csvtoobj

Validate and translate one or more CSVs to JSON. Uses JSON configuration file to define mapping between CSVs and object and supports basic validation of CSV data.

installation

$ npm install --save csvtoobj

configuration

{
  "general": {
    "masterCsv": "masterCsv",
    "requireMatchingId": true
  },
  "csvFiles": {
    "masterCsv": {
      "name": "master.csv",
      "id": "id"
    },
    "slaveCsv": {
      "name": "slave.csv",
      "id": "Processor Transaction ID"
    }
  },
  "objects": {
    "recurring": {
      "currency": {
        "alias": "masterCsv",
        "name": "currency",
        "default": "USD",
        "rules": [
          {
            "def": "isIn",
            "args": [
              ["USD"]
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      "amount": {
        "alias": "slaveCsv",
        "name": "Amount Per Period",
        "rules": [
          {"def": "isCurrency"}
        ]
      },
      "recurringUnit": {
        "alias": "slaveCsv",
        "name": "Frequency",
        "rules": [
          {
            "def": "isIn",
            "args": [
              ["MONTHLY"]
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      "recurOn": {
        "alias": "slaveCsv",
        "name": "Monthly Payment Day",
        "rules": [
          {
            "def": "isInt",
            "args": [
              {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 28
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "paymentToken": {
      "firstName": {
        "alias": "slaveCsv",
        "name": "First Name",
        "rules": [
          {
            "def": "isByteLength",
            "args": [
              {
                "min": 1
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      "lastName": {
        "alias": "slaveCsv",
        "name": "Last Name",
        "rules": [
          {
            "def": "isByteLength",
            "args": [
              {
                "min": 1
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      "email": {
        "alias": "slaveCsv",
        "name": "Billing Email",
        "rules": [
          {"def": "isEmail"}
        ]
      },
      "address1": {
        "alias": "masterCsv",
        "name": "credit_card.billing_address.street_address",
        "rules": [
          {
            "def": "isByteLength",
            "args": [
              {
                "min": 1
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      "address2": {
        "alias": "masterCsv",
        "name": "credit_card.billing_address.extended_address"
      },
      "city": {
        "alias": "slaveCsv",
        "name": "Billing City",
        "rules": [
          {
            "def": "isByteLength",
            "args": [
              {
                "min": 1
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      "state": {
        "alias": "slaveCsv",
        "name": "Billing State",
        "rules": [
          {
            "def": "isByteLength",
            "args": [
              {
                "min": 1
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      "zip": {
        "alias": "slaveCsv",
        "name": "Billing Zip",
        "rules": [
          {
            "def": "isByteLength",
            "args": [
              {
                "min": 1
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      "country": {
        "alias": "slaveCsv",
        "name": "Address - Country",
        "rules": [
          {
            "lib": "countries",
            "def": "valid"
          }
        ]
      },
      "currency": {
        "alias": "masterCsv",
        "name": "currency",
        "default": "USD",
        "rules": [
          {
            "def": "isIn",
            "args": [
              ["USD"]
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

usage

const csvtoobj = require('csvtoobj');
 
csvtoobj(config, function(error, objects) {
  if (error) {
    console.log(error);
  } else {
    console.log(JSON.stringify(objects, null, 2));
  }
});

options

general

• masterCsv: Which CSV will be used for master set of ids.
• requireMatchingId: If true, will not attempt to build objects where ID is not represented in all CSVs

csvFiles

• csvFile: The alias used to reference CSV in other parts of configuration. Example above is masterCsv and slaveCsv.
  • name: The filename which can be used to read the file.
  • id: The ID that will associate the CSV row with other CSVs in this set.

objects

• objectName: The resulting name of the object in the root of returned object, examples above are recurring and paymentToken.
  • objectProperty: The name of a property associated with the object, examples above are recurring.firstName, recurring.lastName.
    • alias: Which CSV is associated with this property.
    • name: The column in the CSV associated with this property.
    • default: If not found or empty, the default value to use instead.
    • rules: Validation rules to run against property value.
      • lib: Which library to use for validation, see validation section below.
      • def: The function name which will be invoked on the lib.
      • args: Any args in addition to the already passed property value.

validation

Currently supported libraries:

• validator (see https://www.npmjs.com/package/validator)
• countries (see https://www.npmjs.com/package/country-data)

If failures occur, the details will be appended to the object root under:

object.failures

Failures do not result in objects being removed from list, it is up to the caller to decide what to do if validation failures are present.