csv2json-parser v1.0.3

csv2json-parser

Convert csv to json and vice versa

Installation

• Npm

npm install csv2json-parser --save

• Yarn

yarn add csv2json-parser

Usage

Converting CSV to JSON

simple method:

const { toJSON } = require('csv2json-parser');

const objectArray = toJSON(csv_string); //returns an objectArray(default) object format

using diferents object formats:

const objectArray = toJSON(csv_string, { type: 'keyArray' }); //returns an keyArray object format

using keyed object format:

• keep primaryKey empty for using the first key as primary key

const objectArray = toJSON(csv_string, {
    type: 'keyed',
    primaryKey: 'name'
}); //returns an keyed object format

limiting length:

const objectArray = toJSON(csv_string, { maxLength: 5 }); //returns an objectArray(default) object format with max length of 5

Converting CSV to JSON

const { toCSV } = require('csv2json-parser');

const csv = toCSV(object_or_array); //returns a csv string

Object formats

• objectArray

  [
     {
         "id": 0,
         "country": "Brazil",
         "region": "South America"
     },
     {
         "id": 1,
         "country": "United States",
         "region": "North America"
     }
  ]

• keyArray

  {
    "id":[0,1],
    "country":["Brazil", "United States"],
    "region":["South America", "North America"]
  }

• keyed

  {
    "0": {
       "country": "Brazil",
       "region": "South America"
    },
    "1": {
       "country": "United States",
       "region": "North America"
    }
  }

Object formats supported for parsing to CSV

• objectArray
• keyArray