Saving array as output file of any format - node.js

Question

I need help figuring out how to save the output from my array. I have tried appending the output to a csv, but this gives me an empty csv or a csv appended with the words [object] for each item in the array.
Here is a sample of the output in my array:
{
date: '2014-01-25',
firstBoxerRating: [Array],
firstBoxerWeight: 235.5,
judges: [Array],
links: [Object],
location: 'Golden Nugget Casino, Atlantic City',
metadata: 'Joseph Pasquale 75-77 | Tony Perez 78-74 | Barbara Perez 78-74\n' +
'<br>',
numberOfRounds: [Array],
outcome: 'win',
rating: 20,
referee: [Object],
result: [Array],
secondBoxer: [Object],
secondBoxerLast6: [Array],
secondBoxerRating: [Array],
secondBoxerRecord: [Object],
secondBoxerWeight: 236.5,
titles: []
},
{
date: '2014-05-16',
firstBoxerRating: [Array],
firstBoxerWeight: 240.75,
judges: [Array],
links: [Object],
location: '2300 Arena, Philadelphia',
metadata: 'Pierre Benoist 79-73 | Lynne Carter 78-74 | Eric Dali 79-73\n' +
'<br>',
numberOfRounds: [Array],
outcome: 'win',
rating: 20,
referee: [Object],
result: [Array],
secondBoxer: [Object],
secondBoxerLast6: [Array],
secondBoxerRating: [Array],
secondBoxerRecord: [Object],
secondBoxerWeight: 238,
titles: []
},
{
date: '2014-08-02',
firstBoxerRating: [Array],
firstBoxerWeight: 236.5,
judges: [Array],
links: [Object],
location: 'Revel Resort, Atlantic City',
metadata: ' time: 1:48\n' +
' | Lindsey Page\n' +
'<br>Williams down three times\n' +
'<br>',
numberOfRounds: [Array],
outcome: 'win',
rating: 20,
referee: [Object],
result: [Array],
secondBoxer: [Object],
secondBoxerLast6: [Array],
secondBoxerRating: [Array],
secondBoxerRecord: [Object],
secondBoxerWeight: 233,
titles: []
},
{
date: '2014-09-19',
firstBoxerRating: [Array],
firstBoxerWeight: 237,
judges: [Array],
links: [Object],
location: "Harrah's Philadelphia, Chester",
metadata: ' time: 1:34\n' +
' | <span>referee:</span> Benjy Esteves Jr<span> | </span>Bernard Bruni | Larry Hazzard Jr | Alan Rubenstein\n' +
'<br>',
numberOfRounds: [Array],
outcome: 'win',
rating: 20,
referee: [Object],
result: [Array],
secondBoxer: [Object],
secondBoxerLast6: [Array],
secondBoxerRating: [Array],
secondBoxerRecord: [Object],
secondBoxerWeight: 288,
titles: []
},
{
date: '2014-11-14',
firstBoxerRating: [Array],
firstBoxerWeight: 244,
judges: [Array],
links: [Object],
location: "Harrah's Philadelphia, Chester",
metadata: ' time: 2:28\n' +
' | <span>referee:</span> Benjy Esteves Jr<span> | </span>Eric Dali | Larry Hazzard Jr | Mike Somma\n' +
'<br>',
numberOfRounds: [Array],
outcome: 'win',
rating: 40,
referee: [Object],
result: [Array],
secondBoxer: [Object],
secondBoxerLast6: [Array],
secondBoxerRating: [Array],
secondBoxerRecord: [Object],
secondBoxerWeight: 209,
titles: []
},
I am assuming that this output is a JSON object.
This is the code I used to produce this output:
async function writeData() {
const csv = require('csv-parser')
const results = [];
fs.createReadStream('C:\\Users\\User\\Documents\\testingclean.csv')
.pipe(csv())
.on('data',(data)=> results.push(data))
.on('end', async () => {
const cookieJar = await getCookieJar();
const promises = [];
results.forEach((data) => {
promises.push(boxrec.getPersonById(cookieJar,data.id));
})
const fighters = await Promise.all(promises); // Fighters is an array
fighters.forEach((fighter) => {
console.log(fighter.output);
})
});
};
try {
writeData();
} catch (error) {
console.log("Error in writeData: " + error);
}

Answer 1

Something like this should work.
fighters.forEach((fighter) => {
let data = '';
for (const key in fighter.output) {
if (Array.isArray(fighter.output[key])) {
data += JSON.stringify(fighter.output[key]) + ',';
} else if (typeof fighter.output[key] === 'object') {
data += JSON.stringify(fighter.output[key]) + ',';
} else {
data += fighter.output[key] + ',';
}
}
data = data.replace(/(^,)|(,$)/g, ""); // Remove trailing comma
data += '\n'; // Add new line
fs.appendFile('data.csv', data, (err) => {
if (err) throw err;
});
});
Didn't test the code. Also, the data.csv file might take some time to create depending on data size. The forEach look will finish even before nodejs is done with writing file. So, the program might exit but in the background writing might go on until its done. You have to maintain the async execution part. How to handle it is not in scope of this question.