csv-report

Converts time tracking data from CSV to PDF.

Installing

$ npm install csv-report -g

Running

There are two ways to use csv-report: through the command line interface, or by requiring the csv-report module in your own code.

Running via CLI

$ csv-report -f /path/to/csvFile.csv -o /path/to/pdfFile.pdf [options]

Check $ csv-report -h to see all available options.

Running via Node

const csvReport = require('csv-report');

// set options
const options = {
	file: '/path/to/my/csvFile.csv',
	out: '/path/to/resulting/pdfFile.pdf'
};

// render
const report = new csvReport(options)
	.render()
	.then(pdfPath => console.log('PDF was written to ' + pdfPath))
	.catch(console.log.bind(console));

Methods

report.getProjects() => Promise

Returns a list of project names that have data within the provided timeframe.

report.getEntries(project) => Promise

Returns a list of task entries related to a specific project

• project (string): Provide project name to get a projects tasks, or leave empty to get all.

report.render(includeProjects) => Promise

Starts the rendering process.

• includeProjects (array): Specify a list of project names that you want to include in the report. Default: Include all

Options

Call the constructor with these options:

options.file

Path to input CSV file

• String
• required

options.out

Path to output PDF file (can be path to folder or .pdf file)

• String
• Default: ./report-<last-month>-<year>.pdf

options.mappings

Map the corresponding fields to CSV columns

• Object
• Default:

{
	date: 'Date',
	project: 'Project',
	task: 'Task',
	duration: 'Duration',
	start: 'Start',
	end: 'End',
	custom: {
		comment: 'Comment'
	}
}

The default mapping matches the CSV export of TimeTracker 1.3.

options.delim

Delimeter used in the input CSV file

• String
• Default: ;

options.dateFormat

If you are using the date column, you can specify format(s) that will be used for parsing the dates in the CSV file

• String | Array
• Default: `['MM-DD-YYYY', 'YYYY-MM-DD']``

options.startFormat

If you are using the start column, you can specify format(s) that will be used for parsing the dateTimes in the CSV file

• String | Array
• Default: ['YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss']

options.endFormat

If you are using the end column, you can specify format(s) that will be used for parsing the dateTimes in the CSV file

• String | Array
• Default: ['YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss']

options.start

Start date of timeframe

• String, format: YYYY-MM-DD
• Default: First day of previous month

options.end

End date of timeframe

• String, format: YYYY-MM-DD
• Default: Last day of previous month

options.round

Minutes to round up to. e.g. 21m -> 30m. Applied per day.

• Number
• Default: 15

options.template

Path to Handlebars template

• String
• Default: ./lib/template.html

options.paperSize

Define details for the papersize of output PDF. See PhantomJS wiki for details

• Object
• Default: { format: 'A4', orientation: 'landscape', border: '1.5cm' }

options.lang

Language. Currently used for output formatting of dates.

• String
• Default: en

Events

report.on('log', logMsg => {})

License

MIT