toCSV

exports data of a data component to a CSV document

promise toCSV(string|object id, [object options] );

id	string\|object	the exported view or its id
options	object	optional, a set of configuration options that define what data will be displayed in the CSV file

promise

a "promise" object. The promise is resolved with the contents of a CSV file that is ready for downloading.

Example

webix.toCSV($$("table"), {
     filename: "table", 
     // other config options
});

Related samples

Export to CSV: List

Details

The method returns all data specified in the dataset of a component, or in the columns parameter of the DataTable view. The data are exported into a CSV document with the "Data" name by default.

However, you may need to get some particular data, or customize the file name.

Export API allows

providing a custom filename
stripping HTML tags from the cells
setting custom columns for export
defining custom header or template for data in the specified column
including extra fields into export
rendering a template set in the widget dataset
setting the desired columns' delimiter
disabling file download in a browser, if necessary
ignoring particular columns during export
omitting the header or footer of Datatable during export
outputting certain data from the data set of Datatable