ActiveReport

ActiveReport is a library to export CSV's out of arrays, hashes, and records and vice versa.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem "active_report"

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install active_report

Table of Contents

• Configuration
• Array
• Hash
• Record
• Evaluate

Configuration

rails g active_report:install will generate the following active_report.rb file:

# config/initalizers/active_report.rb

ActiveReport.configure do |config|
  # option = default

  config.force_encoding = true
  config.options = { encoding: "UTF-8" }
end

Array

Export: Convert an array or array of arrays to a CSV.

Options:

• headers: column titles of CSV data
• options: CSV options to be use on generation

@list = [
  [1, "Lorem lipsum etc...", true],
  [2, "Xorem lipsum etc...", false],
  [3, "Porem lipsum etc...", true]
]

ActiveReport::Array.export(@list)
ActiveReport::Array.export(@list, headers: ["ID", "Task", "Completed"], options: { col_sep: ";" })

Import: Convert a CSV into an array or array of arrays.

Options:

• headers: column titles of array data
• options: CSV options to be use on parsing

ActiveReport::Array.import("sample.csv")
ActiveReport::Array.import("sample.csv", headers: ["ID", "Task", "Completed"], options: { col_sep: ";" })

Hash

Export: Convert a hash or an array of hashes to a CSV.

Options:

• only: keys of pairs to be used on generation
• except: keys of pairs not to be used on generation
• headers: column titles of CSV data
• options: CSV options to be use on generation

@list = [
  { id: 1, item: "Lorem lipsum etc...", completed: true},
  { id: 2, item: "Xorem lipsum etc...", completed: false},
  { id: 3, item: "Porem lipsum etc...", completed: true}
]

ActiveReport::Hash.export(@list)
ActiveReport::Hash.export(@list, only: [:id, :item], headers: ["ID", "Task"], options: { col_sep: ";" })

Import: Convert a CSV into an array of hashes.

Options:

• only: keys of pairs to be used on generation
• except: keys of pairs not to be used on generation
• headers: column titles of CSV data Required
• options: CSV options to be use on parsing

ActiveReport::Hash.import("sample.csv")
ActiveReport::Hash.import("sample.csv", except: :completed, headers: ["ID", "Task"], options: { col_sep: ";" })

Record

Export: Convert an ActiveRecord/Relation object(s) to a CSV.

Options:

• only: columns to be used on generation
• except: columns not to be used on generation
• headers: column titles of CSV data
• options: CSV options to be use on generation

@list = [
  <# ActiveRecord::Relation Object >,
  <# ActiveRecord::Relation Object >,
  <# ActiveRecord::Relation Object >
]

ActiveReport::Record.export(@list)
ActiveReport::Record.export(@list, only: [:id, :item], headers: ["ID", "Task"], options: { col_sep: ";" })

Import: Create new database records from a CSV.

Options:

• model: model of objects being generated
• only: keys of pairs to be used on generation
• except: keys of pairs not to be used on generation
• headers: column titles of CSV data Required
• options: CSV options to be use on parsing

ActiveReport::Record.import("sample.csv", model: User)
ActiveReport::Record.import("sample.csv", model: User, except: :completed, headers: ["ID", "Task"], options: { col_sep: ";" })

Evaluate

Array/Hash: Convert the import of a array or hash to proper ruby objects.

ActiveReport::Hash.evaluate.import("sample.csv")

Contributing

Your contribution is welcome.

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request