csv-array

#csv-array

Simple. lighweight, intelligent CSV-parser for nodeJS

Dependencies

This package got only one dependency of "fs". You may install that first using following command

npm install fs

Usage Guide

After installing the package you can use the "parseCSV" method as follows

 parseCSV("CSV-file-name.csv", callBack)
 //where callBack is a function having the argument data 
 //which is an array structure of the CSV file

Example

 var csv = require('csv-array');
 csv.parseCSV("test.csv", function(data){
   console.log(JSON.stringify(data));
 });

If the test.csv file contains something like this

 Question Statement,Option 1,Option 2,Option 3,Option 4,Option 5,Answer,Deficulty,Category
this is a test question answer it?,answer 1,answer 2,answer3,answer 4,,answer 2,3,test
this is another test question answer it?,"answer1,answer2","answer2,answer3","answer4,answer5","answer5,answer6","answer7,answer8","answer1,answer2",2,test

Then the resulting array is as follows

[{"Question Statement":"this is a test question answer it?","Option 1":"answer 1","Option 2":"answer 2","Option 3":"answer3","Option 4":"answer 4","Option 5":"","Answer":"answer 2","Deficulty":"3"},{"Question Statement":"this is another test question answer it?","Option 1":"answer1,answer2","Option 2":"answer2,answer3","Option 3":"answer4,answer5","Option 4":"answer5,answer6","Option 5":"answer7,answer8","Answer":"answer1,answer2","Deficulty":"2"}]