reading a csv with javascript code example
Example: Working with CSV in JavaScript
/*
This code comes from Vincent Lab
And it has a video version linked here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95wAbrQAm5g
*/
// Import dependencies
const fs = require("fs");
const csv = require("csvtojson");
const { Parser } = require("json2csv");
(async () => {
// Load the cars
const cars = await csv().fromFile("cars.csv");
// Show the cars
console.log(cars);
// Modify the cars
cars[0].Year = 1998;
// Saved the cars
const carsInCsv = new Parser({ fields: ["Year", "Make", "Model", "Length"] }).parse(cars);
fs.writeFileSync("cars.csv", carsInCsv);
})();