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Html Table To Json Plugin
Just put the below in a javascript file and you are all set
(function( $ ) {
'use strict';
$.fn.tableToJSON = function(opts) {
// Set options
var defaults = {
ignoreColumns: [],
onlyColumns: null,
ignoreHiddenRows: true,
ignoreEmptyRows: false,
headings: null,
allowHTML: false,
includeRowId: false,
textDataOverride: 'data-override',
textExtractor: null
};
opts = $.extend(defaults, opts);
var notNull = function(value) {
return value !== undefined && value !== null;
};
var ignoredColumn = function(index) {
if( notNull(opts.onlyColumns) ) {
return $.inArray(index, opts.onlyColumns) === -1;
}
return $.inArray(index, opts.ignoreColumns) !== -1;
};
var arraysToHash = function(keys, values) {
var result = {}, index = 0;
$.each(values, function(i, value) {
// when ignoring columns, the header option still starts
// with the first defined column
if ( index < keys.length && notNull(value) ) { result[ keys[index] ] = value; index++; } }); return result; }; var cellValues = function(cellIndex, cell, isHeader) { var $cell = $(cell), // textExtractor extractor = opts.textExtractor, override = $cell.attr(opts.textDataOverride); // don't use extractor for header cells if ( extractor === null || isHeader ) { return $.trim( override || ( opts.allowHTML ? $cell.html() : cell.textContent || $cell.text() ) || '' ); } else { // overall extractor function if ( $.isFunction(extractor) ) { return $.trim( override || extractor(cellIndex, $cell) ); } else if ( typeof extractor === 'object' && $.isFunction( extractor[cellIndex] ) ) { return $.trim( override || extractor[cellIndex](cellIndex, $cell) ); } } // fallback return $.trim( override || ( opts.allowHTML ? $cell.html() : cell.textContent || $cell.text() ) || '' ); }; var rowValues = function(row, isHeader) { var result = []; var includeRowId = opts.includeRowId; var useRowId = (typeof includeRowId === 'boolean') ? includeRowId : (typeof includeRowId === 'string') ? true : false; var rowIdName = (typeof includeRowId === 'string') === true ? includeRowId : 'rowId'; if (useRowId) { if (typeof $(row).attr('id') === 'undefined') { result.push(rowIdName); } } $(row).children('td,th').each(function(cellIndex, cell) { result.push( cellValues(cellIndex, cell, isHeader) ); }); return result; }; var getHeadings = function(table) { var firstRow = table.find('tr:first').first(); return notNull(opts.headings) ? opts.headings : rowValues(firstRow, true); }; var construct = function(table, headings) { var i, j, len, len2, txt, $row, $cell, tmpArray = [], cellIndex = 0, result = []; table.children('tbody,*').children('tr').each(function(rowIndex, row) { if( rowIndex > 0 || notNull(opts.headings) ) {
var includeRowId = opts.includeRowId;
var useRowId = (typeof includeRowId === 'boolean') ? includeRowId : (typeof includeRowId === 'string') ? true : false;
$row = $(row);
var isEmpty = ($row.find('td').length === $row.find('td:empty').length) ? true : false;
if( ( $row.is(':visible') || !opts.ignoreHiddenRows ) && ( !isEmpty || !opts.ignoreEmptyRows ) && ( !$row.data('ignore') || $row.data('ignore') === 'false' ) ) {
cellIndex = 0;
if (!tmpArray[rowIndex]) {
tmpArray[rowIndex] = [];
}
if (useRowId) {
cellIndex = cellIndex + 1;
if (typeof $row.attr('id') !== 'undefined') {
tmpArray[rowIndex].push($row.attr('id'));
} else {
tmpArray[rowIndex].push('');
}
}
$row.children().each(function(){
$cell = $(this);
// skip column if already defined
while (tmpArray[rowIndex][cellIndex]) { cellIndex++; }
// process rowspans
if ($cell.filter('[rowspan]').length) {
len = parseInt( $cell.attr('rowspan'), 10) - 1;
txt = cellValues(cellIndex, $cell);
for (i = 1; i <= len; i++) {
if (!tmpArray[rowIndex + i]) { tmpArray[rowIndex + i] = []; }
tmpArray[rowIndex + i][cellIndex] = txt;
}
}
// process colspans
if ($cell.filter('[colspan]').length) {
len = parseInt( $cell.attr('colspan'), 10) - 1;
txt = cellValues(cellIndex, $cell);
for (i = 1; i <= len; i++) {
// cell has both col and row spans
if ($cell.filter('[rowspan]').length) {
len2 = parseInt( $cell.attr('rowspan'), 10);
for (j = 0; j < len2; j++) {
tmpArray[rowIndex + j][cellIndex + i] = txt;
}
} else {
tmpArray[rowIndex][cellIndex + i] = txt;
}
}
}
txt = tmpArray[rowIndex][cellIndex] || cellValues(cellIndex, $cell);
if (notNull(txt)) {
tmpArray[rowIndex][cellIndex] = txt;
}
cellIndex++;
});
}
}
});
$.each(tmpArray, function( i, row ){
if (notNull(row)) {
// remove ignoredColumns / add onlyColumns
var newRow = notNull(opts.onlyColumns) || opts.ignoreColumns.length ?
$.grep(row, function(v, index){ return !ignoredColumn(index); }) : row,
// remove ignoredColumns / add onlyColumns if headings is not defined
newHeadings = notNull(opts.headings) ? headings :
$.grep(headings, function(v, index){ return !ignoredColumn(index); });
txt = arraysToHash(newHeadings, newRow);
result[result.length] = txt;
}
});
return result;
};
// Run
var headings = getHeadings(this);
return construct(this, headings);
};
})( jQuery );