github.com/thorborn-dev/go-csv-to-json

Go: csv-to-json

Convert CSV to (nested) JSON.

Table of Contents

• Usage
• Examples
  • Basic Data Types
  • Objects
  • Arrays
    • Arrays of Basic Data Types
    • Arrays of Objects
• Currenty not supported CSV input
  • Arrays of Arrays

Usage

package main

import (
    "fmt"

    "github.com/thorborn-dev/go-csv-to-json"
)

func main() {
    csv, err := csv.ReadCSV("path/to/csv")
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    json, err := csv.ToJSON()
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    fmt.Println(json)
}

Examples

Basic Data Types

CSV Input:

name,age,registered,verified
John,25,TRUE,false

JSON Output:

[
  {
    "name": "John",
    "age": 25,
    "registered": true,
    "verified": false
  }
]

Objects

CSV Input:

user.firstname,user.lastname
John,Doe

JSON Output:

[
  {
    "user": {
      "firstname": "John",
      "lastname": "Doe"
    }
  }
]

Arrays

Arrays of Basic Data Types

CSV Input:

names[0],names[1]
John,Jane

JSON Output:

[
  {
    "names": ["John", "Jane"]
  }
]

Arrays of Objects

CSV Input:

users[0].firstname,users[0].lastname,users[1].firstname,users[1].lastname
John,Doe,Jane,Doe

JSON Output:

[
  {
    "users": [
      {
        "firstname": "John",
        "lastname": "Doe"
      },
      {
        "firstname": "Jane",
        "lastname": "Doe"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Currently not supported CSV input

Arrays of Arrays

CSV Input:

users[0][0],users[0][1]
John,Jane

Expected JSON Output:

[
  {
    "users": [["John", "Jane"]]
  }
]

License

MIT