NodeJS : smart JSON conversion to Excel file

Question

I\'m working in NodeJS and I would like to export a JSON-format object to an Excel file.

I am well aware that there are (at least) three npm packages for that purpose, b

Answer 1

You can write to csv (comma-separated values) text file without any additional library. This extension open in Excel by default.

var fs = require('fs');
var file = fs.createWriteStream('file.csv', {'flags': 'w', autoClose: true});
var result = '';
for (var hashkey in myObject) 
    result += hashkey + ';' + myObject[hashkey].keyA + ';' + myObject[hashkey].keyB + '\n';
file.write(result);