headers have to be set first as you wont be buffering the whole response. On 20 June 2012 13:24, ravi prakash <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > > Thanks for your quick response. I tried your first option. > Say, i have data from database in array called results, > > for(var i = 0; i < results.length; i++) { > > body = ''; > body = results[i]+'\n'; > res.write(body); > } > res.setHeader('Content-disposition', 'attachment; > filename='sample.csv'); > res.setHeader('Content-type', 'text/csv'); > res.end(''); > > I want to write data in chunks since my array is very big. I used > res.write() for this. By doing this my response is written directly to > browser > and file download option is not asked. How can i solve this? > > -Ravi > > > > > > > > > On Jun 20, 10:40 am, Andrew Stone <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Ravi, >> >> Since you already have the csv content generated you just want to send >> it out with res.write() or res.end() depending upon whether you are >> writing it out in chunks or not (streaming). >> >> To get the CSV to be a downloadable file you need to add the >> 'content-type' and 'content-disposition' headers to your response: >> res.header('content-type','text/csv'); >> res.header('content-disposition', 'attachment; filename=report.csv'); >> >> For more complex stuff, ya-csv looks useful. >> >> -Andrew >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 1:47 AM, Matthew Vickers <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I have used ya-csv in the past, it works well for our basic usage. >> >> >https://github.com/koles/ya-csv >> >> > Matt >> >> > ----- "ravi prakash" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Hi group, >> >> >> How can i generate a excel/csv file from nodejs application. Say, I >> >> have a link in webpage and on click of link, i query database and put >> >> result into excel/csv file. Finally the file download must be >> >> opened. >> >> I am building application using nodejs+express. >> >> >> My goal is to export data into a excel/csv file ie generate excel/csv >> >> file from my application. >> >> >> Say i have link in webpage ----- >> >> >> <a href='/report'>Export</a> >> >> >> Server side i have code ------ >> >> >> app.get('/report', function(req, res) { >> >> >> //get data from db >> >> >> How to put data to csv/excel file ??? >> >> >> } >> >> >> -- >> >> Job Board:http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> >> Posting guidelines: >> >>https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >> [email protected] >> >> For more options, visit this group at >> >>http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> >> > -- >> > Job Board:http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> > Posting >> > guidelines:https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "nodejs" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected] >> > For more options, visit this group at >> >http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
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