dag0310/csvml

Parser for structured data in a comma-separated and line-based format.

CSVML - CSV Markup Language

Structure data in a comma-separated and line-based format. Or: I had one very specific use-case for easily editable structured data and made it everyone else's problem.

Suggested file extension: .csvml

Installation

npm install --save csvml

Usage

<script type="module">
import Csvml from './csvml.js';

const csvData = `command,shutters_seconds
time,lat,lon

shutters_down,10
sunset,47.076668,15.421371`

const obj = Csvml.parse(csvData);
</script>

Syntax

• The first entry of lines defines the property names
• All subsequent entries are data grouped by comma , or a single line break \n in the corresponding format of the first definition entry
• All entries are separated by double line breaks \n\n
• All properties are optional
• Entries starting with # are ignored (commented-out)

Example of a CSVML document

command,shutters_seconds
time,lat,lon

shutters_down,10
sunset,47.076668,15.421371

#shutters_up
09:00

#light_on
03:40

light_off
23:00

#shutters_down,2
14:30

... parses to JSON:

[
  {
    "command": "shutters_down",
    "shutters_seconds": 10,
    "time": "sunset",
    "lat": 47.076668,
    "lon": 15.421371
  },
  {
    "command": "light_off",
    "time": "23:00"
  }
]