentable: false,
         required: false,
-        unique: false,
-        options: {
-          min: null,
-          max: null,
-        },
-      });
+        system: false,
+        type,
+      } as NumberField;
     case POCKETBASE_TYPE.PLAIN_TEXT:
-      return new SchemaField({
+      return {
+        autogeneratePattern: "",
+        hidden: false,
+        max: 0,
+        min: 0,
         name,
-        type,
-        system: false,
+        pattern: "",
+        presentable: false,
+        primaryKey: false,
         required: false,
-        unique: false,
-        options: {
-          min: null,
-          max: null,
-          pattern: "",
-        },
-      });
+        system: false,
+        type,
+      } as TextField;
     case POCKETBASE_TYPE.EMAIL:
-      return new SchemaField({
+      return {
+        exceptDomains: undefined,
+        hidden: false,
         name,
-        type,
-        system: false,
+        onlyDomains: undefined,
+        presentable: false,
         required: false,
-        unique: false,
-        options: {
-          min: null,
-          max: null,
-        },
-      });
+        system: false,
+        type,
+      } as EmailField;
     case POCKETBASE_TYPE.JSON:
-      return new SchemaField({
+      return {
+        hidden: false,
+        maxSize: 0,
         name,
-        type,
-        system: false,
+        presentable: false,
         required: false,
-        unique: false,
-        options: {},
-      });
+        system: false,
+        type,
+      } as JsonField;
     case POCKETBASE_TYPE.DATETIME:
-      return new SchemaField({
+      return {
+        hidden: false,
+        max: "",
+        min: "",
         name,
-        type,
-        system: false,
+        presentable: false,
         required: false,
-        unique: false,
-        options: {
-          min: null,
-          max: null,
-        },
-      });
+        system: false,
+        type,
+      } as DateField;
+    case POCKETBASE_TYPE.URL:
+      return {
+        hidden: false,
+        exceptDomains: undefined,
+        name,
+        onlyDomains: undefined,
+        presentable: false,
+        required: false,
+        system: false,
+        type,
+      } as UrlField;
   }
 }
 
 /**
  * Creates a row object schema from PocketBase collection schema.
- * @param schema - PocketBase collection schema
+ * @param schema PocketBase collection schema.
  * @returns
  */
-export function generateRowSchema(schema: SchemaField[]) {
+export function generateRowSchema(schema: SchemaField[]): PocketbaseRowSchema {
   let instance: PocketbaseRowSchema = {};
   let fieldType: PocketbaseType;
 
@@ -193,13 +161,15 @@ export function generateRowSchema(schema: SchemaField[]) {
 
 /**
  * Parses raw objects into PocketBase collection schema fields.
- * @param data - Raw parser output
+ * @param data Raw input data.
  * @returns
  */
+// deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
 export function createSchema(
-  data: RawRow[],
+  data: { [key: string]: any },
   stringifyId: boolean,
-): SchemaField[] {
+  inputFormat: "csv" | "json",
+) {
   const schema: SchemaField[] = [];
 
   // Seeks patterns in up to 1k records to avoid poor performance on large datasets
@@ -213,95 +183,13 @@ export function createSchema(
     if (stringifyId && prop.toLowerCase() === "id") {
       schema.push(createSchemaField(`_${prop}`, "text"));
     } else {
-      schema.push(addSchemaField(data, prop));
+      schema.push(
+        inputFormat === "csv"
+          ? addCsvSchemaField(data as RawCsvRow[], prop)
+          : addJsonSchemaField(data as RawJsonRow[], prop),
+      );
     }
   }
 
   return schema;
 }
-
-/**
- * Parses typed rows using Pocketbase collection schema.
- * @param data - Raw CSV parser output
- * @param schema - PocketBase collection schema
- * @returns
- */
-export function parseData(data: RawRow[], schema: SchemaField[]): ParsedRow[] {
-  const rows: ParsedRow[] = [];
-
-  // create a row schema for the collection
-  const rowSchema = generateRowSchema(schema);
-  console.log("RowSchema", rowSchema);
-
-  data.forEach((rawRow) => {
-    rows.push(parseRow(rawRow, rowSchema));
-  });
-
-  return rows;
-}
-
-/**
- * Creates a typed row object from raw data using row schema.
- * @param rawRow - Raw row data
- * @param schema - Row type template
- * @returns
- */
-function parseRow(rawRow: RawRow, schema: PocketbaseRowSchema): ParsedRow {
-  let parsedRow: ParsedRow = {};
-  const keys = Object.keys(rawRow);
-
-  keys.forEach((prop) => {
-    // Handle conflicts with system names - add underscore
-    const orgProp = prop;
-
-    if (POCKETBASE_SYSFIELD.includes(prop.toLowerCase())) {
-      prop = `_${prop}`;
-    }
-
-    const type = schema[prop];
-    const value = parseValue(rawRow[orgProp], type);
-    parsedRow = { ...parsedRow, [prop]: value };
-  });
-
-  return parsedRow;
-}
-
-/**
- * Parses a string to a value compliant with correspending PocketBase type.
- * @param value
- * @param type
- * @returns
- */
-// deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
-function parseValue(value: string, type: PocketbaseType): any {
-  switch (type) {
-    case POCKETBASE_TYPE.BOOL:
-      if (value == "") {
-        return null;
-      }
-      return parseBool(value);
-    case POCKETBASE_TYPE.NUMBER:
-      if (value == "") {
-        return null;
-      }
-      return parseFloat(value);
-    case POCKETBASE_TYPE.JSON:
-      if (value == "") {
-        return null;
-      }
-      // this is safe as the values were try-parsed earlier for schema definition
-      return JSON.parse(value);
-    case POCKETBASE_TYPE.PLAIN_TEXT:
-      return value !== "" ? value : null;
-    case POCKETBASE_TYPE.EMAIL:
-      return value !== "" ? value : null;
-    case POCKETBASE_TYPE.DATETIME:
-      return value !== "" ? value : null;
-    default:
-      console.error(
-        `%cPbTypeError: value parser for type '${type}' is not yet implemented.`,
-        "color: red",
-      );
-      Deno.exit(-3);
-  }
-}

utils/regex.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-import { RawRow } from "../types/csv.ts";
+import { RawCsvRow } from "../types/csv.ts";
 
 /**
  * Checks if the column type could be `Bool`.
- * @param data - Sample data
- * @param prop - Validated property
+ * @param data Sample data.
+ * @param prop Validated property.
  * @returns
  */
-export function isBool(data: RawRow[], prop: string): boolean {
+export function isBool(data: RawCsvRow[], prop: string): boolean {
   const zeroOrOne = /^(0|1)$/;
   const trueOrFalse = /^(true|false)$/;
 
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ export function isBool(data: RawRow[], prop: string): boolean {
 
 /**
  * Checks if the column type could be `Number` (integer or floating point).
- * @param data - Sample data
- * @param prop - Validated property
+ * @param data Sample data.
+ * @param prop Validated property.
  * @returns
  */
-export function isNumber(data: RawRow[], prop: string): boolean {
+export function isNumber(data: RawCsvRow[], prop: string): boolean {
   const integer = /^-?[0-9]+$/;
   const float = /^-?[0-9]+\.[0-9]*$/;
 
@@ -64,13 +64,41 @@ export function isNumber(data: RawRow[], prop: string): boolean {
   return matched === values && matched > 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Checks if the column type could be `Url`.
+ * @param data Sample data.
+ * @param prop Validated property.
+ * @returns 
+ */
+export function isUrl(data: RawCsvRow[], prop: string): boolean {
+  let values = 0;
+  let parsed = 0;
+
+  data.forEach((obj) => {
+    if (obj[prop] !== "" && obj[prop] !== null) {
+      values++;
+      try {
+        new URL(obj[prop]);
+        parsed++;
+      } // deno-lint-ignore no-empty
+      catch {}
+    }
+  });
+
+  // an empty column will return false
+  return parsed === values && parsed > 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * Checks if the column type could be `Email`.
- * @param data - Sample data
- * @param prop - Validated property
+ * @param data Sample data.
+ * @param prop Validated property.
  * @returns
  */
-export function isEmail(data: RawRow[], prop: string): boolean {
+export function isEmail(
+  data: { [key: string]: string }[],
+  prop: string,
+): boolean {
   const pattern = /^[\w-\.]+@([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]{2,4}$/;
 
   let values = 0;
@@ -78,7 +106,9 @@ export function isEmail(data: RawRow[], prop: string): boolean {
 
   data.forEach((obj) => {
     // could be nullable
-    if (obj[prop] !== "") {
+    // - empty strings for CSV
+    // - null values for JSON
+    if (obj[prop] !== "" && obj[prop] !== null) {
       values++;
       if (obj[prop].match(pattern) !== null) {
         matched++;
@@ -92,11 +122,11 @@ export function isEmail(data: RawRow[], prop: string): boolean {
 
 /**
  * Parses the column values as JSON.
- * @param data - Sample data
- * @param prop - Validated property
+ * @param data Sample data.
+ * @param prop Validated property.
  * @returns
  */
-export function isJson(data: RawRow[], prop: string): boolean {
+export function isJson(data: RawCsvRow[], prop: string): boolean {
   let values = 0;
   let parsed = 0;
 
@@ -119,17 +149,22 @@ export function isJson(data: RawRow[], prop: string): boolean {
 
 /**
  * Parses the column values using `Date.parse()`.
- * @param data - Sample data
- * @param prop - Validated property
+ * @param data Sample data.
+ * @param prop Validated property.
  * @returns
  */
-export function isDate(data: RawRow[], prop: string): boolean {
+export function isDate(
+  data: { [key: string]: string }[],
+  prop: string,
+): boolean {
   let values = 0;
   let parsed = 0;
 
   data.forEach((obj) => {
     // could be nullable
-    if (obj[prop] !== "") {
+    // - empty strings for CSV
+    // - null values for JSON
+    if (obj[prop] !== "" && obj[prop] !== null) {
       values++;
       const timestamp = Date.parse(obj[prop]);
       if (!isNaN(timestamp)) {