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Create .csv and send as response in express/koa

I have some data in csv format and I want to send it as a file attachment (example.csv) to an http response without saving it as a temp file on the fs. Can this be done in express/koa?

Solution

  • If you have constructed a string of comma-separated values organized into lines separated by "\n", you can send it as an attachment with express middleware like the following:

    app.get("/csvdownload", function(req, res) {
  var csv = "A,B\n1,2\n";
  res.set("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=whatever.csv");
  res.type("csv");
  res.end(csv);
});