https://github.com/wmfs/xml2csv
https://github.com/wmfs/xml2csv
package tymly
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- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/wmfs/xml2csv
- Owner: wmfs
- License: mit
- Created: 2018-06-11T15:39:01.000Z (about 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-05-01T21:23:01.000Z (about 1 month ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-05-01T22:28:30.372Z (about 1 month ago)
- Topics: package, tymly
- Language: JavaScript
- Size: 393 KB
- Stars: 5
- Watchers: 7
- Forks: 10
- Open Issues: 4
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- License: LICENSE
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# xml2csv
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[](https://github.com/wmfs/tymly/blob/master/packages/pg-concat/LICENSE)> Takes an XML file and transforms it into a CSV file, based on format of the map you provide with options.
## Install
```bash
$ npm install @wmfs/xml2csv --save
```### Use with callback
```javascript
const xml2csv = require('@wmfs/xml2csv')xml2csv(
{
xmlPath: 'path/to/file.xml',
csvPath: 'path/to/file.csv',
rootXMLElement: 'Person',
headerMap: [
['Name', 'name', 'string'],
['Age', 'age', 'integer'],
['Gender', 'gender', 'string'],
['Brother', 'brother', 'string', 'Siblings'],
['Sister', 'sister', 'string', 'Siblings']
]
},
function (err, info) {
console.log(err, info)
// Done!
}
)```
### Use with Promises
```javascript
const xml2csv = require('@wmfs/xml2csv')xml2csv(
{
xmlPath: 'path/to/file.xml',
csvPath: 'path/to/file.csv',
rootXMLElement: 'Person',
headerMap: [
['Name', 'name', 'string'],
['Age', 'age', 'integer'],
['Gender', 'gender', 'string'],
['Brother', 'brother', 'string', 'Siblings'],
['Sister', 'sister', 'string', 'Siblings']
]
},
)
.then(console.log)
.catch(console.log);
```### Use with async/await
```javascript
const xml2csv = require('@wmfs/xml2csv')try {
const res = await xml2csv(
{
xmlPath: 'path/to/file.xml',
csvPath: 'path/to/file.csv',
rootXMLElement: 'Person',
headerMap: [
['Name', 'name', 'string'],
['Age', 'age', 'integer'],
['Gender', 'gender', 'string'],
['Brother', 'brother', 'string', 'Siblings'],
['Sister', 'sister', 'string', 'Siblings']
]
},
)
console.log(res)
} catch(err) {
console.log(err)
}
```Input:
```
Maggie
3
Female
Bart
Lisa
Marge
45
Female
```
Output:
```
name, age, gender, brother, sister
"Maggie",3,"Female","Bart","Lisa"
"Marge",45,"Female",,
```## xml2csv(`options`, `callback`)
### Options
| Property | Type | Notes |
| -------- | ---- | ----- |
| `xmlPath` | `string` | A path to the xml input file. Cannot be provide with `xmlStream` property.
| `xmlStream` | `fs.ReadStream` | A readable stream from an xml file. Cannot be provide with `xmlPath` property.
| `csvPath` | `string` | The path and filename of the generated CSV output file (note that any intermediate folders will be created). Cannot be provide with `csvStream` property.
| `csvStream` | `fs.WriteStream` | A writeable stream for the generated CSV data. Cannot be provide with `csvPath` property.
| `rootXMLElement` | `string` | The XML root tag for each record, element to split records on in XML file.
| `headerMap` | `[array]` | See the [Header Map](#headerMap) section for more details.
| `strict` | `[boolean]` | Should the sax parser run in strict mode ? Defaults to `true`.options.headerMap needs to be in the structure of:
```
[
[xmlTag, csvHeader, type, parent],
[xmlTag, csvHeader, type, parent],
...
]
```
* xmlTag and csvHeader must be the related fields
* type must be integer, date or string
* parent is optional, must be the parent tag in format of the XML tag```bash
$ npm test
```## License
[MIT](https://github.com/wmfs/tymly/xml2csv/blob/master/LICENSE)