@lucajung/json2table NPM

@lucajung/json2table

Description

@lucajung/json2table is a utility library for rendering data as HTML tables with customizable grouping. It provides a simple API to convert arrays of data into HTML table elements with grouped rows based on specific keys.

Installation

You can install the package using npm:

npm install @lucajung/json2table

Usage

import { render } from '@lucajung/json2table';
// or, if using CommonJS
// const { render } = require('@lucajung/json2table');

// Sample data
const data = [
  { Name: 'John Doe', Age: 30, Country: 'USA' },
  { Name: 'Jane Smith', Age: 25, Country: 'Canada' },
  { Name: 'Michael Johnson', Age: 28, Country: 'USA' },
  { Name: 'Emily Brown', Age: 22, Country: 'Canada' },
  { Name: 'David Lee', Age: 32, Country: 'Australia' },
  { Name: 'Sophia Chen', Age: 27, Country: 'Australia' },
  { Name: 'James Kim', Age: 31, Country: 'USA' },
  { Name: 'Isabella Wang', Age: 29, Country: 'Canada' },
  { Name: 'Oliver Wong', Age: 24, Country: 'Canada' },
  { Name: 'Emma Liu', Age: 26, Country: 'Australia' },
  // Add more data items here
];


// Optional configuration
const config = {
  group: ['Country'], // Array of keys to group the data by
  tableClass: 'bold-table'
};

// Render the data as an HTML table
const tableElement = render(data, config);

// Append the table to an HTML element
document.getElementById('table-container').appendChild(tableElement);

Features

Render data as HTML tables.
Customize table grouping.
Support for rowspan calculations in the rendered table.
Easy-to-use and well-documented API.

Demo

Take a look at the Demo

API

render(data, config)

render is the main function to convert data into an HTML table.

Parameters:

data (Array): An array of objects, where each object represents a row in the table.
config (Config) Optional: An optional configuration object for customizing the rendering. It supports the following properties:
- group (Array): An array of keys by which to group the table rows.
- tableClass (string): Specifies the name of the table class

Returns: