Javascript to csv export encoding issue

Question

I need to export javascript array to excel file and download it I\'m doing it in this code. data is a javascript object array.

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Answer 1

Option 1

use iconv-lite library and encode your output to ascii before send it back to the user. Example:

var iconv = require('iconv-lite');
buf = iconv.encode(str, 'win1255'); // return buffer with windows-1255 encoding

Option 2

Write on the head of the file the BOM header of UTF-8 encoding. Example:

res.header('Content-type', 'text/csv; charset=utf-8');
res.header('Content-disposition', 'attachment; filename=excel.csv'); 
res.write(Buffer.from('EFBBBF', 'hex')); // BOM header

// rest of your code

Option 3

Use base64 url format like data:text/csv;base64,77u/Zm9vLGJhcg0KYWFhLGJiYg==. This method will work on client-side also (IE10+, FF, Chrome, Opera, Safari).

For example:

window.location = "data:text/csv;base64,77u/" + btoa("foo,bar\r\naaa,bbb");