paulrosset / j2c

🛠 CLI that transform a JSON to CSV with Key,Value format.

jsonTocsv (j2c)

CLI that transform a JSON to CSV with Key,Value format. Usefull to list all keys from a json object.

A web app also available --> Web App jsonToCsv

Installation

Install CLI :

npm install json2csv-cli -g

Install Api

npm install --save json2csv-cli

Usage CLI

j2c --json [file.json] --csv [file.csv]

Options:

    -V, --version       output the version number
    --json [file.json]  Your entry file, must be a json file.
    --csv [file.csv]    The csv file that will be saved. (If not existing , will create it)
    -f, --first         Specify the name of the object at the first position (default = obj)
    -h, --help          output usage information

Usage Api

The Api is available for Browser and nodejs.

import J2C from "json2csv-cli";

or

const J2C = require("json2csv-cli");

const parsedJson = JSON.parse(jsonUnParsed); // transform the JSON in JS object
const jsonTocsv = new J2C(); // Instanciate
jsonTocsv.convert(parsedJson); // Use convert() method to transform the JS object in csv format.
const csv = jsonTocsv.onceFilled(); // Once the array is filled , use this method to apply correct format.

Output

file.csv :

Key,Values
obj.test.path,value1
obj.other.path.test,value2
obj.again.path,value3

License

MIT