I am beginner in angular and I am working on Angular 5, Node v8.11.3.
I want to realize a generic function that takes in parameter data and headers. And as output a csv file.
I create a component called ' FactureComponent ' Then I generate a service called ' DataService ' then I create a getFactures function that retrieves a list of my items from a mock and it works very well.
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { DataService } from '../data.service';
import { FACTURES } from '../mock.factures';
@Component({
selector: 'app-facture',
templateUrl: './facture.component.html',
styleUrls: ['./facture.component.scss']
})
export class FactureComponent implements OnInit {
factures = [];
columns = ["Id","Reference","Quantite","Prix Unitaire"];
btnText: String = "Export CSV";
constructor(private _data: DataService) { }
ngOnInit() {
this.getFactures();
}
getFactures(){
this.factures=this._data.getFactures();
}
generateCSV(){
console.log("generate");
}
}
you will find below the view
<form>
<input type="submit" [value]="btnText" (click)="generateCSV()"/>
</form>
<table>
<tr>
<th *ngFor="let col of columns">
{{col}}
</th>
</tr>
<tr *ngFor="let facture of factures">
<td>{{facture.id}}</td>
<td>{{facture.ref}}</td>
<td>{{facture.quantite}}</td>
<td>{{facture.prixUnitaire}}</td>
</tr>
</table>
So I want to realize a function that converts my data displayed on the view into a csv file.
Update: Here is slightly better way to do it:
npm install --save file-saver
import { saveAs } from 'file-saver';
into your .ts file.downloadFile(data: any) {
const replacer = (key, value) => value === null ? '' : value; // specify how you want to handle null values here
const header = Object.keys(data[0]);
let csv = data.map(row => header.map(fieldName => JSON.stringify(row[fieldName], replacer)).join(','));
csv.unshift(header.join(','));
let csvArray = csv.join('\r\n');
var blob = new Blob([csvArray], {type: 'text/csv' })
saveAs(blob, "myFile.csv");
}
Credits to this answer for converting an object to CSV.
Here is the method to use:
downloadFile(data: any) {
const replacer = (key, value) => (value === null ? '' : value); // specify how you want to handle null values here
const header = Object.keys(data[0]);
const csv = data.map((row) =>
header
.map((fieldName) => JSON.stringify(row[fieldName], replacer))
.join(',')
);
csv.unshift(header.join(','));
const csvArray = csv.join('\r\n');
const a = document.createElement('a');
const blob = new Blob([csvArray], { type: 'text/csv' });
const url = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
a.href = url;
a.download = 'myFile.csv';
a.click();
window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
a.remove();
}
I'll add on later if I found a better way to do it.