gistfile1.js

var fs = require('fs');
var soda = require('soda-js');
var moment = require('moment');

var update = /* some configuration we load in from a local JSON file */;

// read in our csv
fs.readFile(update.file, function(error, data)
{
  if (error) { console.error(error); return; }

  // split apart our csv into lines
  var lines = data.toString().split('\n');
  var parsedData = [];

  // iterate through each line
  for (var j = 0; j < lines.length; j++)
  {
    // parse each line and warn if we run into anything unexpected
    var fields = csvToArray(lines[j]);
    if (fields.length === 0) { console.warn('Warning: skipping empty row in file ' + update.file); continue; }
    if (fields.length !== update.columns.length) { console.error('Expected ' + update.columns.length + ' columns for ' + update.file + ' but got ' + fields.length + '!'); return; }

    // save off that line
    parsedData.push(fields);
  }

  // parsedData now contains our data
});