Save HTML Tables, CSS Pseudo/DIV Tables or Lists (UL/OL) as a comma seperated values (CSV) file which can be opened with any spreadsheet processor (e.g. excel, libreoffice-calc,gnumeric) for further processing and conversion (e.g. to xls or ods)
Table to CSV - Firefox Add-on
"Table to CSV" is a Firefox add-on that helps users save HTML tables, CSS pseudo/DIV tables, and lists as comma-separated values (CSV) files, which can be opened and processed with spreadsheet applications like Excel and LibreOffice Calc. The add-on simplifies the process of extracting technical or statistical data from the web, enabling users to convert the data for further use efficiently.
Add-on stats
Weekly download count: 37
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
Size: 24.60K
Email: w7*****@mozmail.com
URLs: Website
Ranking
# 3,033
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Add-on summary
Save HTML Tables, CSS Pseudo/DIV Tables or Lists (UL/OL) as a comma seperated values (CSV) file which can be opened with any spreadsheet processor (e.g. excel, libreoffice-calc,gnumeric) for further processing and conversion (e.g. to xls or ods)
Short Demo Video: https://github.com/igorlogius/tbl2csv/assets/67047467/df43f0a3-101c-4e82-8a24-74d2cc82b018
Technical, statistical or other data on the world wide web is sometimes only available as tables or lists. This add-on makes it very easy to save this data as a comma seperated values (csv) file.
Usage:
- Visit a site with table like data for example
- Click the extension icon to highlight the exportable tables and lists
- Right click inside one of the highlighted areas
- In the context menu select "tbl2csv" > "Export as TEXT" or "Export as HTML"
- TEXT: cell.innerText (ref. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement/innerText )
- HTML := cell.innerHTML (ref. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/innerHTML )
User reviews
Pros
- Works well for exporting tables
- Easy to use and straightforward
- Helpful for data science tasks
Cons
- Detection of tables is poor
- Requires an extra step to generate table areas before exporting
- Exported data is split into separate files
Most mentioned
- Works well
- Needs manual combination of exported files
- Confusing export process
User reviews
Did the job, thanks
Detection of tables is poor. Data cells are exported as one file, row names as a 2nd file, column names as a 3rd file. Then you have to combine 3 files manually.
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Table to CSV does not require any sensitive permissions.
Risk likelihood
Table to CSV is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.
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