Support key-value row dumps for tables

access_parser/access_parser.py

@@ -257,6 +257,15 @@ def parse(self):
                 if record:
                     self._parse_row(record)
         return self.parsed_table
+
+    def dump(self):
+        """
+        Convert table structure to list of dictionaries.
+        :return defaultdict(list) from parsed table
+        """
+        parsed_table = self.parse()
+        rows = list(zip(*parsed_table.values(), strict=False))
+        return [dict(zip(parsed_table.keys(), row)) for row in rows]
 
     def _parse_row(self, record):
         """

examples/parse_db.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from access_parser import AccessParser
 from tabulate import tabulate
+import json
 import argparse
 
 
@@ -16,12 +17,30 @@ def print_tables(db_path, only_catalog=False, specific_table=None):
     else:
         db.print_database()
 
+def dump_tables(db_path, specific_table=None):
+    db = AccessParser(db_path)
+    if specific_table:
+        print(f'TABLE NAME: {specific_table}\r\n')
+        table = db.get_table(specific_table)
+        print(table.dump())
+    else:
+        for table_name in db.catalog.keys():
+            print(f'TABLE NAME: {table_name}\r\n')
+            table = db.get_table(table_name)
+            dumped_table = table.dump()
+            for row_number, row in enumerate(dumped_table):
+                 print(f'{row_number}:\t {row}')
+            print("\n\n\n\n")
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("-d", "--dump", action="store_true", required=False, help="Dumps to a dictionary object", default=None)
     parser.add_argument("-c", "--catalog", required=False, help="Print DB table names", action="store_true")
     parser.add_argument("-f", "--file", required=True, help="*.mdb / *.accdb File")
     parser.add_argument("-t", "--table", required=False, help="Table to print", default=None)
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
-    print_tables(args.file, args.catalog, args.table)
+    if args.dump:
+        dump_tables(args.file)
+    else:
+        print_tables(args.file, args.catalog, args.table)