How to Handle XML and CSV processing in Django

Hi All,

I am currently learning Django and getting comfortable with it (having somewhat covered the official tutorial. :) )

I want to develop a Django-based app using open datasets that I downloaded from the web. But I hit a wall when I realized that I don't know how to handle processing the XML or CSV files once I have them.

Am I going to import these files into my app's or project's models.py file? Or, are they to be processed in a different Python file and then be called into one of the other generic Django modules [models, views, etc.] ?

Or are the raw (CSV, XML or other) dataset files supposed to be bundled in a certain way with Django? If so, how do I go about it. And, how do I handle frequently-updated data and/or datasets?

I am genuinely stuck on what to do and would appreciate all the help you can give, including pointers to detailed materials online, offline, and all.

Thank you in advance for your time and help.

Sincerely,
Muhammad

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