Function added to parse CSV file

codingmeow · codingmeow · commit 0c59063877e9 · 2015-04-14T21:57:37.000-04:00
diff --git a/email_template.html b/email_template.html
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+<html>
+  <head><meta charset='utf-8'></head>
+  <body>
+    <p>Hey FIRST_NAME,</p>
+    <br>
+    <p>
+      How are you doing? I'm well. It's been like NUM_MONTHS_SINCE_CONTACT months
+      since we last spoke. I'm learning to code full-time at Fullstack Academy. It's REALLY difficult but I love it.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      I've been blogging about my experiences at Fullstack on my blog. 
+      Check out my new posts here: 
+      <a href="http://codingmeow.tumblr.com/">My Tumblr</a>
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Laters,<br>
+      Jenny
+    </p>
+  </body>
+  </html>
diff --git a/friend_list.csv b/friend_list.csv
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+firstName,lastName,numMonthsSinceContact,emailAddress
+Scott,D'Alessandro,0,scott@fullstackacademy.com
diff --git a/tumblr_mailer.js b/tumblr_mailer.js
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+var fs = require('fs');
+
+var csvFile = fs.readFileSync("friend_list.csv","utf8");
+var emailTemplate = fs.readFileSync('email_template.html', 'utf8');
+
+function csvParse(csvFile){
+    var arrayOfObjects = [];
+    var arr = csvFile.split("\n");
+    var newObj;
+
+    keys = arr.shift().split(",");
+
+    arr.forEach(function(contact){
+        contact = contact.split(",");
+        newObj = {};
+
+        for(var i =0; i < contact.length; i++){
+            newObj[keys[i]] = contact[i];
+        }
+
+        arrayOfObjects.push(newObj);
+
+    });
+
+    return arrayOfObjects;
+}
+
+friendList = csvParse(csvFile);
+
+friendList.forEach(function(row){
+
+    var firstName = row["firstName"];
+    var numMonthsSinceContact = row["numMonthsSinceContact"];
+
+    // we make a copy of the emailTemplate variable to a new variable to ensure
+       // we don't edit the original template text since we'll need to us it for 
+       // multiple emails
+
+    var templateCopy = emailTemplate;
+
+    // use .replace to replace FIRST_NAME and NUM_MONTHS_SINCE_CONTACT with firstName and  monthsSinceLastContact  
+    templateCopy = templateCopy.replace(/FIRST_NAME/gi,
+    firstName).replace(/NUM_MONTHS_SINCE_CONTACT/gi, numMonthsSinceContact);
+
+    console.log(templateCopy);
+
+
+});

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	`1`	`+firstName,lastName,numMonthsSinceContact,emailAddress`
	`2`	`+Scott,D'Alessandro,0,[email protected]`