csv-exportor

A Javascript library for browsers to generate and download csv file from array.

The csv parser is based on module comma-separated-values

refer to comma-separated-values to see all the allowed array patten and options.

using window.URL.createObjectURL to create file stream, so please pay attention to the browser compatibility.

Demo

demo page

demo source code

/*
using vue2 to demo its usage
by click the button, 
your brower would start a download 
of file 'test.csv' immediately.
*/
<template>
    ...
    <button @click="exportCsv">EXPORT</button>
    ...
</template>
 
 
import CsvExportor from 'csv-exportor'
 
export default {
  data() {
    return {
      tableData: [["a","b","c"],["d","e","f"]],
      header: ["foo","bar","baz"],
    }
  },
  methods: {
    exportCsv() {
      CsvExportor.downloadCsv(
        tableData, 
        { header }, 
        'test.csv');
    }
  }

Installation

Use Yarn or npm:

$ yarn add csv-exportor

$ npm i csv-exportor --save

Module Loading

It's an UMD module, so you can:

// ECMAScript 2015+ (via Babel)
import CsvExportor from 'csv-exportor'

// CommonJS
const CsvExportor = require('csv-exportor')

<!-- browser globals -->
<script src="YOUR_PATH_TO/node-modules/csv-exportor/dist/index.min.js"></script>

Usage

import CsvExportor from 'csv-exportor'
 
/*
 generate csv file from data,
 and automaticly download the file for browser
 */
CsvExportor.downloadCsv(data, options, fileName);
 
// generate data url of the generated csv file
CsvExportor.genUrl(data, options);
 

LICENSE MIT