txt-file-to-json

txt-file-to-json

Reads a txt file having a table and returns an array of obects. In which each object consists of all headers as keys and there data as values.

Installation

npm i --save txt-file-to-json

Usage

txt-file-to-json support CommonJS.

In module system

const txtToJson = require("txt-file-to-json");
const dataInJSON = txtToJson("./filePath.txt");

Sample input (txt data) :

FIRST_NAME     LAST_NAME        NUMBER               EMAIL                        ADDRESS
Debra          Burks            880012XXXX           [e-mail]        9273 Thome Ave., Orchard Park, NY - 14127
Kasha          Todd             NULL                 [e-mail]         910, Vine Street, Campbell, CA - 95008
Tameka         Fisher           880111XXXX           [e-mail]      7693 Honey Creek St., Redondo Beach, CA - 90278
Daryl          Spence           990015XXXX           NULL                         988 Pearl Lane!!! (Uniondale), NY - 11553
Charolette     Rice             720012XXXX           [e-mail]      107 ~ River Dr. `Sacramento`, "CA"      95820

Sample output (json data) :

[
  {
    FIRST_NAME: 'Debra',
    LAST_NAME: 'Burks',
    NUMBER: '880012XXXX',
    EMAIL: '[e-mail]',
    ADDRESS: '9273 Thome Ave., Orchard Park, NY - 14127'
  },
  {
    FIRST_NAME: 'Kasha',
    LAST_NAME: 'Todd',
    NUMBER: 'NULL',
    EMAIL: '[e-mail]',
    ADDRESS: '910, Vine Street, Campbell, CA - 95008'
  },
  {
    FIRST_NAME: 'Tameka',
    LAST_NAME: 'Fisher',
    NUMBER: '880111XXXX',
    EMAIL: '[e-mail]',
    ADDRESS: '7693 Honey Creek St., Redondo Beach, CA - 90278'
  },
  {
    FIRST_NAME: 'Daryl',
    LAST_NAME: 'Spence',
    NUMBER: '990015XXXX',
    EMAIL: 'NULL',
    ADDRESS: '988 Pearl Lane!!! (Uniondale), NY - 11553'
  },
  {
    FIRST_NAME: 'Charolette',
    LAST_NAME: 'Rice',
    NUMBER: '720012XXXX',
    EMAIL: '[e-mail]',
    ADDRESS: '107 ~ River Dr. `Sacramento`, "CA"      95820'
  }
]