Data Conversion CLI Tool

A command-line tool for converting between various data formats: CSV, JSON, XML, and YAML.

Installation

Ensure you have Node.js installed on your machine. Then, clone this repository and install dependencies using npm:

git clone <repository-url>
cd <repository-directory>
npm install

Usage

Commands

1. Convert CSV to JSON

./data-converter csvtojson <inputFile> <outputFile>

• inputFile: Path to the CSV file you want to convert.
• outputFile: Path where the resulting JSON file should be saved.

Example:

./data-converter csvtojson input.csv output.json

2. Convert XML to YAML

./data-converter xmltoyaml <inputFile> <outputFile>

• inputFile: Path to the XML file you want to convert.
• outputFile: Path where the resulting YAML file should be saved.

Example:

./data-converter xmltoyaml input.xml output.yaml

3. Convert JSON to CSV

./data-converter jsontocsv <inputFile> <outputFile>

• inputFile: Path to the JSON file you want to convert.
• outputFile: Path where the resulting CSV file should be saved.

Example:

./data-converter jsontocsv input.json output.csv

Examples

Convert CSV to JSON

./data-converter csvtojson data.csv result.json

Convert XML to YAML

./data-converter xmltoyaml data.xml result.yaml

Convert JSON to CSV

./data-converter jsontocsv data.json result.csv

Dependencies

• csvtojson: For converting CSV to JSON.
• xml2js: For converting XML to JavaScript objects (used for YAML conversion).
• js-yaml: For converting JavaScript objects to YAML.
• json2csv: For converting JSON to CSV.