Convert json to csv

Converts json into csv with column titles and proper line endings. Can be used as a module and from the command line.

How to use

Install

$ npm install json2csv

Include the module and run

varjson2csv=require('json2csv');json2csv({data: someJSONData,fields: ['field1','field2','field3']},function(err,csv){if(err)console.log(err);console.log(csv);});

Features

• Uses proper line endings on various operating systems
• Handles double quotes
• Allows custom column selection
• Reads column selection from file
• Pretty writing to stdout
• Supports optional custom delimiters

Use as a module

Example 1

varjson2csv=require('json2csv');varjson=[{"car": "Audi","price": 40000,"color": "blue"},{"car": "BMW","price": 35000,"color": "black"},{"car": "Porsche","price": 60000,"color": "green"}];json2csv({data: json,fields: ['car','price','color']},function(err,csv){if(err)console.log(err);fs.writeFile('file.csv',csv,function(err){if(err)throwerr;console.log('file saved');});});

The content of the "file.csv" should be

car, price, color
"Audi", 40000, "blue"
"BMW", 35000, "black"
"Porsche", 60000, "green"

Example 2

Similarly to mongoexport you can choose which fields to export

json2csv({data: json,fields: ['car','color']},function(err,csv){if(err)console.log(err);console.log(csv);});

Results in

car, color
"Audi", "blue"
"BMW", "black"
"Porsche", "green"

Example 3

Use a custom delimiter to create tsv files. Add it as the value of the del property on the parameters:

json2csv({data: json,fields: ['car','price','color'],del: '\t'},function(err,tsv){if(err)console.log(err);console.log(tsv);});

Will output:

car price color
"Audi" 10000 "blue"
"BMW" 15000 "red"
"Mercedes" 20000 "yellow"
"Porsche" 30000 "green"

If no delimiter is specified, the default , is used

Example 4

You can choose custom column names for the exported file.

json2csv({data: json,fields: ['car','price'],fieldNames: ['Car Name','Price USD']},function(err,csv){if(err)console.log(err);console.log(csv);});

Results in

"Car Name", "Price USD"
"Audi", "blue"
"BMW", "black"
"Porsche", "green"

Command Line Interface

json2csv can also be called from the command line

Usage: json2csv [options]
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version number
-i, --input <input> Path and name of the incoming json file.
-o, --output [output] Path and name of the resulting csv file. Defaults to console.
-f, --fields <fields> Specify the fields to convert.
-l, --fieldList [list] Specify a file with a list of fields to include. One field per line.
-d, --delimiter [delim] Specify a delimiter other than the default comma to use.
-p, --pretty Use only when printing to console. Logs output in pretty tables.

An input file -i and fields -f are required. If no output -o is specified the result is logged to the console. Use -p to show the result in a beautiful table inside the console.

CLI examples

Input file and specify fields

$ json2csv -i input.json -f carModel,price,color

carModel,price,color
"Audi",10000,"blue"
"BMW",15000,"red"
"Mercedes",20000,"yellow"
"Porsche",30000,"green"

Input file, specify fields and use pretty logging

$ json2csv -i input.json -f carModel,price,color -p

Input file, specify fields and write to file

$ json2csv -i input.json -f carModel,price,color -o out.csv

Content of out.csv is

carModel,price,color
"Audi",10000,"blue"
"BMW",15000,"red"
"Mercedes",20000,"yellow"
"Porsche",30000,"green"

Input file, use field list and write to file

The file fieldList contains

carModel
price
color

Use the following command with the -l flag

$ json2csv -i input.json -l fieldList -o out.csv

Content of out.csv is

carModel,price,color
"Audi",10000,"blue"
"BMW",15000,"red"
"Mercedes",20000,"yellow"
"Porsche",30000,"green"

Read from stdin

$ json2csv -f price
[{"price":1000},{"price":2000}]

Hit Enter and afterwards CTRL + D to end reading from stdin. The terminal should show

price
1000
2000

Testing

Requires mocha, should and async.

Run

$ make test

or

$ npm test

ToDo

• write a second module making use of streams (wait for final streaming api)

License

Copyright (C) 2012 [Mirco Zeiss](mailto: mirco.zeiss@gmail.com)

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