processAttendance/convertXlsxToCsv.py

import pandas as pd

def extract_route_emails_and_timestamps(xlsx_file, output_csv_file):
    # Load the Excel file
    sheets = pd.read_excel(xlsx_file, sheet_name=None)
    
    # Prepare a list to hold the data
    data = []

    # Iterate over each sheet
    for sheet_name, sheet_data in sheets.items():
        # Extract the route number from the sheet name
        route_no = sheet_name
        
        # Remove spaces from column names
        sheet_data.columns = sheet_data.columns.str.replace(' ', '')
        
        # Check if required columns exist in the sheet
        if 'EmailAddress' in sheet_data.columns and 'Timestamp' in sheet_data.columns:
            # Append the route number, email IDs, and timestamps to the data list
            for _, row in sheet_data.iterrows():
                data.append({'routeNo': route_no, 'Email Address': row['EmailAddress'], 'Timestamp': row['Timestamp']})

    # Convert the list of data to a DataFrame
    result_df = pd.DataFrame(data)
    
    # Save the DataFrame to a CSV file
    result_df.to_csv(output_csv_file, index=False)

    print(f"CSV file '{output_csv_file}' created successfully.")

if __name__ == "_main_":
    xlsx_file = "/Users/sarathrajan/Documents/Projects/haversineRestAPI/utilities/datasetCreate/syntheticAlteredAttendance.xlsx"
    output_csv_file = "attendance.csv"
    extract_route_emails_and_timestamps(xlsx_file, output_csv_file)