I am trying to figure out if there is any way I can download a csv file onClick of the EXPORT button on my webpage using react.

Here's what I have under ponent right now -

<div>
    <Button variant="contained" 
        size="small" 
        onClick={this.handleExport}>
        <SaveIcon label="Export" />
        Export
    </Button>
</div>

where handleExport generates a csv file using JSON data from backend.

I have tried to use react-csv, react-csv-downloader packages but none of them work for me.

Is there any way I can download the csv file onClick? Sample code would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

I am trying to figure out if there is any way I can download a csv file onClick of the EXPORT button on my webpage using react.

Here's what I have under ponent right now -

<div>
    <Button variant="contained" 
        size="small" 
        onClick={this.handleExport}>
        <SaveIcon label="Export" />
        Export
    </Button>
</div>

where handleExport generates a csv file using JSON data from backend.

I have tried to use react-csv, react-csv-downloader packages but none of them work for me.

Is there any way I can download the csv file onClick? Sample code would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

• javascript
• reactjs
• react-redux

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1 Answer 1

I have this logic implemented. Code is very self explanatory.

    export function exportCSVFile(headers, items, fileTitle) {
      if (headers) {
        items.unshift(headers)
      }
    
      // Convert Object to JSON
      var jsonObject = JSON.stringify(items)
    
      var csv = convertToCSV(jsonObject)
    
      var exportedFilename = fileTitle + '.csv' || 'export.csv'
    
      var blob = new Blob([csv], { type: 'text/csv;charset=utf-8;' })
      if (navigator.msSaveBlob) { // IE 10+
        navigator.msSaveBlob(blob, exportedFilename)
      } else {
        var link = document.createElement('a')
        if (link.download !== undefined) { // feature detection
          // Browsers that support HTML5 download attribute
          var url = URL.createObjectURL(blob)
          link.setAttribute('href', url)
          link.setAttribute('download', exportedFilename)
          link.style.visibility = 'hidden'
          document.body.appendChild(link)
          link.click()
          document.body.removeChild(link)
        }
      }
    }