Import multiple csv files into pandas and concatenate into one DataFrame

See pandas: IO tools for all of the available .read_ methods.

Try the following code if all of the CSV files have the same columns.

I have added header=0, so that after reading the CSV file's first row, it can be assigned as the column names.

import pandas as pd
import glob
import os

path = r'C:\DRO\DCL_rawdata_files' # use your path
all_files = glob.glob(os.path.join(path , "/*.csv"))

li = []

for filename in all_files:
    df = pd.read_csv(filename, index_col=None, header=0)
    li.append(df)

frame = pd.concat(li, axis=0, ignore_index=True)

Or, with attribution to a comment from Sid.

all_files = glob.glob(os.path.join(path, "*.csv"))

df = pd.concat((pd.read_csv(f) for f in all_files), ignore_index=True)

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• It's often necessary to identify each sample of data, which can be accomplished by adding a new column to the dataframe.
• pathlib from the standard library will be used for this example. It treats paths as objects with methods, instead of strings to be sliced.

Imports and Setup

from pathlib import Path
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

path = r'C:\DRO\DCL_rawdata_files'  # or unix / linux / mac path

# Get the files from the path provided in the OP
files = Path(path).glob('*.csv')  # .rglob to get subdirectories

Option 1:

• Add a new column with the file name

dfs = list()
for f in files:
    data = pd.read_csv(f)
    # .stem is method for pathlib objects to get the filename w/o the extension
    data['file'] = f.stem
    dfs.append(data)

df = pd.concat(dfs, ignore_index=True)

Option 2:

• Add a new column with a generic name using enumerate

dfs = list()
for i, f in enumerate(files):
    data = pd.read_csv(f)
    data['file'] = f'File {i}'
    dfs.append(data)

df = pd.concat(dfs, ignore_index=True)

Option 3:

• Create the dataframes with a list comprehension, and then use np.repeat to add a new column.
  • [f'S{i}' for i in range(len(dfs))] creates a list of strings to name each dataframe.
  • [len(df) for df in dfs] creates a list of lengths
• Attribution for this option goes to this plotting answer.

# Read the files into dataframes
dfs = [pd.read_csv(f) for f in files]

# Combine the list of dataframes
df = pd.concat(dfs, ignore_index=True)

# Add a new column
df['Source'] = np.repeat([f'S{i}' for i in range(len(dfs))], [len(df) for df in dfs])

Option 4:

• One liners using .assign to create the new column, with attribution to a comment from C8H10N4O2

df = pd.concat((pd.read_csv(f).assign(filename=f.stem) for f in files), ignore_index=True)

or

df = pd.concat((pd.read_csv(f).assign(Source=f'S{i}') for i, f in enumerate(files)), ignore_index=True)

import glob
import os
import pandas as pd   
df = pd.concat(map(pd.read_csv, glob.glob(os.path.join('', "my_files*.csv"))))

Almost all of the answers here are either unnecessarily complex (glob pattern matching) or rely on additional third-party libraries. You can do this in two lines using everything Pandas and Python (all versions) already have built in.

For a few files - one-liner

df = pd.concat(map(pd.read_csv, ['d1.csv', 'd2.csv','d3.csv']))

For many files

import os

filepaths = [f for f in os.listdir(".") if f.endswith('.csv')]
df = pd.concat(map(pd.read_csv, filepaths))

For No Headers

If you have specific things you want to change with pd.read_csv (i.e., no headers) you can make a separate function and call that with your map:

def f(i):
    return pd.read_csv(i, header=None)

df = pd.concat(map(f, filepaths))

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This pandas line, which sets the df, utilizes three things:

1. Python's map (function, iterable) sends to the function (the pd.read_csv()) the iterable (our list) which is every CSV element in filepaths).
2. Panda's read_csv() function reads in each CSV file as normal.
3. Panda's concat() brings all these under one df variable.

An alternative to darindaCoder's answer:

path = r'C:\DRO\DCL_rawdata_files'                     # use your path
all_files = glob.glob(os.path.join(path, "*.csv"))     # advisable to use os.path.join as this makes concatenation OS independent

df_from_each_file = (pd.read_csv(f) for f in all_files)
concatenated_df   = pd.concat(df_from_each_file, ignore_index=True)
# doesn't create a list, nor does it append to one