python csv, writing headers only once

You could check if file is already exists and then don’t call writeheader() since you’re opening the file with an append option.

Something like that:

import os.path


file_exists = os.path.isfile(filename)

with open (filename, 'a') as csvfile:
    headers = ['TimeStamp', 'light', 'Proximity']
    writer = csv.DictWriter(csvfile, delimiter=",", lineterminator="\n",fieldnames=headers)

    if not file_exists:
        writer.writeheader()  # file doesn't exist yet, write a header

    writer.writerow({'TimeStamp': dic['ts'], 'light': dic['light'], 'Proximity': dic['prox']})