@ddt.data(("phones",2),("music",5))
 @unpack
 def test_search(self,search_value,expected_count):

import csv,unittest
from ddt import ddt,data,unpack
from selenium import webdriver

def get_data(file_name):
    rows =[]
    data_file = open(file_name,"rb")
    reader = csv.reader(data_file)
    #skip the headers
    next(reader,None)
    for row in reader:
        rows.append(row)
    return rows

@ddt
class SearchCsvDDT(unittest.TestCase):
    .......
    #get the data from specified csv file by calling the get_data function
    @data(*get_data("testdata.csv"))
    @unpack
    def test_search(self,search_value,expected_count):
        ...........

import xlrd,unittest
from ddt import ddt,data,unpack
from selenium import webdriver

def get_data(file_name):
    rows =[]
    book = xlrd.open_workbook(file_name)
    sheet = book.sheet_by_index(0)
    for row_idx in range(1,sheet.nrows):
        rows.append(sheet.row_values(row_idx,0,sheet.ncols))
    return rows

@ddt
class SearchExcelDDT(unittest.TestCase):
    .......
    #get the data from specified excel file by calling the get_data function
    @data(*get_data("testdata.csv"))
    @unpack
    def test_search(self,search_value,expected_count):
        ...........