JavaScript- Edit a CSV File using JS

Last Updated : 19 Dec, 2024

If you want to edit a CSV file using JavaScript, you can use the following methods depending on your environment (browser or Node.js).

1. Editing CSV in the Browser

If you're working with a CSV file in the browser, you can use JavaScript to manipulate the CSV data (after converting it into a readable format like an array of objects). Here's an example of how you can read, edit, and save a CSV file:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<body>
 <input type="file" id="csvFile" accept=".csv" />
 <button onclick="downloadCSV()">Download Edited CSV</button>
 <script src=
"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/PapaParse/5.3.0/papaparse.min.js"></script>
 <script>
  const fileInput = document.getElementById("csvFile");

  fileInput.addEventListener("change", function (e) {
   const file = e.target.files[0];
   if (file) {
    Papa.parse(file, {
     complete: function (results) {
      console.log(results); 
      // Parsed CSV data
      const data = results.data;
      editCSV(data); 
      // Edit the data
     },
     header: true,
      // Assumes the CSV has headers
    });
   }
  });

  function editCSV(data) {
   // Example edit: Modify the value of the first row and first column
   data[0]["name"] = "New Name";
    // Modify a field
   console.log("Edited Data:", data);
  }

  function downloadCSV() {
   // Convert the data back to CSV and download
   const csv = Papa.unparse(data);
   const blob = new Blob([csv], { type: "text/csv;charset=utf-8;" });
   const link = document.createElement("a");
   link.href = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
   link.download = "edited-file.csv";
   link.click();
  }
 </script>
</body>

</html>

2. Editing CSV in Node.js

In a Node.js environment, you can use the fs (file system) module to read and write files and a library like PapaParse or csv-parser to handle CSV data.

npm install papaparse

JavaScript

const fs = require("fs");
const Papa = require("papaparse");

// Read the CSV file
fs.readFile("input.csv", "utf8", (err, data) => {
  if (err) {
    console.error("Error reading file:", err);
    return;
  }

  // Parse CSV data
  Papa.parse(data, {
    complete: function (results) {
      console.log("Parsed Data:", results.data); 
      // Show parsed CSV data
      const editedData = editCSV(results.data); 
      // Edit data

      // Convert back to CSV
      const csv = Papa.unparse(editedData);

      // Write edited data to a new CSV file
      fs.writeFile("edited-output.csv", csv, (err) => {
        if (err) {
          console.error("Error writing file:", err);
        } else {
          console.log("File successfully saved!");
        }
      });
    },
  });
});

// Function to edit CSV data
function editCSV(data) {
  // Example: Modify the name in the first row
  data[0]["name"] = "Updated Name"; 
  // Modify a field
  return data;
}

3. Using Other Libraries (Optional)

The approach uses JavaScript's FileReader to read a CSV file selected by the user and PapaParse to convert the CSV data into an array of objects. Each object represents a row in the CSV, making the data easier to manipulate. This method is useful for client-side applications that allow users to upload and process CSV files directly in the browser.

npm install csv-parser

JavaScript

const fs = require('fs');
const csv = require('csv-parser');

let results = [];
fs.createReadStream('input.csv')
  .pipe(csv())
  .on('data', (data) => results.push(data))
  .on('end', () => {
    console.log(results);
    // Process the data and save back as CSV
  });

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JavaScript- Edit a CSV File using JS

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