Python - Convert CSV to DBF

Question

I would like to convert a csv file to dbf using python (for use in geocoding which is why I need the dbf file) - I can easily do this in stat/transfer or other similar programs but I would like to do as part of my script rather than having to go to an outside program. There appears to be a lot of help questions/answers for converting DBF to CSV but I am not having any luck the other way around.

An answer using dbfpy is fine, I just haven't had luck figuring out exactly how to do it.

As an example of what I am looking for, here is some code I found online for converting dbf to csv:

import csv,arcgisscripting
from dbfpy import dbf

gp = arcgisscripting.create()

try:
    inFile = gp.GetParameterAsText(0) #Input
    outFile = gp.GetParameterAsText(1)#Output
    dbfFile = dbf.Dbf(open(inFile,'r'))
    csvFile = csv.writer(open(outFile, 'wb'))
    headers = range(len(dbfFile.fieldNames))
    allRows = []
    for row in dbfFile:
        rows = []
        for num in headers:
            rows.append(row[num])
        allRows.append(rows)
    csvFile.writerow(dbfFile.fieldNames)
    for row in allRows:
        print row
        csvFile.writerow(row)
except:
    print gp.getmessage()

It would be great to get something similar for going the other way around.

Thank you!

Solution

Duplicate question at: Convert .csv file into .dbf using Python?

Promising answer there (among others) is Use the csv library to read your data from the csv file. The third-party dbf library can write a dbf file for you.