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Export JSON to CSV file using Javascript
function convertToCSV(objArray) {
var array = typeof objArray != 'object' ? JSON.parse(objArray) : objArray;
var str = '';
for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
var line = '';
for (var index in array[i]) {
if (line != '') line += ','
line += array[i][index];
}
str += line + '\r\n';
}
return str;
}
function exportCSVFile(headers, items, fileTitle) {
if (headers) {
items.unshift(headers);
}
// Convert Object to JSON
var jsonObject = JSON.stringify(items);
var csv = this.convertToCSV(jsonObject);
var exportedFilenmae = fileTitle + '.csv' || 'export.csv';
var blob = new Blob([csv], { type: 'text/csv;charset=utf-8;' });
if (navigator.msSaveBlob) { // IE 10+
navigator.msSaveBlob(blob, exportedFilenmae);
} else {
var link = document.createElement("a");
if (link.download !== undefined) { // feature detection
// Browsers that support HTML5 download attribute
var url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
link.setAttribute("href", url);
link.setAttribute("download", exportedFilenmae);
link.style.visibility = 'hidden';
document.body.appendChild(link);
link.click();
document.body.removeChild(link);
}
}
}
var headers = {
model: 'Phone Model'.replace(/,/g, ''), // remove commas to avoid errors
chargers: "Chargers",
cases: "Cases",
earphones: "Earphones"
};
itemsNotFormatted = [
{
model: 'Samsung S7',
chargers: '55',
cases: '56',
earphones: '57',
scratched: '2'
},
{
model: 'Pixel XL',
chargers: '77',
cases: '78',
earphones: '79',
scratched: '4'
},
{
model: 'iPhone 7',
chargers: '88',
cases: '89',
earphones: '90',
scratched: '6'
}
];
var itemsFormatted = [];
// format the data
itemsNotFormatted.forEach((item) => {
itemsFormatted.push({
model: item.model.replace(/,/g, ''), // remove commas to avoid errors,
chargers: item.chargers,
cases: item.cases,
earphones: item.earphones
});
});
var fileTitle = 'orders'; // or 'my-unique-title'
exportCSVFile(headers, itemsFormatted, fileTitle); // call the exportCSVFile() function to process the JSON and trigger the download
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