How do I export html table data as .csv file?

Question

I have a table of data in an html table on a website and need to know how to export that data as .csv file.

How would this be done?

Answer 1

I was able to use the answer outlined here: Export to CSV using jQuery and html and added in a modification to make it work in IE and another modification mentioned in the comments to grab the thead from the table.

function exportTableToCSV($table, filename) {

    var $rows = $table.find('tr:has(td),tr:has(th)'),

        // Temporary delimiter characters unlikely to be typed by keyboard
        // This is to avoid accidentally splitting the actual contents
        tmpColDelim = String.fromCharCode(11), // vertical tab character
        tmpRowDelim = String.fromCharCode(0), // null character

        // actual delimiter characters for CSV format
        colDelim = '","',
        rowDelim = '"\r\n"',

        // Grab text from table into CSV formatted string
        csv = '"' + $rows.map(function (i, row) {
            var $row = $(row), $cols = $row.find('td,th');

            return $cols.map(function (j, col) {
                var $col = $(col), text = $col.text();

                return text.replace(/"/g, '""'); // escape double quotes

            }).get().join(tmpColDelim);

        }).get().join(tmpRowDelim)
            .split(tmpRowDelim).join(rowDelim)
            .split(tmpColDelim).join(colDelim) + '"',



        // Data URI
        csvData = 'data:application/csv;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURIComponent(csv);

        console.log(csv);

        if (window.navigator.msSaveBlob) { // IE 10+
            //alert('IE' + csv);
            window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob(new Blob([csv], {type: "text/plain;charset=utf-8;"}), "csvname.csv")
        } 
        else {
            $(this).attr({ 'download': filename, 'href': csvData, 'target': '_blank' }); 
        }
}

// This must be a hyperlink
$("#xx").on('click', function (event) {

    exportTableToCSV.apply(this, [$('#projectSpreadsheet'), 'export.csv']);

    // IF CSV, don't do event.preventDefault() or return false
    // We actually need this to be a typical hyperlink
});

With my link looking like this...

Export Table data into Excel

JsFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/mnsinger/65hqxygo/