documentation of read_csv

pyfacts/pyfacts.py

@@ -568,6 +568,7 @@ class TimeSeries(TimeSeriesCore):
         Parameters
         ----------
         kwargs: parameters to be passed to the calculate_rolling_returns() function
+                Refer TimeSeries.calculate_rolling_returns() method for more details
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -866,7 +867,9 @@ class TimeSeries(TimeSeriesCore):
         return self.__class__(new_ts_dict, to_frequency.symbol)
 
 
-def _preprocess_csv(file_path: str | pathlib.Path, delimiter: str = ",", encoding: str = "utf-8") -> List[list]:
+def _preprocess_csv(
+    file_path: str | pathlib.Path, delimiter: str = ",", encoding: str = "utf-8", **kwargs
+) -> List[list]:
     """Preprocess csv data"""
 
     if isinstance(file_path, str):
@@ -876,7 +879,7 @@ def _preprocess_csv(file_path: str | pathlib.Path, delimiter: str = ",", encodin
         raise ValueError("File not found. Check the file path")
 
     with open(file_path, "r", encoding=encoding) as file:
-        reader: csv.reader = csv.reader(file, delimiter=delimiter)
+        reader: csv.reader = csv.reader(file, delimiter=delimiter, **kwargs)
         csv_data: list = list(reader)
 
     csv_data = [i for i in csv_data if i]  # remove blank rows
@@ -897,8 +900,51 @@ def read_csv(
     nrows: int = -1,
     delimiter: str = ",",
     encoding: str = "utf-8",
+    **kwargs,
 ) -> TimeSeries:
-    """Reads Time Series data directly from a CSV file"""
+    """Reads Time Series data directly from a CSV file
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    csv_file_pah:
+        path of the csv file to be read.
+
+    frequency:
+        frequency of the time series data.
+
+    date_format:
+        date format, specified as datetime compatible string
+
+    col_names:
+        specify the column headers to be read.
+        this parameter will allow you to read two columns from a CSV file which may have more columns.
+        this parameter overrides col_index parameter.
+
+    dol_index:
+        specify the column numbers to be read.
+        this parameter will allow you to read two columns from a CSV file which may have more columns.
+        if neither names nor index is specified, the first two columns from the csv file will be read,
+        with the first being treated as date.
+
+    has_header:
+        specify whether the file has a header row.
+        if true, the header row will be ignored while creating the time series data.
+
+    skip_rows:
+        the number of rows after the header which should be skipped.
+
+    nrows:
+        the number of rows to be read from the csv file.
+
+    delimiter:
+        specify the delimeter used in the csv file.
+
+    encoding:
+        specify the encoding of the csv file.
+
+    kwargs:
+        other keyword arguments to be passed on the csv.reader()
+    """
 
     data = _preprocess_csv(csv_file_path, delimiter, encoding)