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title: "Reading CSV Files into Objects with Node.js"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/reading-csv-files-into-objects-with-node-js-ksxhv3s0d
source_url: https://nodogmablog.bryanhogan.net/2020/10/reading-csv-files-into-objects-with-node-js
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published: 2026-05-31T07:47:04.520Z
updated: 2026-05-31T08:20:01.323Z
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# Reading CSV Files into Objects with Node.js

**[No Dogma Blog \(Bryan Hogan\)](https://daily.dev/sources/bryanhogan)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A practical guide comparing two Node.js approaches for reading CSV files into objects: the csv-parse module and the csvtojson module. Both examples demonstrate reading a CSV file in chunks of 100 rows, mapping rows to objects, and processing them in batches — useful when handling large files like a 130,000-row Shakespeare dataset destined for Elasticsearch indexing.

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