convert csv file to json object datatable

Question

Does anyone know how to get a csv url file and convert it to a json object so that I can use google charting tools in js?

Answer 1

I realise this is an old question, but I came across it today needing to do the same thing and wrote a script to do it. You can check it out at my github repo.

The following code would accomplish what you're after (using jQuery):

$.ajax("http://my.domain.com/mycsvfile.csv", {
    success: function(data) {
        var jsonobject = csvjson.csv2json(data);
        // Now use jsonobject to do some charting...
    },
    error: function() {
        // Show some error message, couldn't get the CSV file
    }
});

Happy coding :)

Answer 2

use this code for guide to parse csv file to json ...

function processFiles(files) {
    var file = files[0];
    var reader = new FileReader();
    reader.onload = function (e) {
        var output = document.getElementById("fileOutput");
        var texto = e.target.result;
        csvJSON(texto);
    };
    reader.readAsText(file);
}
function csvJSON(csv) {
    var lines = csv.split("\n");
    var result = [];
    var headers;
    for (var i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
        headers = lines[i].split("\n");
    }
    var cont = 0;
    for (var i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {

        var obj = {};
        var currentline = lines[i].split("\n");
        for (var j = 0; j < headers.length; j++) {
            obj[cont] = currentline[j];
        }
        cont++;
        result.push(obj);
    }

    return JSON.stringify(result); //JSON
}