import csv
with open('names.csv', 'w') as csvfile:
fieldnames = ['first_name', 'last_name']
writer = csv.DictWriter(csvfile, fieldnames=fieldnames)
writer.writeheader()
writer.writerow({'first_name': 'Baked', 'last_name': 'Beans'})
writer.writerow({'first_name': 'Lovely', 'last_name': 'Spam'})
writer.writerow({'first_name': 'Wonderful', 'last_name': 'Spam'})
>>> import csv
>>> with open('names.csv', newline='') as csvfile:
... reader = csv.DictReader(csvfile)
... for row in reader:
... print(row['first_name'], row['last_name'])
...
Eric Idle
John Cleese
>>> print(row)
{'first_name': 'John', 'last_name': 'Cleese'}