simple ajax to pull csv and return a predefined dictionary

csv_to_json.js

function dataImport() {
    var pathData = 'https://gist.githubusercontent.com/cryocaustik/cc33ed8db15683160bf64d4981f7c3f2/raw/1fa0c63dd79a4b3e976798ca48a098147d27917f/csv_test';
    var jsonData;

    $.ajax({
        url: pathData,
        async: false,
        success: function(data) {
            _data = data.split('\n').slice(1);
            for (var row_indx in _data) {
                _row = _data[row_indx].split(',');

                if ($.isEmptyObject(jsonData)) {
                    jsonData = {
                        'name': _row[0],
                        'title': 'head',
                        'children': [{
                            'name': _row[1],
                            'title': _row[2],
                            'className': _row[3]
                        }]
                    };
                } else {
                    jsonData.children.push({
                        'name': _row[1],
                        'title': _row[2],
                        'className': _row[3]
                    });
                }
            }
        }
    });
    return jsonData;
}

console.log('results', JSON.stringify(dataImport()));