How to write data to a csv file in ionic

Ionic Framework ionic-v3
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Hi everyone…
I have my call logs displayed in a list format with name,phone number and other details…now i want to write all this data to a text file ,convert it into csv format and then export this csv file…

Please help how to achieve this…steps to do this would be helpful …
Thanks.

2

CSV is a bad format. It’s poorly specified and hard to both write and parse properly. Use JSON instead.

3

ok…how to do that…

4

This forum is not a “write my app for me” service. Provide code that you have tried, what you are expecting it to do, and how that differs from what it does.

5

I have just created a list which reads the call log from the mobile and displays it…I want to store this in a file so that it can be exported…

<ion-list>
    <ion-item *ngFor="let d of mobileId">
      <p>{{d.caller}}</p>
      <p> {{d.type}}</p>
      <p>{{d.date}}</p>
      <p>{{d.phoneNumber}}</p>
    </ion-item>
  </ion-list>

ts file-

 {		
		this.mobileId =JSON.parse(this.device.uuid);
  }

please tell me the steps to achieve this…
code is not required…I want to know the right way to achieve this…

6

What do you want to do with the file, whatever format it may have?
Your variable names seem strange. If the list is a list of calls, the variable should be calls. Otherwise this is very confusing.

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I want to get all the call logs written in a file and want to export this as a csv file…

8

So you want to put a .csv file on the device.

Okay, 2 steps: 1) Build the file as a “string” in memory first, then 2) write the stuff you have onto the device.

Step 2 is pretty standard, look at https://ionicframework.com/docs/native/file/

For step 1 you have to understand what you actually want to build. What data should be in there? How should it be seperated?
Then you have to find a way to transform the array of data you have into that format. One “naive” way is to loop over the data with for … loop and add to a string at the end. When the string is in the correct format, go on with step 2. (The other non-naive way is to find a library to build a CSV from an array automatically. They probably exist, but you will have to find the right one that works.).

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Don’t use Ionic.

Every language has its place. This is not the place for Ionic/Angular/JavaScript. Web technologies are not meant to write or normalize text files.

Time to ask Stack Overflow.