format-data

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Module for formatting tabular data from object streams in different standard ways. Supporting csv, ndjson, json and sse. Install with npm install format-data.

Usage

formatData(format, [opts])

The opts object will be passed to the underlying serializing module (see below).

or just pass an options object with format as a key.

formatData(opts)

full control of prefix, separator, suffix

You can pass a custom prefix, separator, or suffix to the stream builder for csv and json cases.

Examples:

## default separator for csv is ','
> formatData('csv')
'a,b\n1,2\nhello,world\n'

## change separator to a tab
> formatData({format: 'csv', separator: '\t'})
'a\tb\n1\t2\nhello\tworld\n'

## default object style finishes with }]
> formatData({
  format: 'json',
  style: 'object'
})
{"rows":[{"a":1,"b":2},{"a":"hello","b":"world"}]}

## custom suffix
> formatData({
  format: 'json',
  style: 'object',
  suffix: ', "next": "/api/rows?page=2"}'
})
{"rows":[{"a":1,"b":2},{"a":"hello","b":"world"}], "next": "/api/rows?page=2"}

## suffix still added in cases of error
> formatData({
  format: 'json',
  style: 'object',
  suffix: ', "next": "/api/rows?page=2"}'
})
{"rows":[], "error":"Oh no!", "next": "/api/rows?page=2"}

format

Formats and the used modules:

• 'csv' - require('csv-write-stream')(opts)
• 'ndjson' - require('ndjson').stringify(opts)
• json - new require('./json.js')(opts)
• sse - require('ssejson').serialize(opts)