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: try: vendor = Vendor() vendor.vendor_name = row[1] vendor.contact_email = row[3] db.add(vendor) db.commit() except: print 'vendor skipped:'+row[1]