How to let users upload CSV files to batch import data

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https://www.papaparse.com is the best library to handle CSV.

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Processing large CSVs in Meteor JS with PapaParse

Really grateful for the feedback! @a.com, I had seen your posts earlier wrestling with CSVs and learned a lot. @efrancis: Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! Here’s the code I ended up using that streams data from S3 to a local file, then processes the local file. I’m sure there’s a way to simplify and just process the remote file from S3, but I need to move on. This is called from a client-side event that parses just the first 3 rows of the file so users get a preview and can map t…

How to use papa-parse-meteor?

gj on digging up 1 year old thread. anyway since people might come across this from search engines, here is what i did: Template.importList.events({ 'click #upload': function(event, template){ event.preventDefault(); var listId = Router.current().params._id; var imported = template.find('#uploadCSV').files[0]; Papa.parse(imported, { header: true, complete(results, file){ Meteor.call('parseUpload', results.data, listId, (error, response) => { if(…

Best way for Import and export file (JSON or CSV format) in meteor

Papaparse is very good. We used it as a base in our clinical:csv package, and extended it with a) isomorphic import/exports on b) both server & client and c) documentation and code samples.