From a3ce248c0dcb9897282d3c09c7ce62c699f95d8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Stretch <jstretch@netboxlabs.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 08:38:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add support for pipe character as delimiting character for
 bulk imports

---
 netbox/netbox/choices.py              | 2 ++
 netbox/netbox/constants.py            | 8 --------
 netbox/netbox/preferences.py          | 2 +-
 netbox/utilities/constants.py         | 1 +
 netbox/utilities/export.py            | 2 +-
 netbox/utilities/forms/bulk_import.py | 2 +-
 6 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/netbox/netbox/choices.py b/netbox/netbox/choices.py
index 5c3110745..4c2b2478a 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/choices.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/choices.py
@@ -151,12 +151,14 @@ class CSVDelimiterChoices(ChoiceSet):
     AUTO = 'auto'
     COMMA = CSV_DELIMITERS['comma']
     SEMICOLON = CSV_DELIMITERS['semicolon']
+    PIPE = CSV_DELIMITERS['pipe']
     TAB = CSV_DELIMITERS['tab']
 
     CHOICES = [
         (AUTO, _('Auto-detect')),
         (COMMA, _('Comma')),
         (SEMICOLON, _('Semicolon')),
+        (PIPE, _('Pipe')),
         (TAB, _('Tab')),
     ]
 
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/constants.py b/netbox/netbox/constants.py
index 7a8d54ca8..d3f9c4786 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/constants.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/constants.py
@@ -60,11 +60,3 @@ CENSOR_TOKEN_CHANGED = '***CHANGED***'
 
 # Placeholder text for empty tables
 EMPTY_TABLE_TEXT = 'No results found'
-
-# CSV delimiters
-CSV_DELIMITERS = {
-    'comma': ',',
-    'semicolon': ';',
-    'pipe': '|',
-    'tab': '\t',
-}
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/preferences.py b/netbox/netbox/preferences.py
index f69d2abc7..d8fb130f4 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/preferences.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/preferences.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
-from netbox.constants import CSV_DELIMITERS
 from netbox.registry import registry
 from users.preferences import UserPreference
+from utilities.constants import CSV_DELIMITERS
 from utilities.paginator import EnhancedPaginator
 
 
diff --git a/netbox/utilities/constants.py b/netbox/utilities/constants.py
index 9f027f8e1..c2ffa37a8 100644
--- a/netbox/utilities/constants.py
+++ b/netbox/utilities/constants.py
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ HTTP_REQUEST_META_SAFE_COPY = [
 CSV_DELIMITERS = {
     'comma': ',',
     'semicolon': ';',
+    'pipe': '|',
     'tab': '\t',
 }
 
diff --git a/netbox/utilities/export.py b/netbox/utilities/export.py
index 56ba9506a..73d784579 100644
--- a/netbox/utilities/export.py
+++ b/netbox/utilities/export.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django_tables2.export import TableExport as TableExport_
 
-from netbox.constants import CSV_DELIMITERS
+from utilities.constants import CSV_DELIMITERS
 
 __all__ = (
     'TableExport',
diff --git a/netbox/utilities/forms/bulk_import.py b/netbox/utilities/forms/bulk_import.py
index 967ba1196..1e38de014 100644
--- a/netbox/utilities/forms/bulk_import.py
+++ b/netbox/utilities/forms/bulk_import.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class BulkImportForm(ChangelogMessageMixin, BackgroundJobMixin, SyncedDataMixin,
                 dialect = csv.Sniffer().sniff(data.strip(), delimiters=delimiters)
             except csv.Error:
                 dialect = csv.excel
-        elif delimiter in (CSVDelimiterChoices.COMMA, CSVDelimiterChoices.SEMICOLON):
+        elif delimiter in (CSVDelimiterChoices.COMMA, CSVDelimiterChoices.SEMICOLON, CSVDelimiterChoices.PIPE):
             dialect = csv.excel
             dialect.delimiter = delimiter
         elif delimiter == CSVDelimiterChoices.TAB: