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text2json

v2.2.3

Published

Performant parser for textual data (CSV parser)

Downloads

79

Readme

text2json

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Performant parser for textual data

  • Parse 100K rows in ~550 ms (may vary with data)
  • Very low memory footprint (~10 MB)
  • Supports parsing from file, string or buffers
  • Supports streaming output
  • Passes CSV Acid Test suite csv-spectrum

Parsing the following bit of data

id,firstName,lastName,jobTitle
1,Jed,Hoppe,Customer Markets Supervisor
2,Cristian,Miller,Principal Division Specialist
3,Kenyatta,Schimmel,Product Implementation Executive

will produce

[ { id: '1',
    firstName: 'Jed',
    lastName: 'Hoppe',
    jobTitle: 'Customer Markets Supervisor' },
  { id: '2',
    firstName: 'Cristian',
    lastName: 'Miller',
    jobTitle: 'Principal Division Specialist' },
  { id: '3',
    firstName: 'Kenyatta',
    lastName: 'Schimmel',
    jobTitle: 'Product Implementation Executive' } ]

Usage

Installation

npm install text2json --save

Quick start

  • Parse the entire file into JSON
'use strict'

let Parser = require('text2json').Parser
let rawdata = './data/file_100.txt'

let parse = new Parser({hasHeader : true})

parse.text2json (rawdata, (err, data) => {
  if (err) {
    console.error (err)
  } else {
    console.log(data)
  }
})
  • If parsing a large file, stream the output
'use strict'

let Parser = require('text2json').Parser
let rawdata = './data/file_500000.txt'

let parse = new Parser({hasHeader : true})

parse.text2json (rawdata)
   .on('error', (err) => {
     console.error (err)
   })
   .on('headers', (headers) => {
     console.log(headers)
   })
   .on('row', (row) => {
     console.log(row)
   })
   .on('end', () => {
     console.log('Done')
   })

Options

The parser accepts following options through its constructor (all are optional)

{
  hasHeader?: boolean,
  headers?: string[],
  newline?: string,
  separator?: string,
  quote?: string,
  encoding?: string,
  skipRows?: number,
  filters?: Filters,
  headersOnly?: boolean
}
  • hasHeader
    • If true, first line is treated as header row.
    • Defaults to false.
  • headers
    • An array of strings to be used as headers.
    • If specified, overrides header row in data.
    • Defaults is an empty array
  • newline
    • Choose between Unix and Windows line endings (\n or \r\n)
    • Defaults to \n
  • separator
    • Specify column separator
    • Defaults is , (comma)
  • quote
    • Specify quote character
    • Default is " (double quotes)
  • encoding (see https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html#buffer_buffers_and_character_encodings)
    • Use a different encoding while parsing
    • Defaults to utf-8
  • skipRows
    • Number of rows to skip from top (excluding header)
    • Default is zero rows
  • filters
    • Filter columns based on index or header name
  • headersOnly
    • Parse only header row

Header fill

If hasHeader is false and custom headers are not specified, parser will generate headers using a zero based index of the columns. i.e. when data has 5 columns, generated headers will be ['_1', '_2', '_3', '_4', '_5']

Header fill will also occur when number of headers given in custom headers array is less than the actual numbers of columns in the data.

Events

  • headers - emitted after parsing the header row or once header fill has completed. The payload contains an array of header names.
  • row - emitted once for every row parsed. Payload is an object with properties corresponding to the header row.
  • error - emitted once for the first error encountered. Payload is an Error object with an indicative description of the problem.
  • end - emitted once, when the parser is done parsing. No payload is provided with this event.

Roadmap

  • [x] Return columns selectively (either by column index or header name)
  • [x] Ignore header row in data and use custom header names provided in options
  • [x] Skip rows (start parsing from a given row number)