cbuilder

Cbuilder is an ultralight (< 100 LOC) CSV builder/template handler inspired by dhh's excellent Jbuilder. The goal is a simple DSL for creating CSV files that's better than creating massive custom arrays.

If you're doing any more than 4-5 columns, generating CSV files can be a real pain. God forbid you're not simply outputting the attributes of a simple array, and need helpers or other niceties.

You don't need to re-invent the wheel with CSV. Cbuilder weighs in at less than 100 LOC.

Have you ever found yourself doing this?

  Customer Name,Products Purchased, Product Names 
  <% @orders.each do |order|%>
  <%= order.customer.name %>,<%= products_count(order) %>,<%= product_names(order.products) %>,...
  <% end %>

What if you could do this instead?

  Cbuilder.encode do |csv|
    csv.set_collection!(@orders) do |order|
      csv.col 'Customer Name',        order.customer.name
      csv.col 'Products Purchased',   products_count(order)
      csv.col 'Product Names',        product_names(order.products)
    end
  end

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'cbuilder'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install cbuilder

Usage

Just drop into your Rails Gemfile and start adding templates with *.csv.cbuilder.

If you'd like the CSV to be downloaded as an attachment, add the following to your controller action:

  response.headers["Content-Disposition"] = 'attachment; filename="my_spreadsheet.csv'

TODO

• Test Ruby 1.8 support
• Test use as a partial

Contributing

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

Credits

Cbuilder was built by Craft Coffee