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How to read data from *.CSV file using JavaScript?


To read .CSV using JavaScript, use the open-source CSV parser, Papa Parser. The following are the features −

  • Open Source
  • Parse millions of data using multi-threaded CSV parser
  • Supports multiple web browsers
  • Using the parser, you can easily skip commented characters

Let’s say your CSV file isn’t on your system. What will you do? Well, just use the following code snippet to get the file to parse from any link −

Papa.parse("https://example.com/myfile.csv", {

   download: true,
   complete: function(results) {
      document.write(results);
   }
});