README.md

react-csv-reader

React component that handles csv file input. It handles file input and returns its content as a matrix.

You can try it out in a demo on Codesandbox.

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Installation

Install the package with either yarn or npm.

With yarn:

yarn add react-csv-reader

With npm:

npm install --save react-csv-reader

Usage

import React, { Component } from 'react'
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
import CSVReader from 'react-csv-reader'

class App extends Component {
  ...

  render() {
    return (
      <CSVReader
        cssClass="csv-reader-input"
        label="Select CSV with secret Death Star statistics"
        onFileLoaded={this.handleForce}
        onError={this.handleDarkSideForce}
        inputId="ObiWan"
        inputStyle={{color: 'red'}}
      />
    )
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('root'))

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
cssClass	string	csv-reader-input	A CSS class to be applied to the wrapper element.
cssInputClass	string	csv-input	A CSS class to be applied to the <input> element.
label	string, element		If present, it will be rendered in a <label> to describe input aim.
onFileLoaded	function		(required) The function to be called passing loaded results.
onError	function		Error handling function.
parserOptions	object	{}	PapaParse configuration object override
inputId	string		An id to be applied to the <input> element.
inputStyle	object	{}	Some style to be applied to the <input> element.
fileEncoding	string	UTF-8	Encoding type of the input file

Results

When the file has been loaded, it will be parsed with PapaParse from a CSV formatted text to a matrix. That matrix is returned to the parent component with onFileLoaded function (it will be passed as an argument). The second argument to onFileLoaded will be the filename provided