Streaming CSV parser that aims for maximum speed as well as compatibility with the csv-spectrum CSV acid test suite
npm install csv-parser
csv-parser can convert CSV into JSON at at rate of around 90,000 rows per second (perf varies with data, try bench.js with your data).
Simply instantiate csv and pump a csv file to it and get the rows out as objects
You can use csv-parser in the browser with browserify
var csv = require('csv-parser')
fs.createReadStream('some-csv-file.csv')
.pipe(csv())
.on('data', function(data) {
console.log('row', data)
})The data emitted is a normalized JSON object
The csv constructor accepts the following options as well
var stream = csv({
raw: false, // do not decode to utf-8 strings
separator: ',', // specify optional cell separator
newline: '\n' // specify a newline character
})It accepts too an array, that specifies the headers for the object returned:
var stream = csv(['index', 'message'])
// Source from somewere with format 12312,Hello World
origin.pipe(stream)
.on('data', function(data) {
console.log(data) // Should output { "index": 12312, "message": "Hello World" }
})or in the option object as well
var stream = csv({
raw: false, // do not decode to utf-8 strings
separator: ',', // specify optional cell separator
newline: '\n', // specify a newline character
headers: ['index', 'message'] // Specifing the headers
})If you do not specify the headers, csv-parser will take the first line of the csv and treat it like the headers
There is also a command line tool available. It will convert csv to line delimited JSON.
npm install -g csv-parser
Open a shell and run
$ csv-parser --help # prints all options
$ printf "a,b\nc,d\n" | csv-parser # parses input
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