Discussion on: Parsing CSV Files in Node.js with fs.createReadStream() and csv-parser

// app.js

const csv = require('csv-parser');
const fs = require('fs');

const filepath = "./example_data.csv"

fs.createReadStream(filepath)
  .on('error', () => {
    // handle error
  })

  .pipe(csv())
  .on('data', (row) => {
    let str = `${row["BUYER NAME"]} bought ${row["CANDY PURCHASED"]} pieces of candy on ${row["PURCHASE DATE"]} and paid $${row["CASH PAID"]}.`;
    console.log(str)
  })

  .on('end', () => {
    // handle end of CSV
  })



// example_data.csv

PURCHASE DATE,CANDY PURCHASED,CASH PAID,BUYER NAME
2016-04-03,1000,10000.11,Charlie Kelly
2017-11-14,1000,12000.22,Frank Reynolds
2018-01-20,2000,40000.33,Frank Reynolds
2018-03-20,2000,40000.44,Mac
2019-01-02,2000,50000.55,Sweet Dee
2019-01-02,1500,13500.66,Dennis Reynolds



// console

Isas-MacBook-Pro:node-csv-parser isalevine$ node app.js 
Charlie Kelly bought 1000 pieces of candy on 2016-04-03 and paid $10000.11.
Frank Reynolds bought 1000 pieces of candy on 2017-11-14 and paid $12000.22.
Frank Reynolds bought 2000 pieces of candy on 2018-01-20 and paid $40000.33.
Mac bought 2000 pieces of candy on 2018-03-20 and paid $40000.44.
Sweet Dee bought 2000 pieces of candy on 2019-01-02 and paid $50000.55.
Dennis Reynolds bought 1500 pieces of candy on 2019-01-02 and paid $13500.66.