csv_to_json

Simple .csv file parsing for Node.js using Promises or callbacks

Installation

$ npm install @chris--young/csv_to_json

Parse a csv string

const csv_to_json = require('@chris--young/csv_to_json');

const csv_str = 'id,email\n1,[email protected]\n2,[email protected]';

try {
  const users = await csv_to_json(csv_str);

  /*

    users = [
      { id: '1', email: '[email protected]' },
      { id: '2', email: '[email protected]' }
    ]

   */

} catch (err) {
  console.error('Failed to parse users', { err });
}

Read a csv file

const csv_to_json = require('@chris--young/csv_to_json');

try {
  const users = await csv_to_json.from_file('./users.csv');

  console.log({ users });
} catch (err) {
  console.error('Failed to parse users', { err });
}

Callback Style

const csv_to_json = require('@chris--young/csv_to_json');

const csv_str = 'id,email\n1,[email protected]\n2,[email protected]';

// using a string
csv_to_json(csv_str, (err, users) => {
  if (err)
    return console.error('Failed to parse users', { err });

  console.log({ users });
});

// from a file
csv_to_json.from_file('~/users.csv', (err, users) => {
  if (err)
    return console.error('Failed to parse users', { err });

  console.log({ users });
});