node-csvreader

CSV file reader for NodeJS

Installation

From command line, npm

npm install csvreader

From command line, GitHub

Specific version:

npm install https://github.com/ysden123/node-csvreader.git#v0.0.1 --save

Last version:

npm install https://github.com/ysden123/node-csvreader.git --save

Dependencies in the package.json file

From npm

"csvreader": ""

From git

Specific version:

"csvreader": "git+https://github.com/ysden123/node-csvreader.git#v0.0.1"

Last version:

"csvreader": "git+https://github.com/ysden123/node-csvreader.git"

Usage

Function read has arguments:

• csvFileName - the name of the CSV file
• recordHandler - function with 1 argument - array of record items
• options - optional, specifies addition requirements.

Object options has properties (all properties are optional):

• skip - specifies number of lines to skip
• hasHeaders - true, if CSV file has headers; false, if CSV file has not headers. If true, then line with headers will be ignored
• headerRecordHandler - function with 1 argument - array of header items
• parseOptions - object, specifies options for parser, see (http://csv.adaltas.com/parse/)

Read all lines, no headers

var csvReader = require('csvreader');
 
function recordHandler(data){
  console.log(data[0],data[1]);
}
 
csvReader
  .read(csvFileName, recordHandler)
  .then(() => {
    console.log('Done!');
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.error(err);
  });

Skip 5 lines, no headers

var csvReader = require('csvreader');
 
function recordHandler(data){
  console.log(data[0],data[1]);
}
 
var options = {
  skip: 5
};
 
csvReader
  .read(csvFileName, recordHandler, options)
  .then(() => {
    console.log('Done!');
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.error(err);
  });

Read all lines, 1st line is headers, handle headers

var csvReader = require('csvreader');
 
function recordHandler(data){
  console.log(data[0],data[1]);
}
 
function headerLineHandler(data){
  console.log(data[0],data[1]);
}
 
var options = {
  skip: 5,
  hasHeaders: true,
  headerRecordHandler: headerLineHandler
};
 
csvReader
  .read(csvFileName, recordHandler, options)
  .then(() => {
    console.log('Done!');
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.error(err);
  });

Read all lines, no headers, delimiter is tabulator

var csvReader = require('csvreader');
 
function recordHandler(data){
  console.log(data[0],data[1]);
}
 
var options = {
    parseOptions: {
        delimiter: '\t'
    }
}
 
csvReader
  .read(csvFileName, recordHandler)
  .then(() => {
    console.log('Done!');
  }, options)
  .catch(err => {
    console.error(err);
  });

Change log

V1.0.3

Fixed version of the csv dependency: 1.1.1

V1.0.2

README was corrected.

V1.0.1

Fixed version number in package.json file.

V1.0.0

Parse options were added.

Dependencies

CSVReader uses package csv (https://github.com/wdavidw/node-csv)