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tabson

Convert a tab file (TSV) to JSON

Install

Install the package using NPM:

npm install --save tabson

Usage

//Import dependencies
var fs = require('fs');
var tabson = require('tabson');

// file.txt content:
// col1	col2	col3	col4
// element1.1	element1.2	element1.3	element1.4
// element2.1	element2.2	element2.3	element2.4
// element3.1	element3.2	element3.3	element3.4

//Read the test tab file
tabson('./file.txt', { type: 'object', sep: '\t' }, function(error, header, data)
{
  //Check for error
  if(error){ return console.error(error.message); }

  //Save the file
  fs.writeFileSync('./file.json', JSON.stringify(data), 'utf8');

  // file.json content:
  // [
  //   {"col1":"element1.1","col2":"element1.2","col3":"element1.3","col4":"element1.4"},
  //   {"col1":"element2.1","col2":"element2.2","col3":"element2.3","col4":"element2.4"},
  //   {"col1":"element3.1","col2":"element3.2","col3":"element3.3","col4":"element3.4"}
  // ]
});

tabson(file, options, callback)

Read the content of the file and return his content in a JSON format.

file

A string with the path of the file to read.

options (optionally)

An object with the following options:

encoding: set the encoding. Default: utf8.
chunk: set the chunk size. Default is 4098.
sep: set the file separator. Default is a tabulation \t.
empty: set the value for the empty columns. Default is an empty string.
type: set the output type:
- array: each row of the table will be saved as an array object.
- object: each row of the table will he saved as an object with the format column_name : column_content.