Export JSON Data: CSV, TSV, Excel, and Clipboard Strategies Explained
Compare strategies for exporting JSON data to CSV, TSV, clipboard, and Excel. Includes delimiter choice, quoting rules, and BOM handling.
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Export JSON Data: CSV, TSV, Excel, and Clipboard Strategies Explained When you have JSON data and need to get it out of your application — into a spreadsheet, another tool, or a teammate's hands — there are four main paths: CSV, TSV, Excel, and clipboard. Each has tradeoffs. This post covers when to use each, the browser Blob API for downloads, and the quoting rules that make the difference between a file that opens cleanly and one that corrupts silently. Browser Download via Blob API For CSV and TSV, use the Blob API to trigger a download without a server: BOM for Excel UTF-8 compatibility Excel on Windows opens CSV files in the system's default encoding. If your data contains non-ASCII characters (accents, CJK, emoji), Excel may garble them. The fix is a UTF-8 BOM prefix: The BOM tells…
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