import csv from refstack.models import * _file = 'members_sponsors_20131030.csv' with open(_file, 'rb') as csvfile: parsed = csv.reader(csvfile, delimiter=',') for row in parsed: print ', '.join(row) vendor = Vendor() vendor.vendor_name = row[1] if row[2]: vendor.contact_email = row[2] db.add(vendor) db.commit()