Convert JSON to CSV or CSV to JSON

This node module will convert an array of JSON documents to a CSV string. Column headings will be automatically generated based on the keys of the JSON documents. Nested documents will have a '.' appended between the keys.

It is also capable of converting CSV of the same form back into the original array of JSON documents. The columns headings will be used as the JSON document keys. All lines must have the same exact number of CSV values.

Installation

$ npm install json-2-csv

Usage

var converter = require('json-2-csv');

API

json2csv(array, callback, options)

• array - An array of JSON documents to be converted to CSV.
• callback - A function of the form function (err, csv); This function will receive any errors and/or the string of CSV generated.
• options - (Optional) A JSON document specifying any of {DELIMITER, EOL, PARSE_CSV_NUMBERS}
  • DELIMITER - Document - Specifies the different types of delimiters
    • FIELD - String - Field Delimiter. Default: ','
    • ARRAY - String - Array Value Delimiter. Default: ';'
    • WRAP - String - Wrap values in the delimiter of choice (e.g. wrap values in quotes). Default: ''
  • PREPEND_HEADER - Boolean - Should the auto-generated header be prepended as the first line in the CSV? Default: true
  • EOL - String - End of Line Delimiter. Default: '\n'
  • KEYS - Array - Specify the keys (as strings) that should be converted. Default: null
    • If you have a nested object (ie. {info : {name: 'Mike'}}), then set options.KEYS to ['info.name']
    • If you want all keys to be converted, then specify null or don't specify the option to utilize the default.
  • ALLOW_DIFFERENT_SCHEMAS - Boolean - The parser first checks all documents on schema differences, it can accept missing or different fields and just add them as null values. Set this value to true to enable this behaviour. Default: false

json2csv Example:

var converter = require('json-2-csv');

var documents = [
    {
        Make: 'Nissan',
        Model: 'Murano',
        Year: '2013',
        Specifications: {
            Mileage: '7106',
            Trim: 'S AWD'
        }
    },
    {
        Make: 'BMW',
        Model: 'X5',
        Year: '2014',
        Specifications: {
            Mileage: '3287',
            Trim: 'M'
        }
    }
];

var json2csvCallback = function (err, csv) {
    if (err) throw err;
    console.log(csv);
};

converter.json2csv(documents, json2csvCallback);

The above code prints out:

Make,Model,Year,Specifications.Mileage,Specifications.Trim
Nissan,Murano,2013,7106,S AWD
BMW,X5,2014,3287,M

csv2json(csv, callback, options)

• csv - A string of CSV
• callback - A function of the form function (err, array); This function will receive any errors and/or the array of JSON documents generated.
• options - (Optional) A JSON document specifying any of {DELIMITER, EOL, PARSE_CSV_NUMBERS}
  • DELIMITER - Document - Specifies the different types of delimiters
    • FIELD - String - Field Delimiter. Default: ','
    • ARRAY - String - Array Value Delimiter. Default: ';'
    • WRAP - String - The character that field values are wrapped in. Default: ''
  • EOL - String - End of Line Delimiter. Default: '\n'
  • PARSE_CSV_NUMBERS - Boolean - (TODO) Should numbers that are found in the CSV be converted to numbers? Default: false
  • KEYS - Array - Specify the keys (as strings) that should be converted. Default: null
    • If you have a nested object (ie. {info : {name: 'Mike'}}), then set options.KEYS to ['info.name']
    • If you want all keys to be converted, then specify null or don't specify the option to utilize the default.

csv2json Example:

var converter = require('json-2-csv');

var csv = "Make,Model,Year,Specifications.Mileage,Specifications.Trim\n" +
          "Nissan,Murano,2013,7106,S AWD\n" +
          "BMW,X5,2014,3287,M\n";

var csv2jsonCallback = function (err, json) {
    if (err) throw err;
    console.log(typeof json);
    console.log(json.length);
    console.log(json);
}

converter.csv2json(csv, csv2jsonCallback);

The above code prints out:

object
2
[ { Make: 'Nissan',
    Model: 'Murano',
    Year: '2013',
    Specifications: { Mileage: '7106', Trim: 'S AWD' } },
  { Make: 'BMW',
    Model: 'X5',
    Year: '2014',
    Specifications: { Mileage: '3287', Trim: 'M' } } ]

Tests

$ npm test

Note: This requires mocha, should, async, and underscore.

To see test coverage, please run:

$ npm run coverage

Current Coverage is:

Statements   : 96.88% ( 155/160 )
Branches     : 93.55% ( 116/124 )
Functions    : 100% ( 31/31 )
Lines        : 97.99% ( 146/149 )

Features

• Header Generation (per document keys)
• Allows for conversion of specific keys in both json2csv and csv2json via the options.KEYS parameter (as of 1.1.2)
• Verifies all documents have same schema (schema field order does not matter as of 1.1.0)
• Supports sub-documents natively
• Supports arrays as document values for both json2csv and csv2json
• Custom ordering of columns (see F.A.Q. for more information)
• Ability to re-generate the JSON documents that were used to generate the CSV (including nested documents)
• Allows for custom field delimiters, end of line delimiters, etc.
• Promisifiable via bluebird's .promisify() and .promisifyAll() (as of 1.1.1)
• Wrapped value support for json2csv and csv2json (as of 1.3.0)

F.A.Q.

• Can the order of the keys be changed in the output? Yes. Currently, changing the order of the keys in the JSON document will also change the order of the columns. (Tested on Node 10.xx)

• Can I specify the keys that I would like to have converted to CSV or JSON? Yes. This is currently supported for both json2csv and csv2json. Specify the keys in options.KEYS. For example,

var converter = require('json-2-csv');

var options = {
    KEYS : ['info.name', 'year']
};

var documents = [
    {
        "info": {
            "name": "Mike"
        },
        "coursesTaken": ["CS2500", "CS2510"],
        "year": "Sophomore"
    },
    {
        "info": {
            "name": "John"
        },
        "coursesTaken": ["ANTH1101", "POL2312", "MATH2142", "POL3305", "LAW2100"],
        "year": "Senior"
    },
    {
        "info": {
                    "name": "Joe"
        },
        "coursesTaken": [],
        "year": "Freshman"
    }
];

converter.json2csv(documents, function (err, csv) {
    if (!err) {
        return console.log(csv);
    }
    throw err;
}, options);

This prints out:

info.name,year
Mike,Sophomore
John,Senior
Joe,Freshman

Milestones

• Created: Apr 23, 2014
• 1K Downloads/Month: January 15, 2015