csv-lite v0.0.82

node-csv-lite

CSV Reader/Writer for Node.js

When you use browser, you can use csv-lite-js.

Install

$ npm install csv-lite

Usage

Simple static method:

var CSV = require('csv-lite');

// parse CSV string
var txt = "1,2,3\n11,22,33\n111,222,333";
var a = CSV.parse(txt);
console.log(a[0][0]); // 1
console.log(a[1][1]); // 22

// load from file
var a = CSV.readFileSync("test.csv", "Shift_JIS");
// save to file
CSV.writeFileSync("test.csv", a, "Shift_JIS");

OOP method:

var CSVObject = require('csv-lite').CSVObject;

var csv = new CSVObject();
csv.parse("name,age\r\nAki,14\r\nHuyu,20");
console.log(csv.getCell(1,0)); // Aki
console.log(csv.getCell(2,0)); // Huyu

// save
csv.writeFileSync("test.csv", "Shift_JIS")

// load
csv.readFileSync("test.csv", "Shift_JIS");
console.log(csv.getCell(1,0)); // Aki

Parse and Stringify

method:

• CSV.parse()
• CSV.stringify()

Parse CSV from text

var csv = "a,b,c\nd,e,f";
var a = CSV.parse(csv);
console.log(a[0][0]); // a
console.log(a[0][1]): // b
console.log(a[1][0]); // d
console.log(a[1][1]): // e

Stringify Array to CSV

var a = [[1,2,3],[4,5,6]]
var c = CSV.stringify(a);
console.log(c); // 1,2,3\n4,5,6

Load from file

• CSV.readFileSync(filename, encoding)
• CSV.readFile(filename, encoding, callback)

Save to file

• CSV.writeFileSync(filename, data_ary, encoding)
• CSV.writeFile(filename, encoding, callback)

TSV (Tab separated value)

// set tsv option
CSV.options.delimiter = "\t";
// load
var a = CSV.readFileSync(fname);

OOP method

• CSVObject.toString()
• CSVObject.parse(csv_str, delimiter)
• CSVObject.getCell(row, col)
• CSVObject.setCell(row, col, value)
• CSVObject.setArray( array )
• CSVObject.getArray()
• CSVObject.find(colNo, keyword, offset)
• CSVObject.findAll(colNo, keyword)
• CSVObject.findAll(colNo, keyword, offset, limit)
• CSVObject.filter(colNo, callback)
• CSVObject.sort(colNo, isAsc)
• CSVObject.sortNumber(colNo, isAsc)
• CSVObject.insertRow(rowNo, rowArray)
• CSVObject.insertCol(colNo, values)
• CSVObject.deleteRow(rowNo)
• CSVObject.deleteCol(colNo)
• CSVObject.add(rowArray)
• CSVObject.length
• CSVObject.useHeader

Test module

$ mocha test/simple.js