html-table-to-json

Extracts tables from a provided html snippet and converts them to JSON objects

Install

$ npm install html-table-to-json

Usage

1const HtmlTableToJson = require('html-table-to-json');
2
3const jsonTables = HtmlTableToJson.parse(`
4        <table>
5            <tr>
6                <th>Animal</th>
7                <th>Color</th>
8                <th>Name</th>
9            </tr>
10            <tr>
11                <td>Unicorn</td>
12                <td>Pink</td>
13                <td>Billy</td>
14            </tr>
15            <tr>
16                <td>Walrus</td>
17                <td>Orange</td>
18                <td>Sue</td>
19            </tr>
20        </table>
21    `);
22
23console.log(jsonTables.results);
24/* => [[
25 *      {Animal: 'Unicorn', Color: 'Pink', Name: 'Billy'},
26 *      {Animal: 'Walrus', Color: 'Orange', Name: 'Sue'}
27 *    ]]
28 */
29
30console.log(jsonTables.count);
31// => 1
32

API

HtmlTableToJson.parse(input [,options])

input

Type: string

Any html snippet.

options

Type: object

values

Type: bool

Return table rows as value arrays:

1// HtmlTableToJson.parse(html, { values: true })
2/* => [[
3 *      ['Unicorn', 'Pink', 'Billy'],
4 *      ['Walrus', 'Orange', 'Sue']
5 *    ]]
6 */

Headers

HtmlTableToJson extracts table headers ( th ) to be used as JSON object keys. The first row is used when no th elements are present.

License

MIT © Brandon Smith