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I am developing a web application with angularjs as the front-end and a CRUD service at the backend. One of the requirements is to allow the user to upload a csv file containing a list of items to be created. This can be implemented on the front-end by parsing the file in javascript and making create API call to the server for each item. However, I am an not sure if this approach is better than passing the file to the server and doing all the processing there. What are advantages/disadvantages of both these approaches? What is the common practice in such a scenario?
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There are 4 things that I would use to make this decision:
Do you have very high load. If you parse it on the client you are using the clients CPU. Parsing it on the server could cost you by needing more CPU's.
Access to developer talent, is your team more productive programming it on the client or the server side.
If the answer to the above does not give a clear answer, then I would put it on the server side as it would be easier to test.
Will the "upload TSV" functionality be used by other parties/apps, who consume your API -- or is only the frontend using this functionality ?
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